The stained glass windows behind the altar at the First United Methodist Church in Boone. I spend a little time in the sanctuary last night while I was waiting for my confirmation mentee. So silent and peaceful. The word sanctuary fits perfectly.
A couple of months back I went on a road trip with my Mom, Carla, and Alexis to witness Elainie’s most recent naval graduation. Here are a few pictures from Day 2 of that road trip: In case you were wondering, there were no pictures taken on Day of the… Read More »San Antonio Road Trip Day 2
Merry Christmas! – 2013 This week’s Personal Photo Project was to send take a picture to send out with my Merry Christmas text messages. Maybe next year my ambition will grow to full on Christmas card and Christmas letter parody, but it probably won’t. If you are curious, this picture… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 202
If my calculations are correct, this is 24 weeks in the book! A reminder that all photos are taken by and edited with my phone. Day 162: This is the Weather Today Day 163: R is For… Day 164: Green Day 165: Joy Is… Day 166: Composition Day 167: Drink… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 162-168
22 weeks down! Day 148: Quirky Day 149: Message Day 150: No! Day 151: I Am Grateful For… Day 152: Black Day 153: All Done Day 154: Red The next 7 themes: Day 155: Where I Stood Day 156: Silver Day 157: Tiny Day 158: In the Cupboard Day 159:… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 148-154
Today’s images come from the following folder: Backup/My Scans/2007-04 (Apr) Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Scans/2007-05 (May)
A few months back my church had our annual Block Party. For various reasons (including weather), it was somewhat sparsely attended. However, once again the Methodist Men ran the Personal Energy Transportation obstacle course. Here are a few pictures from the event: Not sure where next week’s Wednesday randomness will… Read More »Methodist Block Party
19 weeks in the book, if you are scoring at home. A reminder that all pictures are taken and edited by my phone. Day 127: Table Day 128: I Collect Day 129: Music Day 130: Yes! Day 131: Someone I Miss Day 132: Mine Day 133: Book The next 7… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 127-133
Another week down. I did get kind of mixed up in my week again, but the pictures got done. That is what matters in my world. A reminder that all images are taken with and edited by my phone. Day 106: A Favorite Space Day 107: Secret Day 108: Leafy… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 106 – 112
I think this might be one of the best weekly collections to date. But I should stop patting myself on the back and get back to work (on this week). Day 99: What You Saw Today Day 100: Corner Day 101: Pink Day 102: Hands Day 103: M is For…… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 99-105
Week 14 in the books. I’ll confess that I took some of these pictures not on their proper day because I was laid out pretty good last week with a bug I caught at a 3 year old’s birthday party. Lots of digital noise in some of these pictures. As… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 92-98
Browse-A-Bout This week’s Personal Photo Project was to photograph the statue store where most of my immense collection of frog statues come from… the Browse-A-Bout in Kentucky. I finally saw this place in person on Teresa, Logan, and I’s trip to Kentucky to visit Ernie. The remainder of the Browse-A-Bout… Read More »Personal Photo Project No. 189
Time once again to look at some of my favorite Instagram work from the last couple of months. Of course, if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you have seen all of these before. Just act like you are surprised. I’m pretty excited by how far I got to… Read More »Instagram: July & August
One of the activities that the Mission Committee (chaired by my Mom) from my church (First United Methodist) does every year is organize animals from the 4-H exhibits at the Boone County Fair to be brought to the local nursing home for the residents to enjoy. When this happened at… Read More »Methodists, 4-H, and a Nursing Home…
A couple weeks back I went with my church’s youth group to Kansas City on their annual mission trip. Here is the video I put together to show the congregation on Sunday: Of course, if you subscribe to this blog via RSS Feed or email, you will actually have to… Read More »2013 Mission Trip
This week was a bit of challenge with the mission trip taking up 4 days of my week, but I still managed to get my pictures in, even if some of them might not make much sense to you as they relate to theme. Day 22: Grey Day 23: I… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 22-28
These images come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/Roadtrips/West Bend These pictures were taken April 29,2005. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/Sports/Cyclone Women’s Basketball
I have to confess that I’m kind of pleased with this week’s collection: Day 8: Path Day 9: 3 Things Day 10: Smooth Day 11: I Wore This! Day 12: A Bad Habit Day 13: 4 O’Clock Day 14: Edible The next 7 themes: Day 15: Outside the Window Day… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 8-14
Found My Grandpa Paris passed away a few months after I was married in 2002. All of the stuff in his garage went mostly untouched for several years. Then about 3 years ago some of my aunts and uncles decided to rent out his garage so that Grandma could have… Read More »Personal Photo Project #175
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen all these images. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve seen all these images. If you are my Friend on Foursquare, you’ve seen most of these images. If you are my “Friend” on Facebook, you’ve seen some of these images. If you… Read More »Instagram Dump – March/April
Repurposed After 2 failed years of trying to snag an invite to Love Feast, I finally scored one in 2013. It was a pretty amazing experience (I would tell you more about Love Feast, but you have to ask) and the bonus surprise was the old army radar tower. Funk… Read More »Personal Photo Project #173