Hitting the 2018 backlog. All of the pictures in this post were taken on June 26 in my yard. Except for the clematis. The clematis actually grows on the back fence of Stan and Noreen’s yard. Noreen is brilliant at growing clematis. A flower that is not easy to grow.… Read More »When I Walk with You…
Hitting up the 2018 backlog. Here is a collection of pictures I took on May 5 on a trip to Dickcissel Park with Naima: There are plenty of other pictures of Naima in the 2018 backlog. Plenty more!
One of the goals of 2019 is to bring back the SELFIE PROJECT. So far I am 8 for 8, including Day 0. I’ll share what I consider the best of the SELFIE PROJECT monthly. I’ll share the pictures daily on Instagram. Here are the first 8 pictures. Day 0… Read More »Selfie Project – 2019
Last week Jesse and I hopped in a rental car and headed to San Antonio to watch the Iowa State Cyclones play against the Washington State Cougars and the worst refereeing crew from the Big Ten in the Alamo Bowl. While the game didn’t turn out the way that we… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip – Phonetos
Yes Virginia, there was a Photography 139 Calendar this year. However, I didn’t sell them this year. I just made a small run and gave them out to a very few small group of select people. Here are the pictures from the 2019 Photography 139 Calendar: The front cover is… Read More »2019 Photography 139 Calendar
Happy New Year to people who celebrate such things. I like to look at some meaningless statistics every 250 posts and I also look at fairly meaningless year end statistics. Just so happens that I get to combine them today!! Here is both a year in review and a celebration… Read More »Post #3252 – 2018 Year in Review
One of the photo projects I worked on in early 2018 was grabbing miscellaneous pictures for the Boone First United Methodist Church Directory. The person in charge of putting the directory together wanted some pictures of the Bell Choir and some pictures of Doug sermonizing. That is why these pictures… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 1
As 2019 comes barreling down upon us like a runaway freight train with a faulty dead man’s switch, I realize I probably have quite a bit of 2018 back log to get through. Back in March I went out to Ledges to watch Willy finish the Ledges leg of the… Read More »Iowa Trail Run – Ledges
Merry Christmas from Photography 139! Hope your Christmas was as wonderful as mine was!
A few months back I went out into my backyard during a rainstorm and took a few photos of some raindrops. Here are those photos: You can’t beat fun in the rain!
A couple Sundays back the Boone First United Methodist Church had our annual Christmas Pageant. Before the Christmas Pageant was a Soup Supper that was a fundraiser for the Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Rapid City next June. Here are some pictures from the night: Worried you didn’t get a… Read More »Boone FUMC Soup Supper & Christmas Pageant
I took Naima to Dickcissel back in May. Nader joined us on that day. Nader joined Willy as the only person to join Naima on our trips to Dickcissel Park. Most people are afraid of the snakes and the mud. Most people are soft: The last time I published pictures… Read More »Naima and Nader
I was lying when I said I have a ton of pictures of Naima tromping all over Dickcissel Park. Here is yet another collection of them: Don’t worry, there are plenty more Naima pictures in the hopper!!
Back in September I hung out in my backyard and took a few photos. Here are a few of those photos. There are more pictures of the cute little spider still out there for me to share!
Back on the 4th of July Willy and I got together to blow up some stuff and photograph the result. I didn’t turn out exactly as one had hoped. Almost as soon as we started, the sky became overcast. Then it became dark. Then it started to rain. The worst… Read More »Blow Up!
Iowa State’s 12th game was quite the doozie. The had to reschedule their South Dakota State game that go called due to lightning for December 1. Originally Iowa State scheduled perennial FCS doormat Incarnate Word for the game. But a funny thing happened to December 1. Incarnate Word got good… Read More »Iowa State 27 Drake 24
If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life. -Mike Ditka Last Thursday was the annual lighted parade in Boone. I’m sure it has a proper name, but I don’t know what it is. As a member of the Outreach Committee, I was part of the team… Read More »That’s Life
For the last, oh, 15 or so years, my church has hosted a free Thanksgiving dinner. It is open to anybody and it is 100% free. We don’t ask for an “at will donation”. We don’t put out baskets for donations. It is 100% free. I went down there for… Read More »2 Corinthians 9:11
A couple months back I stopped at Derrick and Jen’s house for reasons that currently escape me. While I was there, Evie and Layla asked me if I wanted to watch their next soccer game. I said sure, thinking that they were in some kind of organized soccer league where… Read More »My Great Shame
Way back in August I was invited out to the Junck farm to play with his drone. That was the moment I officially got drone fever. I played with the drone for at least 45 minutes. I would share some pictures from that experience, but I have yet to see… Read More »Organized Lightning
Back in August I followed a butterfly around my Mom’s yard. Even got a few pictures of the little bugger. Like I said, I got a few pictures.