Today is Micky’s birthday so I have to wish him a happy birthday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICKY! I hope your birthday is filled with all the outdoorsman adventures you can handle! +++++++ It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 441 – LEADING LINES
Not gonna lie. Going to state it right out in the open. This post isn’t for everybody. I was already told once that I overshared about this process, but it was a food adventure of sorts and the information I’m going to share fits into my future food adventures. I… Read More »Colon Scopin’
I took a few pictures for the THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE theme CIRCLE a week or so back. Thought I would share with you all the ones that were good enough to make the cut. Most of these were taken in McHose Park, but a few were taken in other locations.… Read More »We Broke Up a Month Ago
When Jesse and I went down to Memphis to watch the embarrassing debacle that was the Liberty Bowl we made sure to eat a bunch of delicious food. Fortunately the Pastor at my church lived in Memphis for several years and he gave us several solid recommendations on places to… Read More »Liberty Bowl Road Trip Grub
I am definitely starting to run low on food adventures, but I think that there are a few on my horizon. This food adventure took place in November. I cruised down to a state park near Winterset cause it was on my list of places I wanted to see in… Read More »I Scream: Winterset Field Work
When I celebrated my birthday with Jesse and Jay it was actually a split affair. We celebrated my birthday and Jay’s birthday. We played miniature golf for me. Then Jay chose the restaurant. We ate at a Mexican restaurant in Granger. I took pictures and was going to make it… Read More »Birthday Hikin’
Back in August Jesse and I took a road trip up to Minnesota to watch the musical “Jagged Little Pill”. It was a quick trip, but we did get to spend some time with Bethany and Nora. They took us to this fascinating art park. I took a few pictures…… Read More »Jagged Little Road Trip I
Toda is Sheri’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope it is as good of a birthday as is possible! +++++++ BREAKFAST! Some say that is it the most important meal of the day! I don’t know that it is, but was it… Read More »WPC – WEEK 436 – BREAKFAST
A couple months back Jesse and I hit the open road and ended up at The Feed Mill Restaurant in Audubon, Iowa. It was the 9th stop (technically 10th – but I’ll cover that) on the Tenderloin Trail 2.0. Leaving me just one stamp short of earning my Tenderloin Trail… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0: Audubon Field Work
Last year the only real birthday celebration I had was playing miniature golf with Jesse and Jay at Jester Park. I’m not old and unathletic enough to play real golf yet. Maybe I’ll get there in the next few years, but until then the occasional stroll around a miniature golf… Read More »A Miniature Birthday
A couple Sundays back my church honored our Building Engineer. He retired after 43 years with our church. Which is amazing when you think about it. Yesterday was my 18th anniversary with the computer mine. I can’t imagine working another 18 years there. Let alone another 25 years. Wow! I… Read More »And You’ll Be the One Who’s Crying
Time to share the rest of the collection from my trip to Rancho Deluxe with Jesse on our way up to Minnesota. Definitely something you should visit if you like art at all. I definitely want to visit this place again… and again… and again!
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day! I forgot to mention this last Monday cause it had slipped my RADAR. The Computer Mine doesn’t care about civil rights all that much, so while government employees, schools, and bankers get the day off, I’ll be working it to the bone all… Read More »WPC – WEEK 435 – UGLY
It is time to share the November image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture of the redbud trees in Red Haw State Park. NOVEMBER I chose this picture for November because it had purple in it. TECHINICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4 DATE: April 29, 2023… Read More »And They’ll Think that I am So Exciting
It is time to share the August image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was a picture taken with Rodan139 of RAGBRAI east of Luther. AUGUST I chose this RAGBRAI picture for August because RAGBRAI is a summer activity. TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Hasselblad L1D-20c DATE: July 25, 2023 –… Read More »Rancho Deluxe – I
Time to share the February image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a strawflower bulb that was taken in my yard: FEBRUARY This image was placed in February as February houses Valentines Day and I like to think that flowertography is considered romantic. TECHNICAL DETAILS:… Read More »Minnesota Independence Day Road Trip – Day 2
Time to share the January image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was taken on a foggy morning on the High Trestle Trail Bridge: JANUARY Part of the reason I selected this image for January was it suggested the cold of January to me. Especially since it was taken… Read More »Sausage Fest
Time for another collection of images from the trip I made to Stanhope Watermelon Day with Teresa. This collection of images is from when we returned to Watermelon Day. After the parade we took off to Bradford for lunch. Then we came back for the free watermelon and the Foreigner… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day – III
Back in July I took a road trip up to Minnesota near the 4th of July to visit family. Here are a few pictures from Day 1 of the trip: Coming across Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store was a welcome surprise. Apparently Nora has wanted to go there forever, but Bethany… Read More »Minnesota Independence Day Road Trip – Day 1
A few months back I stopped at an interesting breakfast joint that is only a few short blocks from my house. Weather or Naut is breakfast (and catering) business that serves breakfast from their driveway. Here are some pictures from my breakfast burrito meal: My breakfast burrito was delicious! To… Read More »#BreakfastBurritoLife: Boone Field Work
Time to clean out the April backlog. Lots of pictures that didn’t quite make their way into previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entries. Including some that were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE and some that were taken in Jester Park and some at the end of a flowertography road trip.… Read More »‘Cause Someday I’ll Be Everything to Somebody Else