New Orleans Day 3: Jackson Square
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… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Jackson Square
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… 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… 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… 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… 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:… 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.… 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,… 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… 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… 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… Read More »You’re so Effing Special
After I left Cataract Falls I tooled up to the town of Cataract. I was lured there by promises of ice cream and a “General Store”. Both were closed and… Read More »Eclipse Road Trip Day 2 – Cataract
I’ve shared all the tulip pictures I took when I made a road trip to Pella with Teresa back in April. But I also took a few other random pictures… Read More »Pella Road Trip Day
Today is Becky’s birthday so I have to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Becky! This is the final collection of images from my trip to Dubuque County back… Read More »Dubuque County Road Trip – III
Time for more of my road trip to Dubuque County. After I left Mines of Spain I made a quick trip across the Mississippi to Wisconsin. I only took a… Read More »Dubuque County Road Trip – II
Back in March I took a little stroll around Woodward doing some street photography. I ended up meeting a guy that turned his old hardware store into a museum. The… Read More »Clayton’s Hardware
Back in March, when I went to a sketchy mall to get my TSA Pre-Check, I stopped in the Highland Park neighborhood in Des Moines to do a small bit… Read More »Highland Park
Today is Adam’s birthday so I have to with him a happy birthday: Happy birthday Adam! I hope your birthday is another big advance in your recovery and we will… Read More »In a Beautiful World
I need to start today’s post by remembering the victims of the terrorist acts on our country that happened on September 11, 2001. Hard to believe it was 23 years… Read More »Forever A Cyclone State!
There is a line at the end of “A Christmas Carol” about Scrooge that goes: And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well,… Read More »Merry Christmas from Le Mars!
I wasn’t foolin’ when I said there was a lot of Christmas coming up on this blog. I don’t know why, but last year I really had a bug to… Read More »Christmas Acres