I shared what few images I took of the Boone County Fair on Saturday back when I shard about Tall & Meaty competing at the barbecue contest. I didn’t experience much more of the fair on Saturday because of a wedding. I went back on Sunday to watch Logan’s kids… Read More »Sunday at the Boone County Fair
Last year for my annual Birthday Road Trip I went to the Houby Festival in the Czech Village with Nader. We met up with Willy there and checked out what the Houby Festival. Here is the final collection of images from the Houby Festival: While this is the end of… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival D
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving was an interesting day. It was the day that the new “Try Boone You’ll Stay” sign was put in place. This was a project that was several years in the making and it was made to replicate a sign that used to hang in Boone near… Read More »Cluck! Cluck! Ames Field Work
After admiring the Frank Gotch Statue, admiring downtown Humboldt, and having a tasty lunch, I headed south on 169 back towards Fort Dodge. But on the way down I stopped at Frank Gotch State Park. Frank Gotch State Park is where the two forks of the Des Moines River combine… Read More »June Road Trip: Back to the Dirty
I don’t usually spend a ton of Friday at the Boone County Fair. Mostly a good chunk of Saturday while assisting or documenting Baby Got Rack or Tall & Meaty competing at the barbecue contest. That gives me more than enough time to look around and see all the things… Read More »Friday at the Boone County Fair
Last year for my annual Birthday Road Trip I went to the Houby Festival in the Czech Village with Nader. We met up with Willy there and checked out what the Houby Festival. Here is the second collection of images from the Houby Festival Parade: There is still one more… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival C
A few weeks back the theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was BLACK & WHITE. I used a picture of the Johnny Orr Statue from Hilton Coliseum as my submission, but you are a dang fool if you think that was the only BLACK & WHITE image I took that… Read More »Got Me Wondering
We are at the end of the images from work trip to Philadelphia. Day 6 was the final day and I didn’t take many pictures. It is a day that can go on forever because it is a work day, plus a large chunk of it is just waiting for… Read More »Philadelphia Day 6: End of the Trip
Today is Ash Wednesday. Normally I would invite you to attend Ash Wednesday service with me at Boone First United Methodist Church. But unfortunately I will not be able to make it to worship service tonight. However, if you are looking for an Ash Wednesday service to attend, you are… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival B
It is beyond time I share some pictures of Tall & Meaty competing in the Madrid Labor Day Festival Barbecue Contest. I probably have taken so long to share it because it was fairly uneventful. The guys didn’t place and I didn’t stick around to the end so I had… Read More »Tall & Meaty: Madrid Labor Day 2025
Today is Valentine’s Day. So I need to wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day, whether they celebrate it or not! HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!! I hope your Valentine’s Day was either as amazing as you wanted it to be or sucked way less than you thought it would! Today is Valentine’s… Read More »June Road Trip: Dirty Dodge
Time for the final collection of images from my Day 5 work trip to Philadelphia. I mostly spent this night alone wandering the streets of Philadelphia doing a little street photography. Here is the last collection of images: There is only one fairly small collection of images left to share… Read More »Philadelphia Day 5: The Streets at Night
Last year for my annual Birthday Road Trip I didn’t get too ambitious. I just cruised over with Nader to the Czech Village to check out the Houby Festival. I had pretty high expectations for the Houby Festival because your guy loves mushrooms. We met Willy over there on what… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival A
LEADING LINES! 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, February 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Charlie DeWaard – 1 week2-Mary Green – 1 week3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week4-Sarah Karber… Read More »WPC – WEEK 543 – LEADING LINES
Time to share the final collection of pictures from the pro democracy No Kings Rally back in June. Here they are: That is it for the No Kings Rally from June, but I have plenty more pictures from political events to share.
Time for the first collection of images from Day 5 of my work trip to Philadelphia. This was another day where I had to work (on a work trip, I know!) and the first part of the evening was going to the cheesesteak place the locals recommend and listening to… Read More »Philadelphia Day 5: The Streets
PLACES! 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, January 26, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sarah Karber – 1 week2-Sara Lockner – 1 week*3-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks4-Deanna Peters –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 542 – PLACES
Time to share more pictures from the No Kings Rally back in June. Here they are: Still one more collection of images from this pro-democracy rally.
Last Friday I showed the first part of the images I took on Day 4 of my trip to Philadelphia. At night Sarah and Tim came down and hung out with me before they drove on to Baltimore. This is collection is the rest of those images I took walking… Read More »Philadelphia Day 4: Street Photography
A few weeks back the theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was BLACK & WHITE. I used a picture of Johnny Orr from Hilton Coliseum as my submission, but you are a dang fool if you think that was the only BLACK & WHITE image I took that week. A… Read More »Somewhere in Between
Back at the end of May I went to see the Red Bull Soap Box Derby. Unfortunately I got there too late. I never really got a position to get any decent pictures of the competition. But I took a few pictures any ways. Have a looksie: Next time they… Read More »2025 Soap Box Derby