Time to reveal the February image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: February I took this macro image of a hollyhock in my yard. It is a little known fact that I am one of the premiere hollyhock farmers in all of Boone, Iowa. People comes from miles around to… Read More »Fayette & Winneshiek County Aux – Vol. 1
Time to reveal the January image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar. January I took this picture while harvesting the town signs of Appanoose County for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. It is the lighthouse at Lake Rathbun. I wish I could come up with a good reason why I picked… Read More »If I Looked Like the Other Prom Queens
This is the final collection of auxiliary images from my trip to harvest the town signs of Delaware County. Once again, there are some pictures of a beautiful Catholic church. This time it is the Basilica of Saint Francis Xavier. Once again, I don’t really understand what a basilica is.… Read More »Delaware County Aux. – Vol. 4
Time for another collection of pictures I took while harvesting the town signs of Delaware County. A good collection of this collection was actually taken in Dubuque County. It starts with finishing up the pictures of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Petersburg, but also includes pictures of… Read More »Delaware County Aux. – Vol. 3
Time for another collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Delaware County. Included in this collection are some pictures of Ss. Peter & Paul in Petersburg, Iowa was the first consecrated church in the state of Iowa. As you know, I’m not Catholic. I’m Methodist.… Read More »Delaware County Aux. – Vol. 2
Tonight is the night of the big Iowa State/Iowa women’s basketball showdown. This is probably the most anticipated game in the history of the series. Many thought it would be a Top 10 showdown, but Iowa has dropped more games than anticipated. However, Iowa is still #16 in the country.… Read More »Delaware County Aux. – Vol. 1
A few months back I travelled around Davis County with Teresa harvesting the town signs of Davis County. Davis County was the last county in THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. It was left for last for a reason. It was left because of some family history in Davis County. The ghost… Read More »Town Sign Project: Davis County
A couple months back I went to Scott County to harvest their town signs. It was one of the counties I most dreaded doing because of the large cities that just kind of flow into each other. These kind of towns are usually hard to find a town sign, but… Read More »Town Sign Project: Scott County
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
Dubuque County is a large county. It has almost the most, maybe the most incorporated towns in Iowa. It is an absolutely beautiful county. Also, of all the “cities” in Iowa, Dubuque is my favorite. It is a river city, but not filthy like most river cities. Plus it has… Read More »Town Sign Project: Dubuque County
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
A couple months back I cruised around Des Moines County harvesting their town signs. It was definitely a good trip and a county I would visit again. Here are some facts about Des Moines County: + Population is 38,491 making it the 16th most populous county in Iowa. Below Marshall… Read More »Town Sign Project: Des Moines County
A couple months back I cruised around Louisa County harvesting their town signs. It was a good trip. Here are some facts about Louisa County: + Population is 10,749. Making it the 67th most populous county in Iowa. Below Cherokee County and above Hancock County. + Largest town and county… Read More »Town Sign Project: Louisa County
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
A couple months back I cruised around Van Buren County harvesting their town signs. Van Buren County is interesting because it is a collection of old villages more than towns. I don’t even know if that makes sense, but that is how they view themselves. Either way, there is lots… Read More »Town Sign Project: Van Buren County
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
A few weeks back I travelled to Lee County to harvest their town signs. Lee County is the southernmost county in Iowa. So it is a jaunt, but it was a good trip. Here are some facts about Lee County: + Population is 33,215 making it the 22nd most populous… Read More »Town Sign Project: Lee County