13!! Lucky number 13! 13 straight weeks of double digit submissions. With the holiday season, it might be rough getting to 14 straight weeks and I will be in Kentucky next Monday. However, that doesn’t change the deadline. So plan accordingly, this week is a very easy theme! But you… Read More »WPC – WEEK 223 – LANDSCAPE
For like the last 15 or 16 or more years, my church has held a free Thanksgiving dinner open to anybody in the community. The last few years I have went down and photographed the event until I needed to tap out and go to my family Thanksgiving. Here are… Read More »Methodistgiving
Before we get into the meat of this post, I’d like to remind you that tonight at the Boone First United Methodist Church from 5:15-6:30 we are having a soup supper that is a fundraiser for our 2020 Mission Trip to Indianapolis: Hope to see many of you there tonight!… Read More »Who’s a Big Boy? – Chapter 1
Another healthy week of submissions. The 12th week in a row of double digit submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett Tamara Peterson Micky Augustin Andy Sharp Michelle… Read More »WPC – WEEK 222 – SPORTS/GAMES
There are a metric buttload of pictures in the folder 2009-07-23. Strangely, most of them were actually taken in December of 2008. I’m not entirely sure what was going on there. I can just state that my organizational system back then wasn’t rock solid like it is now. Mostly because… Read More »2009-07-23
Here it is! The last batch of pictures of Melissa and Scottie D.’s children from the 2018 backlog! I think there are only 2 folders left in the 2018 backlog, but it might be less. I might just do a special Sunday “An Artist’s Notebook” entry just to be done… Read More »But the Law Never Will
This is the third of four collections of pictures of Scottie D’s progeny frolicking around the skate park in McHose Park. I don’t like to brag on Boone, but McHose Park is still the best city park I’ve ever seen. Sorry Central Park. One more collection of Austin and Porter… Read More »Someday the Mountain Might Get ‘Em
Here is another collection of images from the photo shoot with Austin and Porter from the 2018 backlog: Still plenty more pictures of Porter and Austin in the chute!
Of all the folders left in the 2018 backlog, the biggest one by far is the photos from a photo shoot with Scottie D.’s two progeny, Austin and Porter. We went out to the McHose Park skate park and took a bunch of candid portaits. Here is a collection of… Read More »Straightenin’ the Curves
The pictures in the folder 2009-07-17 are from the second to last Ames Jaycees event I ever attended. I can’t remember the timeline of everything that went down that caused me to up and quit the Jaycees, but I’m pretty sure that I had already resigned my Board Position several… Read More »2009-07-17
In the 2018 backlog, I found another collection of pictures I took at an Iowa State women’s basketball game. I decided to post them, to make sure, all of you understand that Bridget Carleton is the GOAT. Bridge Carleton also: #1 & #5 Scoring Seasons – 760 + 594 #1… Read More »GOAT II (No Actual Goats in this Post)
On Saturday, I attended the Celebration of Life for Glenn Peterson. Glenn was one of my favorite people and I’m sure most people that got the pleasure to meet Glenn also shared my admiration for him. Seeing and talking to Glenn was a bonus reason to go to church on… Read More »Glenn Peterson
The pictures from the folder 2009-07-10 are all from an Ames on the Half Shell concert that featured by far my favorite artist that we ever booked. Her name was Bonne Finken and she was one of maybe 3 artists that we booked during my entire run with the Jaycees… Read More »2009-07-10
Here is another post from the 2018 backlog. These are mostly pictures of Naima. I think they might have been alternates for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme the week they were taken. I’m not entirely sure and I’m not up to that level of soul searching and research. There is… Read More »Dogface
A couple Saturdays back a few of us gathered in lot G6 for the sacred ritual that is known as Taco Tailgate. It was almost an entirely different crew than what usually shows up. Houlihan. No show. Joe. No show. Rachel. No show. Who did show up? Jorge. Taco Master!… Read More »Taco Tailgate – 2019
The pictures in the folder 2009-07-06 are from my 2009 Independence Day. I spent the day immersed in Ames Jaycees projects. The beginning of my day was spent helping with the special Independence Day Ames on the Half Shell with The Nadas. Then I finished the day helping out with… Read More »2009-07-06
In late October I went to the beautiful campus of the pre-eminent land grant university in the country to see Elizabeth Warren speak at Stephens Auditorium. She was the last of the major candidates I needed to see. Here is a little bit about Elizabeth Warren from her website: Elizabeth… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Elizabeth Warren
There are two sets of pictures from the folder called 2009-07-02. One is from a trip to see the Boone City Band play and ran in to Josh and his progeny Wesley. The other is a collection of pictures of Frank. I’m not entirely sure why we took the pictures… Read More »2009-07-02
Last Friday I published pictures of when I saw Pete Buttigieg speak at the Iowa State Fair. It was the best place to hear somebody speak, so I decided to see him again. A few weeks back he came to speak at the Farm Expo Grounds near Boone. It was… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Pete Buttigieg – Volume 2
Once gain, hitting up that sweet, sweet 2018 backlog. Back in September I went to see and ride Thomas the Tank with Bethany, Nora, and Bethany’s friend Harvey and her kids. I frequently go down to the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad when Thomas is in town, but this was my… Read More »Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
The pictures from the folder 2009-06-29 are mostly from a softball game between Alexis’ team and a team coached by Jesse and Lowell. I assume Alexis’ team won the game because of… Bennett genetics. There are some pictures of Larry Howard in this post. Larry passed away earlier this year.… Read More »2009-06-29