Clearing out some of the 2025 backlog. These images were taken in November of last year, but they never really quite fit into earlier “An Artist’s Notebook” posts. It is a collection of fisheye lenses taken of Bokeh and some rushed images of the Northern Lights. Not the pizza place.… Read More »Aroura Bokehalis
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!
Day 5 began in a hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The hotel was too fancy pants to serve a free breakfast so we just hit the road and saw some of my top Route 66 items right away. The Land of the Giants! Here are the cell phone pictures from Day… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 5 Snaps
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!
Day 4 of the Route 66 Road Trip – Phase 1 we woke up in the bougie RV Park Beagle Bay. The previous day the temperature had eclipsed triple digits. It didn’t cool off much at night. With no air conditioning and no air movement I would swear that temperature… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 4 Snaps
It is the 5th day of September. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from August. I didn’t travel much in August. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a busy month. At least parts of it. Here are the August Selfies: August 1 August 2… Read More »Selfie Project – August 2026
This is the final collection of images from Day 2 of my trip to Ireland with Andy. Last Friday we left off with pictures of people crossing the Carrick-a-Rede Bridge. We will start right up in the same place. This made me miss the old swinging bridge in McHose Park.… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Conclusion
Continuing down the road of my 2025 Christmas experience today. This was what I would consider my final Christmas event. Going to Reiman Gardens for Winter Wonderscape. Here is the first collection of images from the event: Still one more collection of images from this sweet event left to share.
Time for another collection of images from the 2025 National Balloon Classic I attended with Ernie and Teresa. Still plenty more pictures from this event left to share!
Time to share the cell phone pictures from Day 3 of the Route 66 Road Trip – Phase 1. We started the morning at the Meramec Caverns Campground. It had rained all night. In the morning it was nice and cool. We had breakfast at the Meramec Caverns diner as… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 3 Snaps
Last Friday when we left off we had just crossed the Carrick-a-Rede bridge over to Carrick-a-Rede Island. Here are the pictures: Ireland is just so amazingly beautiful! These steps are much scarier than the bridge, by a long shot! Only one more collection of pictures from Day 2 in Ireland… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Carrick-a-Rede Bridge
Time for another look back at my Christmas season last year. We’ve covered Christmas treats making and the Christmas Eve candlelight service. Today I’m going to share some pictures from the present opening at Teresa’s on Christmas day. Here are the pictures: My Christmas season wasn’t done quite yet though!… Read More »Christmas Day 2025
Last Tuesday I indicated that my computer was dying and was to the point that I could barely even do any kind of photo editing. The good news is that I have replaced my old broken down computer with a new goodness. The bad news is that because of AI… Read More »2025 National Balloon Classic – Beta
Back in January I attended a pro democracy rally in Ames with Jen. This was shortly after ICE agents had murdered Renee Nicole Good, mother of three and poet in the streets of Minneapolis. Here are some pictures from the rally: Here is a list of people that have been… Read More »Ice Off Our Streets
Our last stop up on the North Atlantic Coast before heading for our hotel was Carrick-a-Rede. This is a place that is most famous for a rope bridge that is suspended over the Atlantic Ocean. Here is some information about it from the National Trust website: The famous Carrick-a-Rede rope… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Carrick-a-Rede
It is time to start showing pictures from the 2025 National Balloon Classic in Indianola. Normally, this would normally start with a larger collection of images, but my computer is on the struggle bus and will probably need to be replaced in the nearish future, so you get what you… Read More »2025 National Balloon Classic – Alpha
I realize now that I never really announced how I did at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon this year. Here is the card they sent: I got two in. If you are looking for them at the Fair, 1 is a Black and White Place. I think the other… Read More »WPC – WEEK 570 – I CAN’T EVEN
A couple of weeks back Andy and I hit the open road in an attempt to drive half of the Mother Road. Route 66. America’s highway! While I took a ton of pictures with the “real” camera, I’m not ready to show those. Not by a long shot Chet. But… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 1 Snaps
Before I post the final images from Pufferbilly Days last year. Here is a reminder about this year’s Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: The Annual Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest registration form is now ready for people to download. The process is a little bit different this year. Photographers have to submit… Read More »Art in the Park Photo Contest
