Hitting up the backlog again. This is a collection of images I took in April of 2022 that never found their way into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook”. There are pictures of the old Bennett Mine safe, a couple self-portraits, and pictures for the old Kate Shelley Museum in Moingona… Read More »So You’d Think I Was Smart
Back in October I went on a Junk Jaunt with Carla and Teresa. I didn’t buy much, a few stickers here and there, but I did have a great time and saw many interesting things. Here are some pictures from the day: Hopefully we will be able to go on… Read More »Junk Jaunt
Time to share the second collection of images from my road trip to Allamakee County (and Clayton County) to harvest their town signs with Teresa. The first couple pictures are in Clayton County. The rest are in Allamakee County. Monona Hardin – Ghost Town Waukon Lycurgus Lansing There is still… Read More »Allamakee County Aux – Vol. 2
Back in June I cruised around both Clayton and Allamakee County harvesting their town signs with Teresa. It is truly the most beautiful part of Iowa and there isn’t a close second. But the Loess Hills are second. All of these pictures were taken in Clayton County: Strawberry Point Volga… Read More »Allamakee County Aux – Vol. 1
Today seems like a good day to share the rest of the pictures that I considered for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar, but did not use. Just because I rejected these images this year, doesn’t mean that one of them couldn’t show up in a future calendar. +++++++ This is… Read More »Tried So Hard to Be Everything that You Liked
It is time to reveal the August image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: August This picture is of the only fire watch tower in the state of Iowa. It is located in the Yellow River State Forest in northeast Iowa. It is only accessible via forest road. So if… Read More »I Know that You Loved Before
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
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
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
Another month done in the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. I have to confess that I spent some time on the struggle bus this month. I don’t know if I lost some steam or if I just want feeling some of the themes. Being sick for a few… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – September 2022
The old. The forgotten. The abandoned. The falling apart. The rusty. The dilapidated. I love that stuff, but were RUINS a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 26, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 368 – RUINS
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
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