Photo of the Week: Iowa Interstate Railroad

 For a fundraising excursion, October 17

Photo of the Week: Zinnia, the last bloom of 2026

 

Photo of the Week: You can't park that animal over there

 

Photo of the Week: Six-legged spider

I found three more banded garden spiders while doing yard work. One of them has only six legs but seems to be getting along just fine.

Photo of the Week: Garden spiders

 

1st spider among my vegetables

2nd spider among the flowers

Photo of the Week: Lightning I

September 14-15, 2026

 

Photo of the Week: Surprise sunrise

 

Photo of the Week: End of August harvest

Soybeans for edamame, tomatoes, & purslane. Still plenty of purslane and tomatoes in the garden plus carrots and sweet potatoes.

Ban SSRIs

Psych meds are for weak people who can't handle life and are too lazy to make an effort

Photo of the Week: Crab spider with a snack

 

Relatable

 

Photo of the Week: Mystery violet

 A violet that just appeared in my garden.

Photo of the Week: For posterity, pecan year 4

My pecan tree, now over 6 feet tall

Drunk driving: life in prison is the moderate option.

Spoiled brat gets 25 years in prison for killing bride on her wedding night, whines like child the entire time:

https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/us-news/drunk-driver-who-killed-newlywed-samantha-hutchinson-whines-about-arrest-in-new-footage/

https://nypost.com/2026/08/07/us-news/drunk-sc-driver-jamie-komoroski-screamed-at-cops-go-check-on-her-as-she-sees-body-of-bride-she-killed-bodycam/

Photo of the Week: August 5, 2012

 

Photo of the Week: Fasciated black-eyed Susan

 

Photo of the Week: (Not so) secret garden

 

A whole host of flowers 24 hours before a storm rolled through.

Romanovs - To the River

Photo of the Week: Dalea purpurea

 

Newest flower in my garden

Photo of the Week: Road Closed

 

Heavy rain on 4th of July weekend produced flooding, here about 3 to 4 feet over a low point on the path.

Photo of the Week: Liatris spicata

 

Dense blazing star

Photo of the Week: GP9 cab ride

Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad

 

Photo of the Week: Before and after the storm

 

Photo of the Week: Big Sky

Stitched together two photographs of a storm from June 5th.

Photo of the Week: Lobelia

 

Photo of the Week: The 'ole ball field

This past Memorial Day I took a nostalgia walk around my hometown and one of the places I visited was the old high school (now the intermediate school since 2014/2015). I knew there had been changes in the 18 years since I graduated but it was still a shock to see what had happened to the football field and track: the scoreboard gone, the bleachers gone, the fences gone, most of the lights gone, the rubber track surface gone and the concrete underneath in the process of being torn up, and the grass looked to be about a foot tall. All that remained were the pressbox and concession stand. A drastic change since I played my last game there in October 2007, a 14-12 victory.

West entrance, looking northeast May 25, 2026

Looking west

Looking northwest

Looking north

October 2007

October 2007