I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 14
BLACK & WHITE turned out to be a very popular theme. I am pleased. The geographical range that the submissions covered was pretty impressive this week. As far north as Minneapolis. As far west as Easton, Kansas. As far south as Arkansas. As far east as Washington D.C. and Virginia… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 133 – BLACK & WHITE
Here are the remainder of the zoo pictures I took when I went to Manhattan to visit Nate and Laura: The Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, Kansas isn’t the world’s best zoo, but I would recommend it. It is cheap and majority of animals don’t look suicidal. Two things that appeal… Read More »Still My Favorite Color – Vol. 2
Happy Easter! Today we celebrate the good news of an empty grave. I’ve always kind of favored Luke’s version of the Resurrection. Here it is from The Voice: 24 Early on Sunday morning, even before the sun had fully risen, these women made their way back to the tomb with… Read More »Happy Easter!
The following photos are from the folder 03-29-08: By restoring these photos the the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blogs to their original glory: TRIP TO JESTER PARK MYSTERY Restoring those 2 old-timey blogs finishes up a complete restore of blogs from March of… Read More »03-29-08
Last May when I went to Manhattan, Kansas for Nate’s birthday, I also stopped at their zoo and snapped a few photos. Here is a look: The rest of the zoo pictures soon.
A friendly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is BLACK & WHITE: BLACK & WHITE A BLACK & WHITE photo can be a BLACK & WHITE photo of literally any subject you want. It also could be a color photo of something that is BLACK & WHITE. This… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – BLACK & WHITE
Time to hit the backlog again. Here are pictures from the my trip to the Crazy Horse Memorial with my Mom: I loved the Crazy Horse Memorial. My one complaint is that I wish there was more about Crazy Horse there and a little less about the family carving the… Read More »My Land is Where My Dead Lie Buried
More hibiscus pictures! I believe these are the last hibiscus photos from last year, I do believe.
What are you doing next Wednesday night? I bet you’re going to eat! Why not go to Pizza Ranch and support the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group? From 5-9 PM next Wednesday night, if you eat at the Boone Pizza Ranch and give them one of the vouchers… Read More »Pizza Ranch Fundraiser – Next Wednesday
This collection of alternate for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE include the alternate photos I took for the BLACK & WHITE reveal photo for this week’s theme: I had big plans of going out an taking donkey pictures at a friend’s farm, but the weather over the weekend made the roads… Read More »And Nobody Want a Problem. When They Get in My Zone, Better Leave Me Be
The weather this weekend might have been a little tough on AGRICULTURE for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. I know it damaged my plans. May have damaged others. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Cathie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 132 – AGRICULTURE
Hitting up that proverbial backlog. I took a few pictures back in September of the final firetub night of the year. Willy was there! I often think about replacing firetub and putting something classier there, but firetub just stands the test of time. Hoping 2018 is another good year for… Read More »You Don’t Care For Me. I Don’t Care About That!
The following images are found in the folder 03-27-08: By adding these images to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blog entry from 2008 to its original glory: THIS MORNING All these images were taken around my Mom’s house. Next Saturday’s walk down memory… Read More »03-27-08
Hitting up that backlog. Last summer I was contracted to photograph a relative’s flowers. While I was there, I also photographed a few of their animals: Don’t worry. At some point I’ll reveal the flower photos.
A reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is AGRICULTURE: AGRICULTURE An AGRICULTURE photo is a photo that deals with “the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – AGRICULTURE
More from the backlog. Here are some pictures from when I went up to check out the Thomas the Tank festivities last September: I was surprised to see Shorty there. I know how much he loves working the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, but it was nearly 100 degrees. Didn’t… Read More »Well, Bust my Buffers
Hitting up the old backlog. Here are some pictures I took back in September: I believe these beauties reside in my front yard. Also, if you haven’t noticed, I’m experimenting with a different publishing time for the posts. I’m still thinking it over.
The world wasn’t ready for these JOY pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: The pictures of Naima or not processed in Photoshop. That is an in-camera special effect. The dog I’m eating is a world… Read More »Father Forgive Me, For I Am A Sinner; But You Gave Me Photography As Medicine
As I was getting out the hammer to prepare to put the last couple of nails into the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE coffin, there has been a resurgence of submissions this week, for JOY. I’ll just point out that there are several dog submissions for JOY and zero cat submissions for… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 131 – JOY
Here are the balance of pictures from the 2018 Women’s March in Des Moines: Lin-Manuel Miranda would be proud. She is from South Africa I was supposed to meet Jen up there, but she got sick. I was supposed to meet Russell up there, but he was late. I was… Read More »Women’s March Vol. 2