We loaded up the car and I punched the address of the Branch Davidians Compound into the GPS. I had absolutely no clue what we would find what we would find when we got to the place where 76 people died in the Waco Siege. You see, we had stayed… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: Branch Davidians
While I was preparing to write this entry I went down a rabbit hole on the origins of the term “swan song”. I have heard the term many times, but never really understood what it meant. Apparently there is a belief dating back to ancient Greece that swans stay mostly… Read More »The Proverbial Swan Song
I have been working on something the last few days that nobody at all will care about, but I think is somewhat of an accomplishment: I have added a SSL Certificate to my website and now my website is secure. I know, you don’t care. Even my fellow miners at… Read More »Candlelight Service
Back on December 27, 2018 I began publishing pictures I took for the Boone FUMC Church Directory back in April and May. One of the things that I do for the Church Directory is going to the local nursing homes and take pictures of church members that can’t make it… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 2
Yes Virginia, there was a Photography 139 Calendar this year. However, I didn’t sell them this year. I just made a small run and gave them out to a very few small group of select people. Here are the pictures from the 2019 Photography 139 Calendar: The front cover is… Read More »2019 Photography 139 Calendar
One of the photo projects I worked on in early 2018 was grabbing miscellaneous pictures for the Boone First United Methodist Church Directory. The person in charge of putting the directory together wanted some pictures of the Bell Choir and some pictures of Doug sermonizing. That is why these pictures… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 1
The holiday season definitely hurt the amount of PHOTOJOURNALISM submissions for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Kim Barker Michelle Haupt Michelle Haupt Christopher D. Bennett But enough… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 171 – PHOTOJOURNALISM
My favorite church service of the year is undeniably the Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve. The last 4 weeks at Youth Group we have been having our own Advent Candle series. It culminated on Wednesday when we lit the Love Candle and then the Christ Candle and then had our… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 88
A couple Sundays back the Boone First United Methodist Church had our annual Christmas Pageant. Before the Christmas Pageant was a Soup Supper that was a fundraiser for the Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Rapid City next June. Here are some pictures from the night: Worried you didn’t get a… Read More »Boone FUMC Soup Supper & Christmas Pageant
If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life. -Mike Ditka Last Thursday was the annual lighted parade in Boone. I’m sure it has a proper name, but I don’t know what it is. As a member of the Outreach Committee, I was part of the team… Read More »That’s Life
For the last, oh, 15 or so years, my church has hosted a free Thanksgiving dinner. It is open to anybody and it is 100% free. We don’t ask for an “at will donation”. We don’t put out baskets for donations. It is 100% free. I went down there for… Read More »2 Corinthians 9:11
I hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving! It is the time of year where we are supposed to count our blessings. I thought I would share a few of my current blessings: I am blessed with a great family! I have plenty of friends that share my love for the… Read More »Blessings – 2018
The pictures from the folder 06-11-08 are from a road trip I took with Willy and Jay to Dyersville. The point of the road trip was to see The Field of Dreams. Jay actually suggested this road trip, even though he doesn’t like baseball. I agreed to go, even though… Read More »06-11-08
The pictures in the folder 08-03-08 is from the third day of my vacation in Kentucky with Teresa. On that day, we went to a Southern Baptist Church service. We spent 3 hours at the church service, before we snuck out the back. I’m not sure how much long it… Read More »08-03-08
The pictures in the folder 08-01-08 are from a trip I made to Kentucky with Teresa to visit Ernie. On the way down we stopped in Metropolis. Visited an illegal immigrant friend of mine. He’s a good chap. Maybe you’ve heard of him: I highly endorse going to Metropolis. It… Read More »08-01-08
The images from the folder 07-20-07 run the gamut from pictures from the first mission trip I ever went on to pictures from the Miller Farm to pictures from a RAGBRAI stop in Ames. The mission trip photos are from Cedar Rapids. I went with an adult group from my… Read More »07-20-07
Reminder that tonight is the Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch in Boone. You are going to want to download and print a copy of the voucher below: Then bring it to the Boone Pizza Ranch between 5 and 9 tonight. It is a great cause! Take a… Read More »Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser Tonight!
Don’t forget that tomorrow is the Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch. 5-9 tomorrow at the Boone Pizza Ranch! +++++++ This is the final collection of 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show photos. Some cat pictures in here, so don’t let the smear campaign claiming I hate cats be… Read More »2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show: The Final Chapter
First of all, thanks to everybody who voted to determine what pictures I will enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. I have the 6 entries determined and will be ordering them this weekend. Pufferbilly Days is September 7, 8, and 9 this year. You can see the photos at… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 86
There are only a few hours left to cast your vote for what pictures I will be entering in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. If the poll ended this second, this would be the results: This photo would win. It has a 2 vote lead. This photo…. Is tied with… Read More »Focus Stack II
REMINDER It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter… Read More »The Juncks – Vol. 1