A few weeks back I hit the open road with Jesse and we harvested the town signs of Benton County and Poweshiek County. This collection focuses primarily on Benton County, although there are some pictures at the end from Buchanan County. Jesse was the first Town Sign Assistant to use… Read More »Benton County Auxiliary Images – 1
A few Saturdays back I cruised around Sac County with Teresa harvesting their town signs. I knew Sac County was the home of the Largest Popcorn Ball in the World, but I did not know that popcorn was so huge to the development of the entire region. I found references… Read More »Town Sign Project: Sac County
The theme of ARCHITECTURE rang the bell of a few people. Quite a few people, actually. Anita Ward would be proud. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Logan Kahler Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Micky Augustin… Read More »WPC – WEEK 306 – ARCHITECTURE
Here is the final chapter in the storage of my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage: Handschin Killer Commits Suicide At Reformatory Sioux City, Feb. 15 Mrs. Martelle McPeek, 29 year-old blonde, who last January 11th shot her lover after being jilted, committed suicider early today in the woman’s reformatory at… Read More »Tama County Auxiliary Images – 2
The pictures in the folder 2010-10-17 is a collection of images from the fairly annual Howard Family Photo Shoot from 2010. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to its original glory: THE 2010 HOWARDS Next… Read More »2010-10-17
Here is Part 5 of the story of my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage. Sentence in Shooting of M. Handschin Sioux City Woman Given 10 Years At Women’s Reformatory at Rockwell City Sioux City, Jan. 26 – Mrs. Martelle McPeek, 29, of Sioux City, today was under sentence of 10… Read More »Dropped
Here is Part 4 of the story of my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage. M. Handschin Funeral Rites Here Jan. 25th Native of Boone Died in Sioux City Formerly Employed by North Wester R. R. Relatives, neighbors and friends paid their final respects to the memory of the late Maurice… Read More »(I’m So) Afraid Of Losing You Again
Here is Part 3 of the brief third marriage of my Grandma Bennett. This article is in particularly bad shape, so there is some guessing with what it says. Handschin, Formerly of Boone, Dies After Being Shot, Sioux city. A (man) shot by a jealous woman at Sioux City the… Read More »Tama County Auxiliary Images – 1
Here is Part 2 in the story of my Grandma Bennett’s second marriage. Jealous Woman Shoots Ex-Boone Man Sioux City, Jan. 12 Maurice Handschin, 37, packing house worker, was in critical condition in a Sioux City hospital today after being shot through the body last, night assertedly by Mrs. Martell… Read More »Town Sign Project: Calhoun County
While we have been working on sorting things at my Mom’s house, we recently have come through a whole pile of genealogy stuff. While sorting through it, I thought I would share a bit of family history from my Dad’s side of the family. It is a story I’ve known,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 305 – MUSIC
When I started THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT I had no intention of photographing the courthouses and the Freedom Rocks of each county. It was just something that evolved over time, because of a few small factors here and there that I don’t need to get into. However, since I have… Read More »Liberty Stones
The pictures in the folder 2010-10-17 are from a photo shoot with Alice DeWaard from when she was 3 months old. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to their original glory: 3 Months Next Saturday’s… Read More »2010-10-17
I was recently invited to Maven’s Birthday Party. It took place at a carousel! Yeah, all other parties are now ruined for me. You are going to have to step it up if you want this guy to make an appearance. Not entirely true. I will show up to any… Read More »Ain’t No Party Like A Carousel Party!
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers I took in my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on April 20, 2021. Mostly tulips, but a few other flowers in there as well. Still, so many flower pictures to share.
This is a reminder that if you are interested in entering the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, the deadline is next Wednesday: To download the entry form and the rules, click on the link below: Entry Form A special thanks to Michelle for modifying the form so you don’t have to… Read More »Marion County Auxiliary Images
A few Saturdays back I took a solo trip around Humboldt County to harvest their town sign collection. Humboldt is one of the smaller counties when it comes to square miles, but it still manages to pack 13 incorporated towns in. It really should be a bigger county but the… Read More »Town Sign Project: Humboldt County
Lots of people decided to make HISTORY by taking a HISTORY image this week. I understand that it can be a bit difficult for people that aren’t like me. You see, it is easy for me cause I’m making HISTORY every day. But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 304 – HISTORY
I usually like to make it to Pella about a week before their annual Tulip Festival. It is a perfect combination of nobody is around and most of the flowers are blooming. This year I bungled my calendar and didn’t end up there until a week after the Tulip Festival.… Read More »Orange City’s Little Cousin
So many of the folders 2010-10-04, 2010-10-11, 2010-10-12, 2010-10-15, and 2010-10-16 had so few images, that I decided to make a mega conglomeration. There are pictures here that were used for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (back then known as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) and pictures used for the program… Read More »2010-10-04, 2010-10-11, 2010-10-12, 2010-10-15, and 2010-10-16
Back in early May I drove around Adair County to harvest their town signs. I also harvested some town signs in Clarke County. This was a solo trip. Here are some of the non-town sign pictures I took while cruising around: Greenfield Fontanelle It is sad that this is being… Read More »Adair County Auxiliary Images
Here is another collection of pictures of flowers I took in my Mom’s yard. These pictures were taken on April 18, 2021. Mostly tulips. I still have so many flower pictures to share!