On Carrie’s birthday she requested that I take a few pictures of the Baier clan. Here are my favorite pictures from that day. But before we got too deep into these pictures I need to point out a couple of things. First, the addition of these pictures to the Friends… Read More »The Baiers
The photo assignment for last week was “Soothing”. Dawn Krause Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett The subject for this week is “PEOPLE“. That is a fairly easy subject so hopefully a couple more people choose to participate.
I’ve often heard that the saddest thing in the world is unrequited love. Unsolicited love on the other hand… I’ve never been a Christmas card person. My thoughts on cards is that when somebody sends you a card, what they are really saying (with apologies to Mitch Hedberg) is: “here,… Read More »Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Pardon and Sanctify Me This cross stands on top of my church. It no longer looks like this because the it was painted during the tuckpointing process last year. The name comes from a classic hymn: 1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of… Read More »December
This is entry number 750 in this online journal. I’d like to take a little bit of time to archive some data. It is one of my peculiar imbecilities that I love meaningless statistics. Therefore, consider these statistics: Every journal entry falls into at least one of sixteen categories. This… Read More »Number 750
The Eternal Seductiveness of Life Because the calendar is a landscape medium, this picture actually appears in the calendar in landscape form with not much of the allium showing but the flower. It was originally taken in portrait orientation.
This picture of Sara is still untitled. For the story behind this image, click on the link below: Sore Feet
This picture was taken on the exact same day as the daisy picture. It currently is untitled.
A Proud Assertion “Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Solace of Ordinary Humanity Although this picture is named for the following quote from the enigmatic John Ruskin: “Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.” But the story of this flower is actually more akin to the Tennessee Williams quote: “The violets in the mountains have broken… Read More »July
Funny Face Homage Inverse This is actually the first picture to ever be debuted in the calendar. Every other picture that has ever been in the calendar has been published in some way shape or form before being in the calendar. Jill was the only person to ever see this… Read More »June
This is the only monthly picture in the calendar that is manipulated in Photoshop in a meaningful way. I could see how somebody could think that June is a Photoshop manipulation, but in the spirit of the way that I see things, it isn’t. But we will open up that… Read More »May
The conclusion of Mark’s 12 Days of Christmas. Day 10 The tenth Christmas blessing that my Lord gave to me: 10 Small Group Students I know I have written in a previous newsletter about my small group students. They are a group of 10 eighth graders, who meet with me… Read More »12 Days of Christmas – Happy Epiphany
Where Love Waits This picture was taken on one of my two trips to the Iowa State Fair. Interested in other State Fair pictures? Click on the link below: Iowa State Fair The title comes from a line in William Carlos Williams’ Poem “The Rose is Obsolete”. I suppose in… Read More »April
This picture was taken in Upper Ledges in one of their prairies. This picture was taken during the same photo sojourn as when I took Monica’s Childhood. A picture that was Monica’s favorite, but not the picture she selected for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Monica’s Choice
Day 7 The seventh Christmas blessing that my Lord gave to me: Seventh Grade Bible Class For our 7th grade (Junior 1) Bible class this month, we taught the students about the first Christmas. We had 3 lessons to help the students understand the first Christmas and why it is… Read More »12 Days of Christmas – Part 3
This picture was taken on the Lost Lake Trail. A place that is well documented to be one of my favorite photography retreats. I particularly enjoy taking frog photos in this locale. This picture was selected by Jill for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: Jill Selects Frog Although Jill liked… Read More »February
Since I have almost finished distributing all of the Photography 139 calendars, it is time to start revealing what pictures made the calendar this year. The picture that made the front cover. Some Kind of Blue Train Series – Round About Midnight Riff The story behind this picture can be… Read More »Front Cover
Day 4 The fourth Christmas blessing that my Lord gave to me: Song Competition At Concordia Middle School, 7th grade (also known as Junior 1) through 11th grade (also known as Senior 2), have a couple of intra-grade competitions. One of these is the Christmas song contest. For this competition… Read More »12 Days of Christmas – Part 2