Back during the week of Labor Day, I took a week of vacation. I believe it was the only full week of vacation I took in 2020. One of the things I did while on vacation was take a road trip out to the Loess Hills. My ultimate destination was… Read More »Loess Hills
This is the final week of the Hall of Fame THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes. TRANSPORTATION is a good way to end it, I suppose. 66! That is the number of weeks in a row we have hit double digit submissions! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 277 – TRANSPORTATION
I’m not the type of person that makes New Year’s Resolutions. So I don’t have any for you. Originally I was going to include a bunch of year in review stuff here. However, we are closing in on Post #4000 pretty soon, so I don’t see a need to do… Read More »Dubuque Monument
The September image for the 2021 Photography 139 Calendar is a picture of an orange gazania that I sprayed down with a water bottle. This gazania was grown in the Photography 139 Flower Garden. It is one of the bucket flower pots that lives in the front yard next to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 276 – ROAD TRIP
I need to start by wishing everybody a Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Many of us (me included) aren’t having our typical Christmas, or even the Christmas that they remotely wanted. Remember it is okay to feel a mixture of feelings today, because this isn’t the Christmas you wanted. Maybe it… Read More »Merry Christmas – 2020
The February image for the Photography 139 2021 Calendar is a macro photo of my favorite flower, the moonflower. It is taken with a flash ring. It was taken on July 28, 2020. Here are some details on the picture: DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M2 LENS: FE 50mm f/2.8 Macro FOCAL… Read More »WPC – WEEK 275 – COLORFUL
63! 63! 63 straight weeks of double digit submissions! I was a little worried about FACELESS PORTRAIT, but I had double digit submissions before I even rolled of the couch this morning. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 274 – FACELESS PORTRAIT
It is with a heavy heart that I want to start today’s post by honoring my cousin Alan, who suddenly passed away last Monday morning. He was a wonderful person and will definitely be missed. Here is his obituary, so you can get to know him a little bit as… Read More »WPC – WEEK 273 – FOOD
I need to start the day by wishing a couple people a happy birthday. I need to start with my nephew Brandon. Happy birthday Brandon! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be! +++++++ It is also Frank’s birthday. Frank was instrumental in getting this… Read More »On the Rocks
61 straight weeks! I had to rattle a couple of cages this morning, But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kio Dettman Cathie Raley Tamara Peterson Kio Dettman Aaron Barnett Christopher D. Bennett Micky Augustin Elizabeth… Read More »WPC – WEEK 272 – RUINS
I stated in a blog post on Sunday (that has some interesting information in the comments section – Click on this link: Town Sign Project: Boone County) that I’m going to start breaking these signs down by county. When I looked into it, I had already taken a picture of… Read More »Town Sign Project: Greene County & Story County
Over the weekend I finalized the list for the next 52 themes. I will release the new list sometime in early December with a small explanation of how I arrived at the new list. Thanks again to Andy for being the only person to suggest theme ideas. A few of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 271 – NIGHT
I need to start by announcing that my church is still having our free Thanksgiving Meal this year. This year it is a drive-thru meal. If that sounds like something that you could need or want, here is some information: First United Methodist’s Annual FREE THANKSGIVING MEAL You are invited… Read More »Matthew 25:35
Yes! Yes! 59 times yes! ART was the 59th straight theme to illicit double digit submissions! But you didn’t come to hear me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Tamara Peterson Tamara Peterson Christopher D. Bennett Cathie Raley Kim Barker Elizabeth Nordeen Elizabeth Nordeen… Read More »WPC – WEEK 270 – ART
Back in August there was a small birthday party for Kanoa. I took a few pictures, but mostly just pictures of Kanoa eating his cake. Which he apparently enjoyed very much. Here are some pictures: I did get to see Kanoa again on Saturday, but that is a topic for… Read More »Happy Birthday Kanoa!
First, I want to give thanks to Andy for giving suggestions for the next 52 weeks of themes. He was the only person to make a suggestion, but he made some good suggestions: Music Water Wind(tough it would kill streak) Hero Sports Hobby Charity Love Funny Celebrating Teaching Family Sunrise… Read More »WPC – WEEK 269 – TREE
A reminder to start of this post. This is the last day to suggest a theme for the next 52 weeks of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. There is only one way to suggest a theme for the next 52 weeks in THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Don’t email me a suggestion.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 268 – FRAMED
A couple weeks ago I followed the trail from the Kate Shelley Railroad Museum to the remains of the bridge that she crossed to save all those lives all those years ago. If you don’t know the story of Kate Shelley, it goes something like this from the Wikipedia page:… Read More »Rodan139: Kate Shelley’s Bridge Remains
56 weeks in a row people. We even had double digit submissions before Monday morning! Now this week’s theme is a little more challenging, I feel like we will once again, hit double digits. You can tell that the weather must be getting colder. While the theme is ANIMAL, every… Read More »WPC – WEEK 267 – ANIMAL
Here is another collection of alternates for last week’s BLACK AND WHITE theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Some were taken on my way back from Manhattan, Kansas. Some were taken around my house. Some were taken around my Mom’s house. Some were taken out by Don Williams. I can’t… Read More »Back in Black and White
You know that BLACK AND WHITE is my favorite theme. You know darn well that I’m going to have lots of BLACK AND WHITE alternates. Lots and lots of alternates. Actually I think I have less alternates than I normally do for BLACK AND WHITE. That being said, I’m still… Read More »Put that Fire in Your Soul