Today is Laura’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Laura! I hope your birthday is filled with all the triplet love and some from Nate too, that you can handle! +++++++ As a few of you know, I am old school. I like to… Read More »Postcard Collection 1
Thought I would take a quick look back at Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here are a few quick stats: + 44 different participants + 1811 photos submitted + Least popular theme for participation was ROCK with 16 participants + Most popular theme for participation was SELF-PORTRAIT with… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 9 Review
SLICE OF LIFE got more results than I am expected. You people have impressed me! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Linda Bennett – 1 week + Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 2 weeks + Angie DeWaard – 3 weeks +… Read More »WPC – WEEK 348 – SLICE OF LIFE
Today’s look at THE POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT looks at old-timey postcards of elementary schools. I could only find old-timey postcards of Lowell, Lincoln, and the original Page. I could not find old-timey postcards of Garfield, Bryant, or Franklin. I’m sure they existed, but I can’t find any with my Google… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Schools
This is a reminder that at this point you have 24 hours to get your picks in for my NCAA Tournament Pool. Click on the link below to get started: Roundball Oracles – Year 16 Good luck! Note: As of this writing, Iowa State hasn’t made it official that T.J.… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – More Churches
I did want to make a personal announcement of minor consequence. Today, my credit card balance is officially back to zero. I didn’t have much credit card balance, but it hadn’t been back down to zero for a few years. Here is the happy moment: File Photo So the only… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Interurban Depot
I need to start today by wishing Laura a happy birthday. Happy birthday Laura! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ This set of old-timey postcards I recreated for THE POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT, are of the First Presbyterian Church. Their website has a… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Presbyterian Church
I need to start today by wishing Micky a happy birthday. Happy birthday Micky! Every once in awhile I will let people behind the curtain at Photography 139. Very few people and not very often. But Micky is the reason (more or less) for my using the term “harvest” so… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – More Downtown Boone
If your church is like my church and hasn’t had a worship service in months, it is possible that the fact that today is Ash Wednesday may have snuck up on you. My church is actually having its first worship service tonight since October. However, if you can’t get to… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Sacred Heart
The subject this week’s THE POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT are a couple of former Boone Motels. The Shangri-La Motel and the Topper Motel. There is another defunct motel in Boone that is behind the Barkley House on Mamie Eisenhower between Boone and Story Streets. I don’t know the name of that… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Motels
My most recent creations for the POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT all involve looks at intersections in Downtown Boone. There is no modern interpretation for these because I’m not sure there is a modern interpretation for intersections for Downtown Boone. There probably is, but I’ll save that until I complete all the… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Downtown Boone
This round of old-timey postcard recreations for THE POST CARD RECREATION PROJECT don’t really have a history lesson to go with them. They are simply a “bird’s eye view” of downtown Boone. Have a look: Bird’s Eye View of Boone, Iowa – Original Bird’s Eye View of Boone, Iowa –… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Bird’s Eye View
Today we are going to focus on the birthplace of (for now) the most famous person to ever come from Boone. The former First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower. Her birthplace is one of only two birthplaces of First Ladies that have been made historic sites. The other is the birthplace… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace
The subject for this week’s POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT is the Boone County Courthouse. Here is some information on the Boone County Courthouse from the Boone County Government website: Boone County was organized in February of 1847. It was named for Nathan Boone, the youngest son of Daniel Boone, who had… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Courthouse
Today I’m going to share a set of postcards of the Boone Post Office I recreated. A government building that wasn’t attacked by domestic terrorists who have brainwashed by a misinformation ecosystem that can’t handle that their messiah, got his ass handed to him in an election. Despite the fact… Read More »POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT – POST OFFICE
Here we are, the last day of 2020. That means it is time for me to share the December image from the 2021 Photography 139 Calendar. Because of the pandemic, I got to deliver very few calendars in person this year. I think the only reactions that I got to… Read More »POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT – SOME CHURCHES
Happy Christmas Eve everybody! This is always my favorite worship service of the year. However, it is just one of the many things taken away by a horribly mismanaged pandemic. But I thought I would share a picture from the 2016 service as hopefully a reminder of what is coming… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Boone FUMC
Today’s THE POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT subject is the Champlin Memorial Masonic Temple. It now houses the Boone Historical Center. I didn’t look to deep into the history of this building because I watch a lot of History Channel and I don’t want to get on the bad side of the… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Masonic Temple
The most recent subject of THE POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT is the Ericson Public Library. There are actually quite a few old timey postcards out there for Boone’s library. I guess that isn’t much of a surprise, because it is a beautiful building. What did surprise me that there isn’t that… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Ericson Public Library
Today’s collection of recreated postcards are from downtown Boone area. When I recreated one of them, I did learn something about Boone history that I didn’t know. A fascinating, dry and itchy piece of Boone history. The first picture is in downtown Boone, looking east down 8th Street from where… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Fitch’s Dandruff
I would understand if people were somewhat disappointed with these POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT images. Because, spoiler, the building in these postcards that I recreated doesn’t exist any longer. It was demolished a long time ago. This won’t be the last time this happens. I mean, just wait until we get… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Boone Biblical College