CIRCLE! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 6, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week2-Jason Baier – 3 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks4-Monica Jennings –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 565 – CIRCLE
After church a few weeks ago I took Brandon out for lunch for assisting with getting Morris, my 4 foot concrete alligator in place in my front yard. We went to Daisy’s Dog House in Ames. Logan, Dahlia, Jonah, and Andy all came along as well. Here are some cell… Read More »Hot Dog! Ames Field Work
On Day 2 in Ireland we got up bright and early and hit the road for Northern Ireland. It was about a 3 hour drive from Dublin to our first stop: The Giant’s Causeway. There were a handful of must see things for me on our trip. The Giant’s Causeway… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Road to Giant’s Causeway
I’ve shared some pictures I took on November 15 of last year. Some street photography images I took around Graffiti Alley and the skate park in Des Moines. Then I share some more pictures I took at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens. After that I went to see the… Read More »Dallas Center, Iowa
A couple Fridays back Jay and I ventured over to Jefferson for their Bell Tower Days for FNSC. Despite my affection for small town festivals and the close proximity of Jefferson to Boone I had never been to Bell Tower Days before. We went on Friday night, so we didn’t… Read More »Taco ‘Bout It: Jefferson Field Work
This is the final collection of images from Day 1 of my trip to Ireland with Andy. It also includes one more filming location from the movie ONCE. Last Friday we left off we were admiring a busker and a couple of children that were dancing to their music. We… Read More »Ireland Day 1: Fair Play to Ya
This is the last collection of flowertography images from 2025. I took them in November of last year. I am a member of the Iowa Arboretum and that gets me free entrance into over a thousand reciprocal gardens. That includes the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens. It is a perk… Read More »Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens
One of the bucket list restaurants on my list isn’t really a restaurant at all. It is an old gas station/cafe that used to sit along side the old Lincoln Highway. The Youngville Cafe. It went out of business in the 1960s, but is being preserved. To help maintain the… Read More »Tenderloining: Youngville Field Work
When we left off last Friday we were wandering around George Street Arcade. We will begin there. Most of this collection will concentrate on street art that Andy and I found while walking back to Grafton Street to have our compromise supper at Captain America. Easily the worst meal of… Read More »Ireland Day 1: Street Art
When I went on my annual Birthday Road Trip, Nader and I went up to the Orange City Tulip Festival. But while we were there, I cashed in on a chance to do some tenderloining. Orange City is the home of The Roadhouse. It is a restaurant of some reputation.… Read More »Tenderloining: Orange City Field Work
Time for more pictures from Day 1 of my trip to Ireland. Day 1 we mostly hung around the Grafton Street area and I got to see some of the filming location of one of my all-time favorite movie: ONCE! In this collection is the 3rd location from the movie… Read More »Ireland Day 1: Not So Hard on the Fingers
Last year for my SLICE OF LIFE submission I submitted a composite image from the parks in Boone. Here is a collection of images that I didn’t use in the composite: There are pictures from McHose Park, Lowell Park, Memorial Park, Veteran’s Memorial Park, Little League Park, Miles-Lee Park, and… Read More »Boone Parks
SLICE OF LIFE! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! Who submitted pictures that you would buy if you saw them on a postcard? That is the kind of thing you should leave in the COMMENTS section of this… Read More »WPC – WEEK 562 – SLICE OF LIFE
It is finally the time. It is the time to start sharing pictures from my trip to Ireland with Andy. Day 1 was mostly getting acclimated to the the time change difference. We mostly got our bearings, got our rental car, got into our AirBNB, and finally did some minor… Read More »Ireland Day 1: Say it to Me Now
This week’s flowertography session took place at the Iowa Arboretum. This flowertography session was about the last flowertography session I had in 2025. The first few pictures though were not taken at the Iowa Arboretum. The first 2 were taken in my yard. The next 2 were taken on the… Read More »Iowa Arboretum Trip I
Time for more from my super boring food “adventure” to lame Orlando, Florida. This is the final collections of images from this trip. To start the day, the Per Diem account sat at: $233.12 Here are the pictures: For the 4th time on this trip I ate at the sports… Read More »Orlando Work Trip – Day 5, 6, & 7
Last Friday we left off from my last trip to the State Fair with Teresa and Valerie looking at the baby animals. This collection will start with the baby animals and then wander all over the place. From food to the Agriculture Building to sewing competitions to Pioneer Hall. Here… Read More »ISF: 08/17/2025: Exhibits
I haven’t hammered out any backlog lately, so today seems like a good time to knock out the May backlog from 2025. These are pictures that I took in May of last year that never fit into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” post. These pictures were taken either in Colo… Read More »May Leftovers
Time for the second and final collection of images from the trip to Bluff Lake Catfish Farm. Last Tuesday we left off at the swinging bridge in Eden Valley Park. Here are the pictures: It was a fantastic trip and I’d like to return again this year, but it sounds… Read More »Bluff Lake Catfish Farm
Time for more from my super boring food “adventure” to lame Orlando, Florida. From this point on, I can’t say I had a single meal from outside the Hilton Orlando. Because there is literally nothing around the hotel besides the convention center and a collection of some of the worst… Read More »Orlando Work Trips – Days 3 & 4
Time to share the final collection of images from the No Kings pro democracy rally I attended at the Iowa State Capitol with Jesse back in October. Have a looksie: It was a great event filled with patriotic Americans wanting America to do better. Hopefully someday soon we stop circling… Read More »Immigrants Make America Great