Yesterday I share the losers that didn’t make the cut for the BLACK & WHITE theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE that I took on Day 1 of that week. Today is a collection of losers from Day 2 of the Black & White Week. Most of these were taken… Read More »Just Relax, Take It Easy
REMINDER: TODAY IS THE DAY. ONE OF TWO DAY. IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO SUGGEST THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! YOU CAN DO THAT IN ONE WAY AND ONE WAY ONLY. BY LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS WEEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST. DON’T SEND… Read More »WPC – WEEK 580 – BLACK & WHITE
I’m interrupting my normal food adventure timeline for an emergency food adventure. Back on October 15, the Iowa Pork Producers Association announced this year’s winner for Iowa’s best breaded pork tenderloin. The great news is that the winner is less than 1 hour away from my front door! Earlier this… Read More »Tenderloining: Carroll Field Work
We left Belfast in time to get back to Dublin for the Iowa State pep rally. I had told Andy it didn’t really matter to me if we made it back for the pep rally. I’ve attended many a Cyclone Pep Rally in my day. Including some for bowl games… Read More »Ireland Day 3: ISUCFVMB
While I’m getting close to having shared almost all the images from 2025 that aren’t from Ireland I looked back to make sure I had shared all of the 2024 photos. I knew I hadn’t shared the images from the 2024 Howard Family Photo Shoot. I’ve just been putting that… Read More »Puffer Float Prep – 2024
Back on January 25 I attended a vigil remembering the victims murdered by government agents in the streets of Minneapolis. It was a freezing cold day, but the vigil was still well attended at Bandshell Park in Ames. Here are some pictures of the event: That was 9 months ago… Read More »Vigil
This Sunday’s food adventure involves the one and only one barbecue competition this year. Part of that was because of the business of their schedules and part of it was because one of them got a job. Part of it might have been because the Pufferbilly Days barbecue contest didn’t… Read More »Tall & Meaty Goes to the Fair
Here is the second collection of pictures from Art in the Park and is also the final collection of images from my limited Pufferbilly Days experience this year. This collection will have plenty of pictures of the second musical act at Art in the Park. Her name was Day Ashworth.… Read More »Art in the Park II
On the same day I took those WET pictures I published yesterday I headed down to Ankeny for Elawyn’s 1st birthday party. I know what you are thinking. I can smell it on your breath. You are thinking, “Isn’t Elawyn 2? Hasn’t she already had her 2nd birthday party?” The… Read More »Happy 1st Birthday Elawyn!
I had a very limited Pufferbilly Days experience this year. It was 95% tied to the Photo Contest. The other 5% was meeting Willy and Jesse downtown on Friday night for FNSC. I did next to nothing for Pufferbilly Days on Saturday. Iowa State had an 11 AM home game,… Read More »Art in the Park I
The book for the 2026 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is finished. You can check it out by clicking on the links below. One is a version of the book that is easy to view on your computer. The other is a version that is easier to print. Viewable 2026 Pufferbilly… Read More »Backstage of the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest
Time for the final collection of pictures I took of the construction of the new arch that greets you as you enter or exit (depending what direction you are going) the downtown Boone business district. Gaze your eyes on the final collection: Looking at these pictures is an unwelcome reminder… Read More »Try Boone You’ll Stay
I made 3 trips to the Iowa State Fair this year. They were the same traditional trips I seem to make every year. 1 trip to see the O’Gorshes dance. 1 trip to assist a team with the barbecue contest. 1 trip to pick up my photo contest entries. My… Read More »ISF 2026 Food: Trip 1
Last Friday when we left off Andy and I had boarded the final remaining White Star Line ship in existence. The Nomadic. This collection will be the final collection of images from the area of the Titanic Museum, but very far from the end of the Day 3 images. Very… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Nomadic
Last Wednesday I started sharing images of the construction of the new arch in Boone. When we left off, I was still wandering around taking pictures on my lunchbreak. But this collection will end after I came back after work to see the finished product. To my surprise, it wasn’t… Read More »…You’ll Stay
Time for the second to last collection of images I took to Indianola to take in the sights of the 2025 National Balloon Classic with Ernie and Teresa. This collection features a lot of the musical act that performed that night. One more collection of images left to share!
FOR NEXT WEEK’S THEME THERE IS A SPECIAL RULE! THAT RULE IS REVEALED IN THE THEME REVEAL SECTION OF THIS POST. PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO READ THE SPECIAL RULE! NOISY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 575 – NOISY
Back in late November last year Boone got a new feature. It was actually a re-imagining of an old Boone arch that used to be in Boone near the two passenger train depots. Passenger rail left Boone a long time ago. The depots both were torn down years ago. The… Read More »Try Boone…
Time for another collection of images from the 2025 National Balloon Classic I attended with Ernie and Teresa. Still 2 more collections of images from this sweet event left to share!
This is the final collection of images from my Christmas season in 2025. The final collection of images from Reiman Gardens Winter Wonderscape. An event I am trying to hit annually. Here is the final collection: All in all, it was a pretty great Christmas season. This year I will… Read More »Winter Wonderscape 2025 -II
Time for another collection of images from the 2025 National Balloon Classic I attended with Ernie and Teresa. Still 3 more collections of images from this sweet event left to share!
