Probably well past time I start sharing pictures from my trips to the Iowa State Fair. I went to the Iowa State Fair 3 times this year. The first time I went was on the first day of the Fair with Jen, Evie, and Layla for Evie’s dance performance with… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Irish Dancing
This is the final collection of auxiliary images I took on my road trip to harvest the town signs of Buchanan County. It is pretty county with plenty of interesting things to see. And not even included in this series of pictures is perhaps the greatest tourist attraction of Buchanan… Read More »Buchanan County Aux – Vol. 3
Time for the second collection of auxiliary images I took while cruising around Buchanan County harvesting their town signs. A lot of these are still of the mill in Independence. Which is very photogenic and also doubles as a museum for local history. I recommend visiting it if you are… Read More »Buchanan County Aux – Vol. 2
A few months back I cruised around Buchanan County and harvested their town signs. Buchanan County is a beautiful county and there was many things there to photograph. This is the first collection of auxiliary images from that trip. They were all taken in Independence. I really liked Independence. I… Read More »Buchanan County Aux – Vol. 1
I’m kicking the decision on Formal Portrait Sunday down the road for at least one more week. I wasn’t necessarily pleased with the overall body of work I put in during September for the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. I tried to make October a better month for… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – October 2022
I’m kicking the decision about Formal Portrait Sunday down the road another week. This collection is the last of the pictures I took in 2021 to share. A couple are from Halloween night. I don’t get many trick-or-treaters I know these days. So there are only two pictures of people… Read More »On Balance – 2021
This is the final collection of pictures I took on my trip around Chickasaw County and Howard County harvesting their town signs. These pictures are kind of taken all over the place. Winneshiek County. Howard County. Chickasaw County. Bremer County. Franklin County. It was a great trip! Old Stone Church… Read More »Chickasaw and Howard County Aux – Vol. 5
A few months back I cruised around Chickasaw County and Howard County harvesting their town signs. The majority of the pictures from today’s collection were taken in Howard County in Cresco. Which is a cool little town, despite being so into wrestling. The Old Stone Church pictures were taken in… Read More »Chickasaw and Howard County Aux – Vol. 4
No Formal Portrait Sunday this Sunday. I was in Kansas City for a good chunk of my weekend and busy the rest of it. So I didn’t want to even think about how I’m going to handle formal portraits going forward. That is clearly a decision for next Sunday. Or… Read More »Chickasaw and Howard County Aux – Vol. 3
A few months back I tooled around Chickasaw County and Howard County harvesting their town signs. This is the second collection of auxiliary images I took on that trip. All of these are taken in Howard County. They were taken in Elma, Lime Springs, and the unincorporated town of Lourdes.… Read More »Chickasaw and Howard County Aux – Vol. 2
Back on May 14, I cruised around Chickasaw County and Howard County harvesting their town signs. I took a ton of auxiliary images that day. So there are several collections to share. All the pictures in this collection were taken in Chickasaw County: Nashua Ionia Bassett North Washington Alta Vista… Read More »Chickasaw and Howard County Aux – Vol. 1
I would be remiss if I didn’t begin by noting that the Iowa Pork Producers Association announced the 2022 winner for Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin. Here is the press release: A car dealership-turned-restaurant is where you’ll find Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin for 2022. Lid’s Bar & Grill in… Read More »Keokuk County Aux
This is the third and final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Appanoose County. Here is the final collection: Centerville Little Flock Chapel Mystic Rathbun Lake Rathbun – Some of these future edits are kinda sarcastic edits. Photoshop editing jokes, everybody gets those, right?… Read More »Appanoose County Aux – Vol. 3
Time for another collection of auxiliary pictures from my trip to Appanoose County to harvest their town signs. If your relationship to this website is exclusively through the email subscription service, you probably missed the first collection because the delivery search had a glitch on that day and didn’t deliver… Read More »Appanoose County Aux – Vol. 2
I knew September was not going to be as busy as August, but looking at these pictures it is hard not to wonder if I ever left my house. Being sick for about 4 or 5 days didn’t help, but really… I’ll try to do better in October. Here are… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2022
A few months back I cruised around Appanoose County harvesting their town signs. Found quite a few other things to photograph while I was there. Including, in this collection, a few outhouse pictures. I find the outhouse pictures to be poignant, moving, and funny. But some people might find them… Read More »Appanoose County Aux – Vol. 1
It is our monthly time to look at the WPC FAQ: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week? The short answer is, “no”. Some people think that there is a limit of one submission per person because I only present… Read More »WPC – WEEK 367 – SIGNS
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to Mitchell and Floyd County back in April. This is the final collection of images from this road trip. A few counties are covered in this collection. Mitchell. Floyd. Franklin. Hamilton. All covered. Well at least there are pictures from… Read More »Mitchell and Floyd Aux – Vol. 3
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to Mitchell and Floyd County back in April. Most of the pictures were taken in Mitchell County. Saint Ansgar Mona Toeterville Stacyville Meyer McIntire Riceville New Haven Osage I really liked Osage. It is a town I would like to… Read More »Mitchell and Floyd Aux – Vol. 2
Way back in April, I cruised around Mitchell and Floyd County harvesting their town signs. The weather and the lighting was great for photography and I took as much advantage of it as I could. There will be three collections of auxiliary images from this road trip. Here is the… Read More »Mitchell and Floyd Aux – Vol. 1
This is the second and final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Dickinson and Emmet County. A few are taken in Humboldt County and the final picture is taken in Greene County. Some of the trips to harvest town signs are very long and… Read More »Dickinson and Emmet Aux – Vol. 2