I’ve been getting overwhelmed by all the natural disasters going on around the world of late; earthquakes, severe storms, flooding, landslides, sinkholes and—perhaps not entirely natural— fires. Climate change? Increased reporting and connectedness? End times? I’m not one to know, but I figure there’s some data that would fill up a chart and show fits [...]

Somewhat related: I can draw Papa Smurf in about 15 seconds without tracing or anything.

I’m finding it hard to believe I’ve never taken a photo of a Cornhole game set. Searches through my hard drive reveal nothing. Some beanbags would help give this shot context, but think of it like horseshoes – but softer. Lots of info on Wikipedia where it is debated if the origin of this backyard [...]

I’m usually pretty agreeable if someone wants to fiddle with the camera. Brooke took hold of it during the chili cookoff and kept snapping photos and smiling at the results. At one point she handed the rig over to her fiancé Mike and he caught this one of her. I dig how it turned out, [...]

Went to a chili cookoff even though it was hot as blazes outside. This was fine because there was cold beer. I didn’t bring any chili, but I did bring cookies. Tasty goods all around. Mental note: Get mom’s chili recipe. Oh, and there were lots more photos of the chili and the winners of [...]

You can bet that if there’s ever a lull on here, it’s because the following day was filled with a ton of photos. As was the case on this day during the T-shirt Festival down on Fountain Square. I picked out this flying pig from Alternative Motive, but there are a bunch of snapshots from [...]

In a mad dash to the airport, we hit rush hour traffic. Erik consulted some neato GPS app he had, and it got us off the highway and moving again. Thing is, we were on the wrong side of the river. I found this perplexing until I was informed the alternate route included Anderson Ferry [...]