REMINDER THAT NEXT MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY! WHILE THE BANKS AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND MAYBE EVEN YOU HAVE THE DAY OFF, PHOTOGRAPHY 139 NEVER TAKES A DAY OFF! WE BARELY EVEN EVER SLEEP! IT IS JUST GRINDING CONSTANTLY. NEVER A MOMENT OF REST. AND WHY THAT MATTERS TO YOU IS… Read More »WPC -WEEK 505 – HISTORICAL BUILDING
Time for more pictures from my second trip to the Iowa State Fair last year. This trip was with the Gorshe. Last time it was all pictures I took while wandering around waiting for Layla to take the dance stage. This collection is more of those images and then some… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024 – Irish Dance Party Begins
It time for the first collection of images from my trip to the Iowa State Fair with a few of the Gorshe. I went down to the fair with Jen and Evie to watch Layla do some Irish dancing. Evie was still on the IR recovering from a track injury.… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024 – Pre-Irish Dance Party
It is Good Friday, so I need to start today with a devotional. The Centurion near the Cross Scripture Readings: Devotional The presence of Roman soldiers around the crucifixion of Jesus Christ indicates that this was a state-sponsored crucifixion ordered by the Jewish leaders opposed to Jesus’ message. (Incidentally, the… Read More »ISF: 08/08/2024 – Food Vendors
Today is Maundy Thursday and on high holy days, I like to include a devotional in these posts. The “Jesus Blog” has to do some Jesusing every now and again. Wesley Men Lenten & Easter Devotionals 2025 Holy Thursday – April 17, 2025 Gospel Lectionary John 13:1-17, 31b-35 New International… Read More »Love Like This
The final town I stopped in for the 2024 RAGBRAI was Milo. They had a fun theme of Milo-ritaville. They had all sorts of Jimmy Buffett themed decorations and activities. I’m not a fan of Jimmy Buffett (nobody tell Tim), but it was a fun setup. Here are the pictures:… Read More »RAGBRAI: Milo(ritaville)
Today is Linda’s birthday so I have to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday Aunt Linda! I hope you make plenty of new great memories today! Last time we checked in with the second day I photographed RAGBRAI we were just leaving Saint Charles. This collection takes place entirely… Read More »RAGBRAI: Saint Marys
Today is Dawn’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy Birthday Dawn! I hope your birthday is filled with all the reading time you can handle! Today is also Jason Baier’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday too. Happy birthday Baier!! I… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Denouement
Time to share another collection of images from my trip to the Downtown Farmer’s Market with Jesse. More food. More Music. And art!It truly is one of my favorite places to visit. I need to start getting there more than once a year. I’m going to start that this year!… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Food and Music and Art
It is a good time to share the February images from THE SELFI PROJECT. I think it was a pretty good month. Like always I get to the end of February and think, “I really didn’t do all that much this month.” But then I start going through the selfies… Read More »Selfie Project – February 2025
When we left off last Friday I was still wandering Audubon Park. This collection starts still in Audubon Park and finishes up back near the hotel. This is the final collection of images from Day 3. I didn’t actually take any pictures of New Orleans with the real camera on… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Back to the Hotel
When we left off last Friday we were at the Saint Louis Cathedral. We will start out there and then go out to Jackson Square. Then finish up just walking around the French Quarter. It is a very photogenic part of the city! Here is a little history of Jackson… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Jackson Square
Day 3 in New Orleans was the day I got the most free time. Things were pretty much setup and ready to go at the Convention Center. Tony and I just had to setup the computer for the training session in the morning. Run over and check on a few… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Saint Louis Cathedral
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I need to start this entry by acknowledging him and all that he contributed to our nation. The true history of Martin Luther King Jr. has been sanitized recently to make him more palatable to white suburbanites. You will even see some of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 488 – COLORFUL
Time to reveal the July image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JULY TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 276mm APERTURE: f/14 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/6400 ISO: 160 DATE TAKEN: August 2, 2024 I took this picture on my trip to the Indianola National… Read More »I Don’t Care if it Hurts
Time to reveal the February image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: FEBRUARY TECHICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 FOCAL LENGTH: 68mm APERTURE: f/4.5 EXPOSURE: 1/200 ISO: 100 The February image was taken in New Orleans. It was taken on my second day in New Orleans and… Read More »New Orleans Day 2: French Quarter Walkabout
This is the final collection of images from Day 1 in New Orleans for my work trip. Last time we left off when I got to Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. One of the shocking things to me was that if it wasn’t a bar or restaurant, everything in New… Read More »New Orleans Day 1: End of Images
1. Joy to the world; the Lord is come; Let Earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare him room, And heav’n and nature sing. 2. Joy to the Earth, the Savior reigns; Our mortal songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, Repeat the sounding joy. 3.… Read More »Joy to the World!
Time for another collection of images I took while wandering around New Orleans. Most of these are on Bourbon Street, but some are taken when I wandered over by Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. View from the hotel room. Still one more collection of pictures from Day One in New… Read More »New Orleans Day 1: More Bourbon Street at Day
Can you believe it. This is the final collection of images from the Eclipse Road Trip. After leaving Le Claire I head to Belle Plaine to try their famous Lincoln Cafe. I already wrote about my food adventure there on a long Sunday past. You can revisit that part of… Read More »Eclipse Road Trip Day 3 – Mostly Belle Plaine
Time again to clear up some of the backlog. This is a collection of images from February, March, and April that just never found a home in a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Some were take as theme reveal images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. One was a test picture… Read More »You’re so Effing Special