Several weeks back I cruised around Clinton County and the southern tip of Jackson County harvesting their town signs. Here is the first collection of auxiliary images from that trip: DeWitt Low Moor Clinton Andover Sabula Sabula holds the distinction of being the only city in Iowa that is an… Read More »Clinton County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
A long, long time ago when I revealed the towns signs of Monroe County I pointed out that the town of Melrose, Iowa had a memorial up in their town park to honor the 1936-37 Melrose Shamrocks boys basketball team. A team that the Des Moines Register honored as the… Read More »Monroe and Mahaska County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
Here is the second collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Cedar County. A few of these are taken in Muscatine County. A few are taken in Benton County. The majority of them are taken in West Branch at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Herbert… Read More »Cedar County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2
Several weeks back I travelled to Cedar County to harvest their town signs. On this trip I also harvested some town signs in Clinton County and Muscatine County. I also stopped and took some pictures in Benton County. Here is the first collection of images from this road trip: Mechanicsville… Read More »Cedar County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
Here is another collection of auxiliary images I took on my road trip with Michelle to harvest the town signs of Linn County and Jones County. All of these pictures were taken in Jones County. Anamosa Cascade Michelle wouldn’t go down these stairs. What’s the matter Colonel Sanders, chicken? Onslow… Read More »Linn and Jones County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2
The Saturdays of repairing broken “An Artist’s Notebook” post from the past are gone. At least I think I hope they are. I’m sure there is still work to be done still. There always is work to be done. Therefore, I’m not sure what will occupy Saturdays. It will probably… Read More »Linn and Jones County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
Several months back Vest and I cruised around Decatur County and Wayne County harvesting their town signs. This is the final collection of auxiliary images I took on this trip. All of these pictures were taken in Wayne County. We stopped and ate a Mexican restaurant in Corydon called La… Read More »Decatur and Wayne County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
Today is Good Friday. I thought I would share an image I took on a recent road trip that represents Good Friday before getting to a Good Friday devotional. This devotional I took from the UMC website and was written by Rev. Dr. Hannah Ka: Scripture: Mark 15:33-41 From noon… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Harlan Field Work
Happy Maundy Thursday! I struggled a bit to find a devotional for Maundy Thursday. I found a website I really liked called Heretical Methodist Ministries, but nothing has been posted on there in well over a year now. So what I’m going to share as my devotional isn’t really a… Read More »In My Own Eyes
I’m proud to report that many people have found something in their live to give thanks for in photographic form. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, April 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Joe Duff – 1 week + Dawn Krause – 1 week + Mike… Read More »WPC – WEEK 343 – GRATITUDE
Several months back I cruised around Decatur County and Wayne County with Vest harvesting their town signs. This is the first collection of auxiliary images I took on this trip: Weldon Le Roy Humeston Garden Grove Leon You may recall a few weeks ago I talked about a sweet free… Read More »Decatur and Wayne County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
Several months back I cruised around Kossuth ad Winnebago County harvesting their town signs. This is the third and final collection of auxiliary images from that road trip. The next time we hit the open road and share some auxiliary images from TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trips, we will be… Read More »Kossuth and Winnebago County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
SHADOW seems to be a pretty popular theme. As of 10:59 AM on Monday, March 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: + Harrison Gorshe – 1 week + Monica Henning – 1 week + Logan Kahler – 1 week + Stephanie Kim – 1 week + Becky… Read More »WPC – WEEK 341 – SHADOW
Today is a big day for Iowa State athletics. Iowa State is one of only two schools that have both their Men’s and Women’s basketball team still alive in the NCAA tournament. For the Men, this is pretty shocking since they only won two games last year. This was the… Read More »Kossuth and Winnebago County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2
Several months back I cruised around Kossuth and Winnebago County harvesting their town signs. Here is the first collection of auxiliary images I took on this trip. Most are from the Grotto of the Redemption in West Bend. Many more are from near the Kossuth County Freedom Rock in Whittemore.… Read More »Kossuth and Winnebago County Auxiliary Images
Don’t forget, that if you want to enter Roundball Oracles – Year 17, click on the link below: Roundball Oracles – Year 17 So far I think about 15 brackets have been filled out. The first ones filled out were by Sara and Shawn Lockner. I was very impressed! +++++++… Read More »Bremer County Auxiliary Images
A few weeks back I cruised around Shelby and Mills County (and Pottawattamie County) harvesting their town signs. This is the third collection of auxiliary images from this trip. Most of these pictures are taken in Malvern. I loved Malvern! It is a small town with a thriving art community!… Read More »Shelby and Mills County Auxiliary Images – Vol. 3
Back on Monday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. I once again should thank Elizabeth as she assisted on a few of the photos this month. Here are the pictures from February: February 1 – A is For… February 2 – B is… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – February 2022
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. I usually like to put out a devotional on Ash Wednesday, but time got a way from me as I continue to play catch-up with nearly every aspect of my life. I thought I would share the devotional from the Methodist Bishop in Iowa, Laurie Haller.… Read More »Standing in My Way
A few weeks back I cruised around Shelby and Mills County (and Pottawattamie County) harvesting their town signs. Here is the second collection of auxiliary images from this trip: There is still one more collection of images from this road trip still left to share.
A few weeks back I cruised around Shelby and Mills County (and Pottawattamie County) harvesting their town signs. Here is the first collection of auxiliary images from this trip. Including some pictures of what I think might be the prettiest church in Iowa. But no, I’m not going to make… Read More »Shelby and Mills County Auxiliary Images – Vol. 1