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
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 interesting to look at, so it wasn’t a nothing. Here are some pictures of Cataract and the trip back to… 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 that I haven’t shared yet… until now! The last 4 pictures were taken in McHose Park in Boone. The reflection… 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 in March. Most of these are taken on The Way of the Cross and the Pieta Chapel that are part… 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 couple of pictures there before heading back to the Cyclone State and mostly taking pictures of churches. Here is the… 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 museum has since been closed, but he gave me a tour of it. It was a cool little adventure. Here… 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 of street photography. Check it out: A pretty cool little neighborhood!
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 see you back in the pulpit soon! +++++++ This is a comprehensive sweep of all the pictures from 2023 (except… 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 ago. I can still vividly remember almost everything about that morning. I’m sure almost everyone that was alive on that… 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, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! It can… 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 go see some Christmas Lights. On December 23 (and important date to me) Jesse and I drove 3 hours (which… Read More »Christmas Acres
Time to share the balance of pictures I took on a road trip with Teresa to Oskaloosa. Most of these pictures are in Oskaloosa, but the last two are of the enigmatic community Christmas Tree in Slater. I am really getting close to being done with 2023 pictures. About all… Read More »You Float Like a Feather
Before I went to Memphis, I bought a book of odd or weird things to see in the Home of the Blues. On this list was this piece of art, maybe art in front of a megachurch that was so ridiculous, I had to see it. I had to photograph… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 2 – Art?
Back in December Teresa and I made a little road trip to Pella and Oskaloosa. There were 2 parts of this road trip. 1 was so I could take some STREET PHOTOGRAPHY pictures for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The other reason was so I could complete the Tenderloin Trail 2.0… Read More »You’re Just Like an Angel
After getting breakfast on the 2nd day of the Liberty Bowl Road Trip, we hit the road and then hit our feet and did the Big River Crossing. The Big River Crossing is the longest public pedestrian bridge that crosses the Mississippi River. If you are looking for a bit… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 2 – Big River Crossing
Today is Teresa’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Teresa! I hope it is a birthday filled with all sorts of arts and crafts! +++++++ Last year I went out and did a little street photography in Nevada and Winterset. Well very little in… Read More »Nevada (The Town)
Way back in July of last year, I took a little road trip with Teresa. First we went to the Stanhope Watermelon Festival. Then we went to get a tenderloin. Then on the way back we drove through Iowa Falls and Alden. I took a few pictures: Alden, Iowa Iowa… Read More »Iowa Fallin’