People often talk about how the Iowa State Fair is a great place for people watching. That is correct. All fairs and town festivals are great for such activities. But an underrated place for people watching is a good old fashioned farmer’s market. Like the Iowa State Fair it is… Read More »Des Moines Farmer’s Market I
The Iowa State Men earned their way to play their first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament in Omaha by being a #2 seed. They won their first round game over Otz’s first ever team South Dakota State. This setup a 2nd Round matchup with Washington State. Jesse and I… Read More »Iowa State 67 Washington State 56
A few weeks back FNSC made another stop on the Catholic Fish Fry Circuit. This time we went north of Ames on County Line Road and hit up the culinary offerings of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. A church that I have often wondered what it looked like on… Read More »Fisher of Men: Rural Story County Field Work
PASSION! A great theme! But did enough people have enough PASSION about their PASSION to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 1, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):… Read More »WPC – WEEK 447 – PASSION
You were probably eagerly, constantly refreshing your email inbox waiting to see what delightful images were submitting for last week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme PASSION. Unfortunately for you, I am probably standing in a field in Indiana right now staring up at the sky, trying not to go blind.… Read More »Week 448 Theme Reveal
Today’s food adventure took me to Ames. To the cathedral known as James H. Hilton Coliseum. A storied basketball (and other sports like volleyball and gymnastics) venue where the Iowa State men went undefeated and the women went 13-2. I had this adventure at the final home game of the… Read More »I Scream: Hilton Field Work
A few week’s back Carla, Jason, Teresa, and I loaded up into Teresa’s new car and drove down to Kansas City to watch Iowa State play in the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship Game. It was the second year in a row for Iowa State to make the Championship… Read More »Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Championship
Happy Easter! Christ is risen! CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED! Here is an Easter devotional and a bit on the history of a popular Easter hymn. At least in the Methodist church. Risen today! A Wesley hymn devotion for Easter
Today is Good Friday. Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. If you are looking for a place to worship tonight, you can join me at the Boone First United Methodist Church. It is a Tenebrae Service. It starts at 6:30. What is a Tenebrae Service? From our website:… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Delta
A few weeks back the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme was SENTIMENTAL. Thought I would share some of the spare images I took for the theme that didn’t make the cut. SENTIMENTAL was a good theme. A real thinker! I hope everybody enjoyed it as much as I did.
Those of you that are observant AND have a Photography 139 email subscription, may have noticed that the emails that have come out have been a bit off this week. MailPoet (the client I use to send out those emails) had an update and that has jacked everything up. I… Read More »On the Waterfront: Ankeny Field Work
Today feels like a good time to clean up the backlog from July of last year. These pictures just didn’t fit into previous entries in “An Artist’s Notebook”. It always feels great when a little bit more of the backlog has been cleared out. One day I’ll even be caught… Read More »But She’s So Sweet, She’s So Pretty
Time to share another collection of images from my trip to the State Fair with Monica and Graham and then Elainie, Sabas, and Tiffany. Still a ton of pictures from this trip left to share!
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t celebrate, so no greetings to those of you that do. Stupid greeting card holiday that has become overcommercialized to make people feel bad that aren’t Irish. Bah O’humbug to you I say. You might be wondering why this post published at 8 AM… Read More »Taco ‘Bout It: Boone Food Truck Field Work
Today is Dawn’s birthday, so I must wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dawn! I hope your birthday is filled with plenty of time to sit down and read! +++++++ Today is also Baier’s birthday, so I must with him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Baier! I hope your… Read More »WPC – WEEK 443 – SENTIMENTAL
Today is Nora’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday Nora! I hope your birthday is filled with all the mushrooms you can handle and not filled with all the serious questions that the BARBIE movie makes a person ask! +++++++ Back on Valentine’s Day/Ash… Read More »Cue: Ames Field Work
Been a minute see I cleared out the backlog. All of these images are from June of last year. They just never quite found their way into a post. Some are from the first use of the pizza oven. Some are of a sunset. Some are from a quick trip… Read More »One More Girl Who Brings Out the Better in You
On my third trip to the Iowa State Fair I started the day with Monica and Graham. Then at some point they disappeared and I finished the day with Sabas, Elainie, and Tiffany. Here is the first collection of images from the day: Hard to imagine a better kind of… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Alpha
Time to share the rest of the images I took while walking around Slater during RAGBRAI. Slater really did an amazing job of hosting the tens of thousands of cyclists that came through their town. Next up will be the beginning of the collection of images I took when RAGBRAI… Read More »RAGBRAI – SLATER – II
Today is Andy’s birthday so I have to wish him a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDY! I hope your day is filled with 17 hour old tenderloins! +++++++ It is Lent! During Lent I like to hit a Fish Fry here and there. Which gives me the added benefit of… Read More »Fisher of Men: Boone Field Work
Time for the final collection of images from my 2nd of four trips to the Iowa State Fair. I left earlier from the Iowa State Fair than I usually do. Usually after the barbecue competition I hang around the Fair for several hours. But this time I packed up and… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 2 – Gamma