Now it is time to begin sharing the collection of cruddy cell phone pictures of the trip home from Ireland to the Cyclone State. We got up in the morning and headed to the lumber yard/cafe and then headed to a grocery store to find a post office so that… Read More »Travel Home Day 1
REMINDER! This is it! The second of 2 weeks where you can make suggestions for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY (AND ONLY BY) LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION ON THIS POST AND LAST WEEK’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST. NO EMAILS.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 529 – SPOOKY
The first day of October! No better day to share THE SELFIE PROJECT images from September. I freely confessed that I struggled with the project this month. Often forgetting to take my selfie until the last minute. I was insanely busy for parts of September, but I didn’t really go… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2025
On Day 3 of Austin, I was able to get away from work enough to do a quick little walk around our area and do some night street photography. Here are some pictures: The next day in Austin, there wasn’t much of anything, as far as photography, but I’ll share… Read More »Austin Day 3: Night Street Photography
This is the final collection of 2024 images (besides the Howard Family Photo Shoot) I have to share. Then the 2024 backlog will be all but clear! Have a look: Feels good to have that 2024 backlog all but cleared.
Going to wipe out the rest of the 2024 images (with the exception of the Howard Family Photo Shoot) in the next 2 days. These are a bunch of images that I liked, but never really found their way into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. They are all over… Read More »We Sat on Your Roof
Day 2 in Austin really was all work. I’m not even sure if I left the hotel the entire day. Which means I took hardly any pictures. But what I got I will share. Hope you like pictures of a hotel! Here they are: On Day 3 I was able… Read More »Austin Day 2: All Work and No Play
It is time to once again to clean up some of the backlog. This is a collection of images that I like, but never really fit into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Most of these images were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are the pictures: It always… Read More »I’m a Weirdo
The second day of September! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from August. I managed to leave the state of Iowa in August. In fact August was an incredibly busy month. A month that I don’t think I will duplicate any time soon. I got to… Read More »Selfie Project – August 2025
This is it. The final collection of images I took at the Iowa State Fair. This collection of images were taken on my trip to the Iowa State Fair on the final day of the Fair with Nader. This is my favorite collection of images from last year’s Fair. It… Read More »ISF 08/18/2024: Sunset
Time to clean up some backlog. This is a collection of images that I like to one degree or another, but never really fit into previous post. All of these pictures were taken in October. Have a looksie: It always feels good to clean out a little bit of the… Read More »You’re So Effing Special
This collection of images will finish up all the Christmas pictures I took last year. These are the ones I took at Candlelight Service at Boone First United. As I have well-documented, this is my favorite church service of the year. Every year. Here are the pictures: I’m already looking… Read More »Candlelight Service Last
Since we are smack dab in the middle of July, feels like a good time to share some pictures I took of some Christmas decorations on Christmas Eve. Have a look: Still one more collection of Christmas type pictures to share from last year.
Last year I made it down to Boone’s annual lighted parade. Boone doesn’t have a huge lighted parade but it is decent enough. Here are some pictures from the festivities: I do think Boone has a pretty good little Christmas tradition and I think our town Christmas tree is actually… Read More »Santa!!
SATURDAY NIGHT! What a great theme! I hope not too many of you spent Saturday night watching the television. But you will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week2-Brandon… Read More »WPC – WEEK 508 – SATURDAY NIGHT
Time to clean out some more of the backlog. All of these images were taken in July of last year. They are images I like to one level or another, but they never quite fit into any previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entries. Some were taken in downtown Boone and the… Read More »I Want You to Notice
Today is Memorial Day. So let me wish you all a good Memorial Day. I hope it was a good weekend for all of you! I hope you had time to honor those who gave everything for you, in whatever manner that means to you. SIGN! What a great theme!… Read More »WPC – WEEK 506 – SIGN
This is the final collection of pictures from my trip to the National Balloon Classic with Jesse last year. This one features a few pictures of the Night Glow thing, which I confess was pretty disappointing. I guess I’m not sure what I expected, but the simple answer is, “more”.… Read More »National Balloon Classic: Drones
It is Good Friday, so I need to start today with a devotional. The Centurion near the Cross Scripture Readings: Devotional The presence of Roman soldiers around the crucifixion of Jesus Christ indicates that this was a state-sponsored crucifixion ordered by the Jewish leaders opposed to Jesus’ message. (Incidentally, the… Read More »ISF: 08/08/2024 – Food Vendors
Time for Day 2 of my food adventure in Austin, Texas. The lame one. With all the music and no SPAM Museum. After Day 1, this is what was left in my per diem account: $317.90 Lowell and I began putting the rooms (that were available to us) together about… Read More »Austin Grub: Day 2
Today is Carla’s birthday. I need to wish her a happy birthday! I hope your birthday is filled with all the crafting you could ever want! Today is also Monica’s birthday. I need to also wish her a happy birthday. I hope your birthday is filled with lots of art!… Read More »New Orleans Day 5: Night Walk Denouement