It is Sunday. It is 8 PM. It is time to check in with everybody’s favorite high school graduate… SAYDIE!!! Here is some more free advice for Saydie on how to live her life: “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Theta
Welcome to a bonus “An Artist’s Notebook” blog. A couple things before we get into the meat of this blog. #1. Today Baby Got Rack will be competing at the Boone County Fair’s barbecue competition. They changed the rules from previous years. We are only allowed to enter to categories.… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Winterset Field Work – Solo Mission
An announcement! Today is the beginning of the Boone County Fair. On Saturday, Baby Got Rack will be competing in the Barbecue Competition. You should come out an support us. I think we will be there pretty much all day. I think judging is at 4 PM. See you there!… Read More »Maquoketa Caves State Park: Chapter 1
Hitting that 2016 backlog again. This time, we are going back to when the Boone Fire Department burned down a house on the corner of Mamie and Benton. Like most people, I like fire. So I took lots of pictures. Here is the first collection: There are plenty more fire… Read More »FIRE! Vol. 1
After women, flowers are the mostly lovely thing God has given the world. -Christian Dior This collection of flower pictures comes from the Iowa State Fair in 2016. There is good news about this collection. #1. I am now almost finished editing the pictures from 2016 that need to be… Read More »After Women
Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. -Will Rogers It is Sunday. It is 8 PM. It is time to check in with everybody’s favorite 2017 high school graduate… SAYDIE!!! I don’t have much more to add at this… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Eta
A quick announcement before we get to the meat of this entry. I will be working a concession stand at the Boone Municipal Band Festival today for the church. I will be there. I think some of my family. Some of the kid’s from the youth group. I think the… Read More »Decorah Waterfall
I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some. ― Herbert Rappaport Digging deep into the backlog here. The following are pictures from an August 2016 trip to the Iowa State Fair. Yes, I have pictures from 2016 I… Read More »Take the Time to Plant
All things by immortal power. Near of faR, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling a star. -Francis Thompson This post signifies the final batch of photos from Donna’s flower garden. However, before we get into that, I need to make an announcement.… Read More »Without Troubling a Star
Naima turned 7 today! Here are some of my favorite pictures of her over the years: I hope Naima had a happy birthday! We will do some of her favorite things any way. Sleeping. Going to the park. Eating.
It is Sunday, so it is time to check in with everybody’s favorite Boone High graduate Saydie! Time for some more great advice on Saydie’s next adventure, college life! An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -Ben Franklin After this, are more than halfway done with Saydie’s Senior… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Zeta
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 8
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 7
The other day I decided to play with a new photography technique called “focus stacking”. Here is the resulting image: Focus stacking has become trendy lately. It is sorta the current HDR, which was way too trendy about 4 or 5 years ago. Focus stacking involves stacking multiple images with… Read More »Stacked!
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 6
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? -Oscar Wilde Before we get into the meat of today’s blog, we need to start with… Happy 4th of July! I hope you had an continue to have an enjoyable 4th of July! +++++++ Time to hit up… Read More »Freedom and Flowers
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 5
Reminder, tonight at midnight is the deadline to vote on what pictures I enter at the Boone County Fair Photo Contest. Click on the link below to vote: If the website isn’t working for you, email/text me your votes. BOONE COUNTY FAIR PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY SELECTION You must have a… Read More »The 9 Emotions Project – Bethany
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 4
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 3
Reminder, you have until next Tuesday at midnight to vote on what pictures I enter at the Boone County Fair Photo Contest. Click on the link below to vote: BOONE COUNTY FAIR PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY SELECTION You must have a Facebook account or a Google+ account to vote. You vote… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Epsilon