A couple of weeks ago I took Rodan139 out for a flight around the Des Moines River valley near Fraser. My intent/hope was to maybe get some pictures of the Boone Scenic Valley steam engine back in action, but it turns out it doesn’t go as far into Fraser as… Read More »Rodan139: Fraser
Today is the birthday of the Miller Triplets. So I must wish them happy birthday! Happy birthday Doris, Jimmy, and Billy! This picture was taken at their 1st birthday party in 2019 so that makes them… 5! They are 5 years old?!? How did this happen! +++++++ Back in February… Read More »150-600
Today is Sarah’s birthday so I need to say Happy birthday Sarah!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Weird thing is that the picture above was taken during the great solar eclipse debacle of 2017 and today there is a solar eclipse that you can see in a few parts of these United States.… Read More »Don’t You Think I Loved You Too Much to be Used and Discarded?
Time for another collection of images from my trip to Scott County to harvest their town signs for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. This collection was taken entirely in Davenport. Here is the fourth collection: Still one more collection of images from Scott County left to share. Then it will be… Read More »Scott County Aux. – Vol. 4
This collection of alternate images for last week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE will include pictures I took on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Most of them I took on my lunch break from the computer mine on Wednesday. I went to downtown Ames to talk to Derrick… Read More »About Someone Who Loved You More
I told you that BLACK & WHITE was my favorite theme and I wasn’t joking. I took a ton of BLACK & WHITE pictures for last week’s theme and every day (well almost every day) this week I’m going to share another collection of alternates. This first collection consists of… Read More »But God, You Couldn’t Have Cared Less
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