Time to start firing away on the 2023 backlog. This is a collection of pictures I took in January that really didn’t fit into any other posts. Some were pictures of my beard before I shaved. Some are from Madrid. Some are of elk in Jester Park. Some might be… Read More »As the Girls You Had Before
Time to start sharing the auxiliary images from my trip to Scott County to harvest their town signs. Scott County was the second to last county I went to for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. It was a county I knew would be challenging cause of the Quad Cities, but it… Read More »Scott County Aux. – Vol. 1
I recently took Rodan139 down for a quick flight around the grounds of the Kate Shelley Museum. I should really take Rodan139 every day while it is still illegal to fly. Rodan139 is a DJI Mavic Pro2. On September 16, it will be illegal to fly the guy without adding… Read More »Rodan139: Kate Shelley Museum
Time to share a fourth collection of found art from Boone or near Boone that I’m calling THE BOONE ART CENTER PROJECT. Most of these pictures were taken east of Boone or in Boone. One is taken south of Boone. Maybe my favorite collection yet! Not sure when I will… Read More »Boone Art Center Gallery Four
Time once again to share some auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Dubuque County. Last time we left off I was sharing pictures from the Fenelon Place Elevator. Here is some more information on the “world’s shortest and steepest railway” (https://www.fenelonplaceelevator.com/): Fenelon Place Elevator Company 512… Read More »Dubuque County Aux. – Vol. 3
Continuing on with the auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs in Dubuque County. All of these pictures were taken in Dubuque which is by far my favorite river town in Iowa. Maybe I should say river city. Fun fact: Mason City is actually the River City from… Read More »Dubuque County Aux. – Vol. 2
This is the final collection of images I took while harvesting the town signs of Des Moines & Louisa County. I really found Burlington to be photogenic and would like to go back there and spend some time photographing it. Also, and not unrelated, there is a stop on the… Read More »Des Moines & Louisa County Aux. – Vol. 5
During the Tuesday of RAGBRAI, Logan and I drove west to take some pictures of the riders making their way across Iowa. It had been several years since I’ve checked out RAGBRAI, but I had a great time or at least found so many great photo opportunities which is essentially… Read More »Rodan139: RAGBRAI West of Jefferson
Time to share a third collection of found art that I’m calling THE BOONE ART CENTER PROJECT. Like the first two galleries, most of these pictures were taken from Old-30 east of Boone of artwork painted on the side of railroad cars. However there are a couple pieces that were… Read More »Boone Art Center Gallery Three
Time for a second collection of images from THE BOONE ART CENTER GALLERY PROJECT. Once again, all of these images were taken slightly east of Boone on Old-30. I’m not sure when I will have enough images to share a third gallery, but I bet it won’t be too long.
Today is Logan’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Logan! I hope your birthday is filled with many photo opportunities and barbecue opportunities! +++++++ Today is also Derrick’s birthday. So… happy birthday Derrick! I hope your birthday is filled with as much joy and… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 5
Today is Jay’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Jay! I hope your birthday is as magical as this photo that was done completely in camera. What am I saying? I know your birthday was magical! You spent a good chunk of the day… Read More »Boone Art Center Gallery One
Time to share another collection of images from my road trip to Lee County & Van Buren County to harvest their town signs. All of these pictures are taken in Van Buren County. In the villages of Bonaparte and Bentonsport. Bonaparte Bentonsport So let’s talk a moment about The Mason… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 4
Time for the second collection of images from Day 3 of my work trip to Chicago. The final day of any real photography… for the most part. The rest of the days were filled with work… boring work. When we left off, Lowell was feeding birds in a park street… Read More »THE WINDY CITY: DAY 3B
Time for another collection of images I took while harvesting the town signs of Lee County and Van Buren County. This collection begins in Lee County and then ends in Van Buren County. This reminds me, who wants to hit up Stanhope Watermelon Day with me? July 15! Keokuk I… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 3
Maybe you haven’t heard, but there is a new bar in Boone called Bottled Bliss. It is a wine and crafter beer bar. It was started by a friend of mine (really Nate’s friend, but I’ve borrowed her as my friend) named Kelli. I’m sure many of you are wondering… Read More »Bottled Bliss
Day 3 of my work trip to Chicago was the last day I really got to take any pictures of consequence. Every day after this was mostly filled with boring work stuff. Including Day 4 which was like a 13 hour or so work day. So after we get through… Read More »The Windy City: Day 3A
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to Lee County and Van Buren County to harvest their town signs. All of these pictures are taken in Lee County. West Point West Point has a badass window painter. So I think this is badass. There are scores of… Read More »Lee & Van Buren County Aux. – Vol. 2
Time for another collection of images from when Teresa and I made a road trip to Henry County & Jefferson County to harvest their town signs. Many of the pictures in this collection were actually taken in Van Buren County. Mount Pleasant Salem Hillsboro Stockport Fairfield There is still one… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 3
Today is Jason’s birthday. Happy birthday Jason! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ Time to clean up the backlog. These images are from September that never quite fit into any previous posts. Some are alternates for THE WEEKLYPHOTO CHALLENGE. Another is a… Read More »And You Left Me There Cryin’ Wonderin’ What I Did Wrong
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to harvest the town signs of Henry and Jefferson County I took with Teresa. The majority of these pictures were taken in Mount Pleasant. We met up with Doug and Jodie for lunch in Mount Pleasant. Afterwards, Doug went back… Read More »Henry & Jefferson County Aux. – Vol. 2