Happy Easter! Christ is risen! CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED! Here is an Easter devotional and a bit on the history of a popular Easter hymn. At least in the Methodist church. Risen today! A Wesley hymn devotion for Easter
Since Easter is tomorrow, thought I would share some pictures from Christmas. I spent the day with Teresa’s family and unfortunately didn’t get to see Carla’s family as they were down with the COVID. Maybe next year. Here are a few photos: I hope everybody has as good of a… Read More »Christmas – 2023
Today is Good Friday. Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. If you are looking for a place to worship tonight, you can join me at the Boone First United Methodist Church. It is a Tenebrae Service. It starts at 6:30. What is a Tenebrae Service? From our website:… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Delta
Today is Maundy Thursday, so I wish all of you a happy Maundy Thursday with the following picture: Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus Christ’s Last Supper with his disciples. The Last Supper was a Passover meal and so we continue to celebrate that through communion with unleavened bread and a grape… Read More »Lady
This is Holy Week, so I did want you to know that if you need or want a place to worship or just check out, well you are invited to the Boone First United Methodist Church. For details, check out the picture below: I’ll definitely be there for Maundy Thursday,… Read More »RAGBRAI – MADRID – III
A few weeks back the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme was SENTIMENTAL. Thought I would share some of the spare images I took for the theme that didn’t make the cut. SENTIMENTAL was a good theme. A real thinker! I hope everybody enjoyed it as much as I did.
NOTES: 1. THIS IS ONE OF 2 THEMES THAT HAVE A SPECIAL, EXTRA RULE. MAKE SURE YOU READ THAT RULE BEFORE YOU SUBMIT. 2. I’VE BEEN GETTING SOME SMALL IMAGES SUBMITTED. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE FAQ ANSWER ON IMAGE SIZE. YOU MAY NEED TO ADJUST YOUR CAMERA SETTINGS OR… Read More »WPC – WEEK 445 – HOBBIES
Those of you that are observant AND have a Photography 139 email subscription, may have noticed that the emails that have come out have been a bit off this week. MailPoet (the client I use to send out those emails) had an update and that has jacked everything up. I… Read More »On the Waterfront: Ankeny Field Work
Today feels like a good time to clean up the backlog from July of last year. These pictures just didn’t fit into previous entries in “An Artist’s Notebook”. It always feels great when a little bit more of the backlog has been cleared out. One day I’ll even be caught… Read More »But She’s So Sweet, She’s So Pretty
Time to share another collection of images from my trip to the State Fair with Monica and Graham and then Elainie, Sabas, and Tiffany. Still a ton of pictures from this trip left to share!
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Today is my Aunt Linda’s birthday, so I have to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday! I hope you have an amazing birthday! +++++++ Seems like a good time to share the alternate images I took for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme ROAD TRIP. Most of these were… Read More »From All the Sunlight of Our Past
DECORATION! A great theme! Everybody loves to decorate. But did enough people like to decorate enough to make DECORATE a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers… Read More »WPC – WEEK 444 – DECORATION
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a NCAA Tournament Pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. And if pride is… Read More »Roundball Oracles Year 19
Today is St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t celebrate, so no greetings to those of you that do. Stupid greeting card holiday that has become overcommercialized to make people feel bad that aren’t Irish. Bah O’humbug to you I say. You might be wondering why this post published at 8 AM… Read More »Taco ‘Bout It: Boone Food Truck Field Work
Last Wednesday my step-grandfather-in-law Shorty Peterson passed away. I include the “step” and “in-law” in front of his name not to indicate a distance, but to illustrate that sometimes titles, whether or correct or not do not indicate what it means to be “family”. Because Shorty and his wife Doris,… Read More »Farewell Shorty
Today is Carla’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday! I hope your birthday is free from fire alarms today and maybe involves some camping or camping planning! +++++++ Today is also Monica’s birthday, so I also need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Beta
Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart? Does your memory stray to a bright summer day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare? Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture… Read More »Are You Lonesome Tonight?
The final town I followed RAGBRAI to was Madrid. I think they did a phenomenal job! The theme for their RAGBRAI stop was Alice in Wonderland. Here is the first collection of images: Just looking at these pictures gets me excited for RAGBRAI this year!
Seems like a good time to share some alternate images I took for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme LEADING LINES. I took all of these pictures on a hike through the backside of McHose Park. These pictures are almost 3 weeks old, but looking at them, it dawns on me… Read More »And I Thought My Heart was Detached