This is the final collection of images from Day 2 of my trip to Ireland with Andy. Last Friday we left off with pictures of people crossing the Carrick-a-Rede Bridge. We will start right up in the same place. This made me miss the old swinging bridge in McHose Park.… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Conclusion
Time to share the rest of the pictures I took at a pro democracy rally in Ames with Jen on January 10. Hard to believe that since this rally, gas prices are up $1.30 a gallon. Ground beef has gone up to almost $7 a pound. Steak is over $13… Read More »Rise Above the Chaos
Love is like a butterfly (love is like a butterfly)As soft and gentle as a sighThe multicolored moods of love are like its satin wingsLove makes your heart feel strange insideIt flutters like soft wings in flightLove is like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing (love is like) I… Read More »Love is Like a Butterfly
By the time this publishes, I will have my entries for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon in my possession. So I can reveal what pictures I entered this year. Here they are: Selected for Display Not selected for Display Selected for Display Not Selected for Display Next year I… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 2 Snaps
Back in January I attended a pro democracy rally in Ames with Jen. This was shortly after ICE agents had murdered Renee Nicole Good, mother of three and poet in the streets of Minneapolis. Here are some pictures from the rally: Here is a list of people that have been… Read More »Ice Off Our Streets
I realize now that I never really announced how I did at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon this year. Here is the card they sent: I got two in. If you are looking for them at the Fair, 1 is a Black and White Place. I think the other… Read More »WPC – WEEK 570 – I CAN’T EVEN
A couple of weeks back Andy and I hit the open road in an attempt to drive half of the Mother Road. Route 66. America’s highway! While I took a ton of pictures with the “real” camera, I’m not ready to show those. Not by a long shot Chet. But… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 1 Snaps
After Andy and I left the Giant’s Causeway, we ended up in a nearby village named Bushmills. We wander it’s business district for a bit as we killed time before we went to our next destination. Which was another grueling workout. But more on that in the future. Here are… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Bushmills
NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE! 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, August 3, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week*2-Linda Bennett – 1 week*3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week4-Sara… Read More »WPC – WEEK 569 – NEVER PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE
I have two final collections of pictures from last year’s Pufferbilly Days celebration left to share. The first collection is general Art in the Park images. I spend all day at Art in the Park as I have to watch over the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest photos. But because I… Read More »Art in the Park – 2025
This is the final collection of images I took while Andy and I visited the Giant’s Causeway. But it is far from the final collection of images I took on Day 2 of our trip to Ireland. Here are more pictures: Hey jerk, you are standing in my light… oh… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Leaving the Causeway
ANXIETY! 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 27, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Ernie Redd – 1 week*2-Mary Green – 2 weeks3-Jason Baier – 6 weeks4-Monica Jennings –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 568 – ANXIETY
Time to share the a final collection of images from Pufferbilly Days Saturday last year. The collection starts at the parade and ends at the mullet and mustache contest. Here is the final collection: I still have Sunday Art in the Park pictures to share from last year’s Pufferbilly Days.… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Saturday III
Time to share the rest of my Halloween pictures from last year. These are all from Halloween Parade or from downtown Boone. What might be apparent in the pictures, but maybe isn’t readily apparent, it was COLD! Not as cold as it was for the lighted parade last year, which… Read More »Halloween 2025 – II
Can you believe that this is the 6,000th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 6,000
I took more Halloween related pictures than normal last year. In addition to the Trunk-or-Treat pictures I shared last Tuesday, I also took pictures of the pumpkins painted by the Youth Group, the trick-or-treaters that came to my house, and pictures at Boone’s first ever Halloween Parade. Here is the… Read More »Halloween 2025 – I
WARNING: NEXT MONDAY I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ON THE OPEN ROAD. POSSIBLY IN OKLAHOMA. POSSIBLY IN TEXAS. POSSIBLY IN KANSAS. IT IS HARD TO SAY. SO DON’T EXPECT ANY KIND OF REMINDER. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN DOG. I WILL BE ON VACATION. IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT… Read More »WPC – WEEK 566 – COMMUNICATION
Time for another collection of images I took on the Saturday of Pufferbilly Days last year. The last collection was all parade pictures. So is this collection. I still have one more collection of images left to share from the Saturday of Pufferbilly Days.
Last year the Boone First United Methodist Church took place in the annual Trunk-or-Treat festivity. It is a pretty big deal in Boone. Thousands and thousands kids pour into Boone’s downtown area and get so much candy. The lines are so long it take over an hour to make the… Read More »Trunk-or-Treat 2025
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
Time to start sharing the rest of the pictures from Pufferbilly Days last year that aren’t related to the Photo Contest or Boone First United Methodist Church. The pictures in this collection are from the Pufferbilly Days Parade: Still plenty of Pufferbilly Days pictures left to share.