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
Last August, Jay and Jesse and Willy and I loaded into the RAV4 and drove out east to check off an Iowa bucket list item for me. What was to visit and seasonal restaurant near Maquoketa Caves State Park that goes by the name of Bluff Lake Catfish Farm. It… Read More »Road to Bluff Lake Catfish Farm
SIGNS! 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, May 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week2-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week3-Logan Kahler – 1 week4-Mary Green –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 557 – SIGNS
Time to share another 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: Still one more collection of images from this pro democracy rally left to share.
Last time we left off from my last trip to the Iowa State Fair, we were hanging out with the big pigs. This trip will involve more big animals and various types of art. From the performing to the kind made out of rice to the kind that is made… Read More »ISF: 08/17/2025 – Various Art
Today I begin sharing the images from my final trip to the Iowa State Fair with Teresa and Valerie. I’m already starting to look forward to this year’s Fair. I should probably start thinking about what pictures I will enter in the Photography Salon. Here is the first collection of… Read More »ISF: 08/17/2025 – Last Trip Begins
After Russell and Andree and I left the College Basketball Experience we headed to Strouds for chicken. Which was the actual impetus for the trip. After the meal I took a few pictures from around the place and couple at a rest area on the way home. Here are those… Read More »Kansas City Road Trip: Strouds
Time to share another collection of images from the No Kings pro democracy rally I attended at the Iowa State Capital back in October. I hope by now the pointless Iran war is over at we are only dealing with the effects of it on crippling the global economy. But… Read More »Courage is Contagious
Back in July Carla, Teresa, and I loaded up in a car after work and went to the Berry Patch Farm near Nevada so my sisters could pick berries. I also picked a few berries, but mostly I picked images. Gaze up on my wondrous harvest! It was a good… Read More »Berry Patch
Time to share another collection of images I took at the No Kings Rally at the Iowa State Capital in October of last year. Because of my coming trip to America’s armpit Orlando, Florida I have written this post well into the future. But it is probably a safe bet… Read More »Be Kind and Grow Love
Time to share the final and second collection of images from my trip up to Minneapolis to go see The Swell Season with Bethany. Last time we were just finishing up in the area around Cheapo Records on the way to Electric Fetus Records. Seems most people I know don’t… Read More »The Swell Trip Ends
Last Tuesday I shared the first part of the collection of images from Jesse and I’s trip to Decorah to go to the only true pizza farm in Iowa. We will start where we left off last week at Dunnings’s Springs Park and quickly start sharing pictures from the pizza… Read More »Pizza Farm Road Trip: Luna Valley Farm