Today is a big day for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! COLORFUL inspired Jodie Cue to submit for the first time ever! Welcome aboard Jodie, we know you will do great things! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation. You came to see the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 163 – COLORFUL
This is the final collection of eclipse photos from my trip to Missouri to watch the eclipse with Jesse, Sarah, Tim, Mike, and Adam. That is the end of the eclipse pictures until the next eclipse. About time to start making plans for it now!
Here we are. Starting a new 52 weeks of themes. I like to think back at all we’ve accomplished. Really puts things in PERSPECTIVE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about anything really. You came to see the submissions: Carla Stensland Tamara Peterson Carla… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 157 – PERSPECTIVE
Here are more pictures from our mostly failed trip to Saint Joseph, Missouri to see the Solar Eclipse back in 2017. These pictures aren’t exactly in chronological order because I used 2 camera on this day and I didn’t have the foresight to synchronize their clocks. There is one more… Read More »The Great Eclipse Failure of ’17 – Dos
As Pufferbilly Days wound to a close, I would like to share the photos that were selected by popular vote and how they did in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: No Love. No Love. No Love. 3rd Place – Hidden Treasures of Boone County. 1st Place – Photojournalism. 1st Place… Read More »Them Degeneffe Boys – Volume 2
You might recall that back in August of 2017 there was a solar eclipse in the United States for the first time in decades. Or at least a really long time. It cut a swath through Iowa, but in Iowa you couldn’t see the totality. It was only something like… Read More »The Great Eclipse Failure of ’17! – Uno
There isn’t much to the folder called 07-02-08. A few pictures from a small road trip that I took with Becky. Then some flower pictures. No reason to dilly dally. Let’s get to it: I remember being so disappointed when I saw the design of the new “High Bridge”. 10… Read More »07-02-08
Back in July (of 2017) I made a quick little road trip up to Dolliver Memorial State Park. I did a little hiking around the Boneyard Hollow part of the park. I wouldn’t say Dolliver is one of my favorite parks in Iowa, but it has some interesting facets. Check… Read More »Boneyard Hollow
By the time this gets published, I’ll probably be making the trudge up Expo Hill towards the Cultural Building to pick up my photos from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. If you didn’t get a chance to duck into the Cultural Building to check out my photos, that is… Read More »The Howards: 2016 – Chapter 1
First of all, thanks to everybody who voted to determine what pictures I will enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. I have the 6 entries determined and will be ordering them this weekend. Pufferbilly Days is September 7, 8, and 9 this year. You can see the photos at… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 86
REMINDER NOTE: IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED YET, VOTE!!! THERE IS A 3 WAY TIE IN 2 CATEGORIES. IN 2 OTHER CATEGORIES, 1 VOTE SEPARATES 1ST AND 2ND. 2 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE. It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 151 – TREE
REMINDER It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter… Read More »Flowers, Always and Always
REMINDER It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter… Read More »Maquoketa Caves State Park: Chapter 3
It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter up… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Entry Selection Process
On the same day that I drove to Decorah to check out their waterfall, I stopped at Union Grave State Park to see their waterfall. I don’t actually think it counts as a waterfall though. It is a spillway, that some how consistently shows up on the list of Iowa… Read More »Union Grove State Park
The folder named 06-11-08 contained a wide assortment of photos. Pictures of strange culinary delights from Kentucky, flood pictures, merry-go-rounds, and Little League. I believe that at least 2 of the pictures of Alexis were entered into a photo contest here and there. The culinary oddities were brought back from… Read More »06-11-08
More backlog today. So much backlog to get through. More pictures from Jay, Willy, and I’s trip to THAT part of the state to visit the caves of Maquoketa Caves State Park. Hot, humid, harsh lighting. Everything my summer Saturdays seem to be. . Don’t worry cave lovers, there are… Read More »Maquoketa Caves State Park: Chapter 2
I was involved in 2 contests at the Boone County Fair this year. Now that the fair is in the past and I’ve had adequate time for reflection, I think it is a good time to share the results from the contests I entered. First, the Open Class Photography Contest.… Read More »Boone County Fair 2018 Results
There is a lot going on in the pictures from the folder 06-10-08! There is a sunset. There is FNSC. There is the first official outing of The Tenderloin Appreciation Society. There are pictures of the Ames Party Bus. Let’s get to it! The first tenderloining experience was at the… Read More »06-10-08
An announcement! Today is the beginning of the Boone County Fair. On Saturday, Baby Got Rack will be competing in the Barbecue Competition. You should come out an support us. I think we will be there pretty much all day. I think judging is at 4 PM. See you there!… Read More »Maquoketa Caves State Park: Chapter 1
A quick announcement before we get to the meat of this entry. I will be working a concession stand at the Boone Municipal Band Festival today for the church. I will be there. I think some of my family. Some of the kid’s from the youth group. I think the… Read More »Decorah Waterfall