Now that all those glorious black and white images have been shared, time to start hammering away on pictures I took back in 2023. This collection of pictures I took of or near the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad back in October. Sometimes you have to go far from your… Read More »A Scenic Valley
Time to share the last collection of glorious BLACK AND WHITE images I took but didn’t use for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. These were also all taken at Logan’s birthday party. The ink has barely dried on this post and I’m already sad our trip through all the glorious BLACK… Read More »When You Were Here Before
Today is Dahlia’s birthday. So I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dahlia! I hope your birthday is filled with plenty of play time! +++++++ Time for another collection of glorious BLACK AND WHITE images. These were all taken at Logan’s birthday party. I hope you like… Read More »She Probably Give You Butterflies
This collection of glorious BLACK & WHITE images i took on July 6. I had a fairly lazy Saturday. I took a mini-road trip over to Jefferson for some A&W and had Jay, Willy, Monica, and Graham over for watermelon. But that was about all I did all day. This… Read More »Will Make You Miss My Wretched Heart
Time to share another collection of alternate images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme BLACK & WHITE. I took these glorious BLACK & WHITE pictures on July 5. I went over to Nevada to try what was allegedly great chicken from a gas station with Teresa and hosted Willy and… Read More »Like Cuttin’ Her Down
Today is Alexis’ birthday. So I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Alexis! I hope it is a magical birthday! Dirty Slytherin… +++++++ Time to share the final set of BLACK & WHITE pictures I took on the 4th of July that were alternates for THE WEEKLY… Read More »And Now I’m Pickin’ Her Apart
FACELESS PORTRAIT! A great theme! But did enough people face a camera to make it a popular theme! You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 8, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses): 1-Elainie Hernandez – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 461 – FACELESS PORTRAIT
Today is Logan’s birthday, so I have to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Logan! I hope your day is filled with quality garage sale finds and a ton of photo opportunities! ++++++ Today is also Derrick’s birthday, so I also need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy… Read More »An Eternal Love BS You Know You’ll Never Mean
Today is going to be a long one, so buckle up and get your popcorn ready! Today is Jay’s birthday, so I need to start by wishing him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Jay! I hope your birthday is magical in the nothingness you attempt to do! +++++++ It is… Read More »WPC – WEEK 460 – BLACK & WHITE
Can you believe that this is the 5,250th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 5,250
Last October I spent a few hours in beautiful gardens with a lot of family. Teresa, Linda, Linda’s friend, my cousin Marybeth and her husband. Here are some pictures from the day: It was a good time and I have one more collection of images from the day left to… Read More »Reiman Gardens I
Time to clear out more of the proverbial backlog. These are a collection of pictures that I took back in August of 2023 but never fit any other “An Artist’s Notebook” posts. But are good enough that I think the world should see them. Some were taken on a trip… Read More »I’m Selfish, I Know, I Can’t Let You Go
Here is your Bokeh Picture of the Week: In this picture Bokeh is running with a tennis ball that Lola, the dog from across the street, gave her. She had a vet appointment on Friday where she got 2 shots. Only 2 more rounds of shots and she will be… Read More »Burgertime: Adair Field Work
Day 7 in New Orleans was supposed to be relatively short. Tony and I had a 10:20 flight. So we would leave for the airport a little after 8. We would grab a connecting flight in Denver and be back in the Cyclone State by 3:30. But the best laid… Read More »The Big Easy – Day 7 Phone Pictures
Before Carla and I went to the Clay County Fair, we took a quick spin around Lake Okoboji with Jason before he put away the boat for the winter. It is always a good time when you are on a boat. Here are some pictures: It was a truly great… Read More »This Ain’t Sea World, This is as Real as it Gets
When we last left off from my trip around Omaha with Bill, we were wandering around the Union Station Museum. Plenty more from there to share. Still one more collection of images left to share. That time we will get out of Union Station. And not because we were almost… Read More »Get Right to the Heart of Matters
A few weeks back I went to The Library with Michelle before attending a political speech. I got the burger, but I also had to get their nachos because they claim they are the “Best in Des Moines”. Here are some pictures: So are they Des Moines’ Best Nachos? They… Read More »BurgerTime: Drake Neighborhood Field Work
I woke up in the hotel in Normal, Illinois at about my normal time 5:45 AM or so. I packed up the tremendous amount of stuff I lugged into the hotel. A suitcase. A laptop. A CPAP. A camera bag. My ledger. Probably some other stuff as well. I figured… Read More »Eclipse Road Trip – Day 3
Originally I was going to break off from Jay for the last leg of the Catholic Fish Fry Circuit. I was going to go down to Ankeny or Des Moines and find a place that was serving fish tacos. But, the Iowa State Women were playing Maryland in the 1st… Read More »Fisher of Men: Ames Campustown Field Work
Time to share another collection of images taken on my last trip to the Iowa State Fair on the last day of the Iowa State Fair with Jesse and Nader. This collection begins in the Varied Industry Building and ends in the Cultural Building. One of my favorite buildings at… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 4 – Gamma
Time to share the final collection of images I took on my street photography trip I took to the Des Moines Farmer’s Market with Teresa last summer. For the most part I am opposed to putting stickers on cars. I can’t remember the name, but I once heard a comedian… Read More »Des Moines Farmer’s Market III