A month or so back I made a trip to O’Brien County to harvest their town signs. Here are some facts about O’Brien County: + Population 13,796 making it the 56th most populous county in Iowa. Below Harrison County and above Allamakee County. + Largest town is Sheldon. The county… Read More »Town Sign Project: O’Brien County
Tomorrow is the Final Four. Thought it would be a good time to check-in on the Roundball Oracles. With 3 games left to go in the NCAA tournament this is the Top 3: 1. Becky Parmelee – 231 Points 2. Carla Stensland – 229 Points 3. Angie DeWaard – 224… Read More »Selfie Project – March 2022
Several months back I cruised around Kossuth ad Winnebago County harvesting their town signs. This is the third and final collection of auxiliary images from that road trip. The next time we hit the open road and share some auxiliary images from TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trips, we will be… Read More »Kossuth and Winnebago County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
A month or so back I made a trip to Cherokee County to harvest their town signs. Cherokee is a beautiful town and is on my list of towns I would like to visit again in the future. Here are some facts about Cherokee County: + Population is 11,658 making… Read More »Town Sign Project: Cherokee County
Today is a big day for Iowa State athletics. Iowa State is one of only two schools that have both their Men’s and Women’s basketball team still alive in the NCAA tournament. For the Men, this is pretty shocking since they only won two games last year. This was the… Read More »Kossuth and Winnebago County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2
Several months back I cruised around Kossuth and Winnebago County harvesting their town signs. Here is the first collection of auxiliary images I took on this trip. Most are from the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend. Many more are from near the Kossuth County Freedom Rock in Whittemore.… Read More »Kossuth and Winnebago County Auxiliary Images
Back at the end of January I went to Jackson County to harvest the balance of their town signs. This was a big one to cross off the list for me, because my strategy (if you can call it that) for this project has been all over the place. However,… Read More »Town Sign Project: Jackson County
Don’t forget, that if you want to enter Roundball Oracles – Year 17, click on the link below: Roundball Oracles – Year 17 So far I think about 15 brackets have been filled out. The first ones filled out were by Sara and Shawn Lockner. I was very impressed! +++++++… Read More »Bremer County Auxiliary Images
A couple months back I cruised around Palo Alto County harvesting their town signs. Here are some facts about Palo Alto County: + Population is 8,996 making itthe 82nd most populous county in Iowa. Below Davis County and above Greene County. + The largest town and county seat is Emmetsburg.… Read More »Town Sign Project: Palo Alto County
A few weeks back I cruised around Shelby and Mills County (and Pottawattamie County) harvesting their town signs. This is the third collection of auxiliary images from this trip. Most of these pictures are taken in Malvern. I loved Malvern! It is a small town with a thriving art community!… Read More »Shelby and Mills County Auxiliary Images – Vol. 3
A couple months back I cruised around Buena Vista County harvesting the balance of their town signs. It was a foggy, icy, and excellent trip. Here are some facts about Buena Vista County: + Population is 20,283 making it the 29th most populous county in Iowa. Below Mahaska County and… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: BUENA VISTA COUNTY
Before I get into the meat of today’s post, here is my reminder that if you live in the city limits of Boone, then you should get out and vote today. I won’t tell you how to vote, that is the job of the Facebook algorithm. But today is the… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: IOWA COUNTY
A few weeks back I cruised around Shelby and Mills County (and Pottawattamie County) harvesting their town signs. Here is the second collection of auxiliary images from this trip: There is still one more collection of images from this road trip still left to share.
A couple months back on my way back from a trip to Manhattan, Kansas to watch Nate graduate from Kansas State, I cruised through Harrison County and harvested the balance of their town signs. Here are some facts about Harrison County: + Population is 14,582 making it the 53rd most… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: HARRISON COUNTY
A couple months back, on my way back from a trip to Manhattan, Kansas to watch Nate graduate from Kansas State, I cruised through Pottawattamie County to harvest the balance of their town signs. Here are some facts about Pottawattamie County: + Population is 93,667 making it the 10th most… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY
A few weeks back I cruised around Shelby and Mills County (and Pottawattamie County) harvesting their town signs. Here is the first collection of auxiliary images from this trip. Including some pictures of what I think might be the prettiest church in Iowa. But no, I’m not going to make… Read More »Shelby and Mills County Auxiliary Images – Vol. 1
A few weeks back I ventured out east on a solo trip to Clinton County to harvest their town signs. It was a pretty great trip! Here are some facts about Clinton County: + Population is 46,460 making it the 12th most populous county in Iowa. Behind Warren County and… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: CLINTON COUNTY
This year, in addition to THE SELFIE PROJECT, I’ve decided to participate in the popular Instagram Photo of a Day Project run by Fat Mum lim. Each day there is a different photo prompt. I’ve created a separate Instagram account to post these pictures, so if you are Instagram, you… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – January 2022
A few weeks back I tooled around Mahaska County with Teresa harvesting their town signs. It was a good trip. Here are some facts about Mahaska County: + Population is 22,190 making it the 28th most populous county in Iowa. Below Washington County and above Buena Vista County. + The… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: MAHASKA COUNTY
A few weeks back a tooled around Monona County and part of Harrison County harvesting town signs. Here is a collection of the auxiliary images I took on that trip: The correct color tractor. Restaurant & Malt Shop. Goodtime Charlie indeed! They don’t make numbers high enough to count the… Read More »Monona County Auxiliary Images
A few weeks back I hit the open road with Teresa and harvested the town signs of Monroe County. Here are some facts about Monroe County: + Population is 7,577 making it the 87th most populous county in Iowa. Putting it behind Decatur County and above Adair County. + The… Read More »Town Sign Project: Monroe County