A couple of weeks back I tooled around Winneshiek County harvesting their town signs. Winneshiek County is one of the most beautiful places in Iowa. If I had to rank the most beautiful areas in Iowa, the Driftless Area would be first. The Loess Hills would be second. Then there… Read More »Town Sign Project: Winneshiek County
Time for another collection of images from my road trip through Plymouth and Sioux County to harvest their town sign. Most of these auxiliary images were taken in Le Mars. Le Mars has an incredible collection of murals to go with being the Ice Cream Capital of the World. There… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 4
PEOPLE was probably a popular theme. I even found some PEOPLE I like to photograph. Well one PEOPLE, but if the rest of the PEOPLE are good with Fran, they are probably okay PEOPLE. But to find out, you’ll have to keep scrolling. But I bet there were a ton… Read More »WPC – WEEK 360 – PEOPLE
Back in early June, I got together with Alexis and Kupono and Kanoa and Anela to take some family photos. Here is the first collection of images from that photo shoot: There are still plenty more pictures to share from this photo shoot. The next Formal Portrait Sunday, we will… Read More »Baugher Family 2022 – Volume 1
A quick heads up. If you were thinking of going to or entering an animal into the Pufferbilly Days Dog and Exotic Animal Show, because of the extreme heat of today it was postponed. It is now tomorrow at noon at the park on 9th and Story. +++++++ I have… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – July 2022
This is a reminder that tomorrow there is a dog and exotic animal pet show for Pufferbilly Days. A person could also enter a cat, but people don’t, cause… cat. I mean, it explains itself. However, I give this reminder with the caveat that it is possible that the Dog… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2022
I know that Thursdays are for flowers, so I apologize for sullying our Thursday with a non-flower post on a Thursday. However, this information is somewhat time sensitive. By the time this publishes, hopefully, the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Display will be complete and ready for the world to see… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest – People’s Choice Award
Time for another collection of images from my road trip through Plymouth and Sioux County. Once again, the organization on this is all kinds of messed up. But you’ll get the idea. There are still plenty more pictures from this trip still to come!
A couple months back I cruised around Delaware County harvesting their town signs. It was a good trip. Here are some fun facts about Delaware County: + Population is 17,107 making it the 42nd most populous county in Iowa. Behind Dickinson County and above Crawford County. + The largest town… Read More »Town Sign Project: Delaware County
Was ODD CAMERA ANGLE oddly popular? I guess you will have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Sarah Toot – 1 week (3) + Willy McAlpine – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 359 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
Another Formal Portrait Sunday. Another volume of pictures from one of Jayton’s Senior Picture Photo Shoots. In this collection you can see that he was a very decorated track and field athlete during his high school career. Next Formal Portrait Sunday will involve a Baugher Family Photo Shoot from this… Read More »Jayton – Volume 6
Here is another collection of auxiliary pictures from my road trip to Plymouth and Sioux County to harvest their town signs. Most of these pictures are of the extremely bizarre sculptures in Hospers, Iowa. Here is some information on the sculptures: Frederickus Reinders (1874-1959) who worked as a house painter,… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 2
Today is the last day to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. I will be picking up the entries from the Chamber about 5 PM today. I’m excited to see how many entries we got this year. I know of at least 4 people that have told me they are… Read More »Baby Got Rack – Boone County Fair
Reminder that tomorrow is the deadline to turn in your entries to the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Important things to note: + Entry Deadline: July 29, 2022 – 5 PM + Turn entries in at the Boone County Chamber of Commerce – 903 Story Street – Boone, Iowa + 3… Read More »My Song
Here is another reminder that Friday is the deadline to turn in your entries for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Here are the rules: The foam board rule is important, as the heat in the display window is pretty intense. Pictures tend to melt in the heat if they don’t… Read More »Plymouth and Sioux County Aux – Vol. 1
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is this Friday at 5 PM. Entries should be turned in to the Boone Chamber of Commerce at 903 Story Street. Photos will be displayed at KWBG at 824 Keeler St. Definitely starting on Friday,… Read More »Town Sign Project: Buchanan County
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries are to be submitted to the Chamber office by 5 PM. I hope there are plenty of submissions this year! Or at the least, more than there were last year. +++++++ Was WILD a WILDly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 358 – WILD
It is another Formal Portrait Sunday. This is the final collection of images from Kyle’s Fall Photo Shoot. But there is still another collection of Kyle pictures yet to share. Here are more of my favorites: Next Formal Portrait Sunday, we will check back-in with Jayton’s senior pictures.
Here is the last of the auxiliary images from a road trip I made with Teresa to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. Lake Park Rock Rapids Larchwood Tri-State Marker – Where Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota meet. Inwood Hull A word about the tri-state marker. There… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux. – Vol 2
On Saturday Baby Got Rack competed in the Boone County Fair Barbecue Competition. The Iowa Farm Bureau Cook-out is the technical name I believe. The bad news is that we were definitely rusty. In fact, it might have been the worst performance in Baby Got Rack’s storied career. The good… Read More »Baby Got Rack – Boone County Fair Prep
Once again, I am reminding you that the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is coming up. It is next Friday! So you have 9 days to get your entry together and get it to the Chamber office. By 5 PM. On July 29. Here is a reminder of… Read More »Turpentine