If you haven’t seen, the Iowa Pork Producers Association announced their annual Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest Winner yesterday. Here is the press release: Dairy Sweet Becomes Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin Contest Winner October 17, 2024 Dairy Sweet, located in Dunlap, Iowa and owned by Lori and Greg Thomsen,… Read More »Eclipse Road Trip Day 2 – Cinema 67
I made a horrible mistake yesterday. I didn’t mislabel or completely miss somebody’s submissions. Like I have done in the past. No. I completely forgot to acknowledge Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! (1 day late.) I apologize for missing it. The Computer Mine does not celebrate a single… Read More »I Wish I Was Special
Back in April I made a road trip with the Gorshes to Indiana to see the solar eclipse. It was a 3 day trip with many great memories. But on Day 1 I didn’t take many pictures. Just a few at a rest area and 1 in Indiana. Here are… Read More »Eclipse Road Trip Day 1
Logan purchased an infrared camera a few months back. He brought it over one afternoon and I took it for a little spin. It was a good time. I’ll be borrowing that camera again in the future!
The finalists for this year Best Tenderloin were announced yesterday. Here is the press release from the Iowa Pork Producers Association: The annual competition for the title of Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin has been whittled down from 40 restaurants to just five finalists across the state, showcasing the best… Read More »Dubuque County Road Trip – I
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. These are: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE… Read More »WPC – WEEK 472 – OUT OF DATE
I forgot to remember to forget her I can’t seem to get her off my mind I thought I’d never miss her But I found out somehow I think about her almost all the time The day she went away I made myself a promise That I’d soon forget we… Read More »I Forgot to Remember to Forget
Today is Adam’s birthday so I have to with him a happy birthday: Happy birthday Adam! I hope your birthday is another big advance in your recovery and we will see you back in the pulpit soon! +++++++ This is a comprehensive sweep of all the pictures from 2023 (except… Read More »In a Beautiful World
Today is Kanoa’s birthday, so I have to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Kanoa! I hope your day is spent with as much toys and playtime as you can handle! +++++++ This post concludes the pictures I took on my little road trip that began in Nevada and… Read More »Ain’t No Hogback Bridge!
After getting breakfast on the 2nd day of the Liberty Bowl Road Trip, we hit the road and then hit our feet and did the Big River Crossing. The Big River Crossing is the longest public pedestrian bridge that crosses the Mississippi River. If you are looking for a bit… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 2 – Big River Crossing
After I left Winterset City Park I went to Pammel State Park. Which is a little south of Winterset. I sought out this park because I wanted to photograph Harmon Tunnel. Harmon Tunnel would not be exotic to most people, but in the Cyclone State, it is singular. Unique. The… Read More »Mostly Harmon Tunnel
On that road trip I took back in November, after I left Nevada, I ended up in Winterset. I started my trip by tooling around Winterset City Park. The only City Park I’ve ever seen that rivals McHose Park for excellence. I started by hitting up Clark Tower and then… Read More »Winterset City Park
By the time this publishes, I will be in possession of my entries to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. So it is safe to reveal what pictures got entered and what picture got shown the door. Which picture was told “You’re no good. Get outta here kid. You got… Read More »Food Truckin’: Winery Field Work
Way back in July of last year, I took a little road trip with Teresa. First we went to the Stanhope Watermelon Festival. Then we went to get a tenderloin. Then on the way back we drove through Iowa Falls and Alden. I took a few pictures: Alden, Iowa Iowa… Read More »Iowa Fallin’
Back in October I took a walk around Ledges and snapped some photos. Seems like a good time to clear them out of the back log and put them up for public consumption. Like the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, Ledges is one of those places in Boone County that… Read More »Ledging
Now that all those glorious black and white images have been shared, time to start hammering away on pictures I took back in 2023. This collection of pictures I took of or near the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad back in October. Sometimes you have to go far from your… Read More »A Scenic Valley
Today is Alexis’ birthday. So I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Alexis! I hope it is a magical birthday! Dirty Slytherin… +++++++ Time to share the final set of BLACK & WHITE pictures I took on the 4th of July that were alternates for THE WEEKLY… Read More »And Now I’m Pickin’ Her Apart
Today I’m going to share the alternate BLACK & WHITE images I took for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE on Tuesday, July 2. Mostly from around my yard. Still 5 more days of BLACK & WHTIE alternates to go!
Can you believe that this is the 5,250th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 5,250
Seems like a good day to share the rest of the images from my trip to Reiman Gardens with family back in October of 2023. It is always a good day when it is spent in a garden. Especially one where I don’t have to do the weeding!
So long, I’ve been looking too hard I’ve been waiting too long Sometimes I don’t know what I will find I only know it’s a matter of time When you love someone When you love someone It feels so right, so warm and true I need to know if you… Read More »Waiting for a Girl Like You