I meant to publish a post on this subject a week or so ago, but the derecho put those plans on hold. I’ve meant to be more proactive about writing about when I get new equipment, even equipment that is fairly small or seemingly inconsequential to most people. Hopefully this… Read More »Red Fish, Blue Fish
The pictures in the folders 2010-03-05 and 2010-03-07 are very distinct. There is a collection of images of dirty mustaches. Mustaches that Jesse and I sported as part of our team concept for a trivia night we attended. We were going to make the trivia night a tradition, but we… Read More »2010-03-05 & 2010-03-07
The pictures in the folder 2010-01-30 are from both THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE and PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT. The flower pictures were taken for the theme PLANTS. THE PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT involves a broken mirror and Willy. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore… Read More »2010-01-30
Would you believe it? 40 straight weeks of double digit submissions. I didn’t even need to send out any reminders this morning! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Elizabeth Nordeen Logan Kahler… Read More »WPC – WEEK 251 – BLACK AND WHITE
Here it is, the final collection of pictures of Senior Pictures. I might reserve the right to keep publishing Sunday journal entries because I have so many flower pictures to the shower. That is what I do. I take pictures of flowers and I know things. Here is the final… Read More »Senior Sunday – Taylan – Volume 8
Happy 4th of July everybody! This holiday celebratory picture is a bit different. This historical marker commemorates the crew of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Bomber that were killed when their plane crashed in Boone County during a training flight during WWII. +++++++ The pictures in the folders 2010-01-19… Read More »2010-01-19 & 2010-01-25
The second to last Senior Sunday. This is the final collection of photos from Autumn’s photo shoot. These pictures were separated from the rest because they were either taken with the RXOII or Rodan139. If you want to go back and look at all the Autumn photos, click on the… Read More »Senior Sunday – Autumn – Volume 5
The pictures in the folders 2010-01-14 and 2010-01-17 include the first 2 pictures I took for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. When it first came into existence, it was known as the RANDOM PICTURE OF THE WEEK. It was a project that was started jointly by me and Vest. Dawn was… Read More »2010-01-14 & 2010-01-17
Here we are, another Senior Sunday. Only a couple of them left and then you will be able to have your Sabbath back. Down to 6 blog posts a week. Seems like just a couple of weeks ago we were at 11 blog posts a week. Here is the 7th… Read More »Senior Sunday – Taylan – Volume 7
It is time again for another Senior Sunday!! We check in again with Autumn. This is the last collection of Autumn that was taken with a more conventional camera, but there will be one more collection of Autumn photos after this collection. I believe there are only 3 Senior Sundays… Read More »Senior Sunday – Autumn – Volume 4
I need to start with wishing a big happy birthday to Shannon! She has been a big part of this here online journal over the years. It is for that reason it was actually hard to pick just 5 pictures to celebrate her birth with, but I did it. Happy… Read More »2009-12-05
In a sad, but necessary decision, the Iowa State Fair officially cancelled for this year yesterday. They sent out the following email: The Iowa State Fair Board, the governing body who oversees the Iowa State Fair, today voted to postpone the 2020 Iowa State Fair until August 12-22, 2021, amid… Read More »Ghost in a Dream
A weird thing is happening in Boone tomorrow night. Boone is having a Black Lives Matter event. I have to say that I am pretty shocked. Boone isn’t exactly a bastion of diversity, but is has had an important place in other civil rights fights. Don’t forget that the first… Read More »Senior Sunday – Taylan – Volume 6
The pictures from the folder 2009-11-30 are from when I started a project I called THE PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT. That was a challenge of mine to get out the camera once a week and tackle photo ideas that had been percolating in my brain. I had found I was becoming… Read More »2009-11-30
Hey, I screwed up the schedule of posts and 2 posts accidentally posted at the same time yesterday. This one, that I took back down and re-posted and another one with daffodils. It is possible that you didn’t get the post about the daffodils yesterday. If that is the case,… Read More »Suds, Dickcissel, and Lensbaby Redux
On our Sunday worship service (on KWBG) we honored our graduating seniors with a video that is a compilation of the the seniors discussing their future and their favorite aspects of Boone First United Methodist Church. I acted as something of a clearinghouse for the video. I collected all the… Read More »Senior Sunday – Garrett – Volume 3
I need to start this post by wishing the happiest of birthdays to my bro Nate. Happy birthday Nate! Truth is, I just hope Nate gets a good nap on his birthday! +++++++ The pictures in the folder 2009-11-23 are from a trip I made with the family to Kansas… Read More »2009-11-23
I need to start by wishing my mother-in-law Colleen a happy birthday. Happy birthday Colleen! I hope your birthday was amazing! All the best people were born in May! Can you imagine being born in a different month? +++++++ This is the final collection of images that were triggered by… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 10
I should start by saying Happy birthday to Kalista. So, happy birthday Kalista! I hope it is a very happy birthday indeed! +++++++ It is time for the 9th and nearly last installment of pictures that were triggered by Elainie’s homecoming! I do believe that when you are from Iowa… Read More »Elainie Homecoming Ch. 9
It is Senior Sunday! Time for another stirring volume of senior pictures! It is once again Taylan’s turn in the rotation! Still several weeks of Senior Sundays to go!
There were only a couple of pictures in the folder 2009-11-19, so I decided to also post some pictures from the folder 2009-11-21. The picture from the first album is of Becca and her beau at the time. There is one picture of a Window Project I made for Salon… Read More »2009-11-19 + 2009-11-21