Floral & Natural Beauty

If you don't like looking at up-close photos of bugs, this is probably not the post for you.

Dragonflies, flowers, and heat.

I still love poppies, even when they try to kill me! If anyone has any thoughts on if any of these (or any other photos I ever post) would be good for State Fair Salon, please let me know!

Geese suck. Here are some geese.

Happy 16th birthday to our daughter in Heaven.

I was not prepared for Homecoming. In so many way.

Another item off the bucket list.

Lots of tulips; zero tiptoeing.

The City of Ames' Water & Pollution Control Department held their annual Public Art Contest & Exhibition this year. I'd never been...

C$ and I went to the poppy field to try out some jumbo bubbles I won at a winery bingo tournament. (Those words are nonsense together.)

Day 2 of poppies in south Ames.

A bucket list of mine was fulfilled when I got to visit a poppy field that was planted in south Ames. I visited several times; this is 1st.

I absolutely love the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Once a year, our state becomes a cultural mecca for photographers. Each year,...

Results from the 2024 Story County Conservation Annual Photo Contest.

I get to take some marketing photos for the orchard, and it's so much fun.

Results from the 2021 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon.

Results from the 2021 Photography Contest