One part of this event which deserves mention is the public safety team. For instance, this is what was preventing someone from going all “allahu akbar” on one Bismarck-Mandan’s biggest events.
Continue readingA fifth of Buggies & Blues
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Buggies & Blues: A few hoods downtown (Part 4)
My goodness, this truck exudes perfection. So beautiful with its hood up… I found myself drawn in to stare at a few vehicles with their hoods in the air.
Continue readingLocal landmark damaged by the Storm of June 2025
If you’re driving by the AASF today, you may have noticed out of the corner of your eye that something seems a little off with the Huey on display at the entrance. You’d be right.
Continue readingAn emblematic set of 2025 Buggies ‘n’ Blues photos (Part 3)
Can it really get any more gnarly than this? What a fantastic machine. I don’t mean to read like “old man yelling at cloud”, but they really don’t make anything like this anymore. Wowza. And there’s more…
Continue readingHow about some more Buggies ‘n’ Blues photos? (Part 2)
Let’s get right to it: This thing has got the kind of lines a guy could think about when the lights go out and the head hits the pillow for the night. Absolute beauty. There isn’t a single thing about this Malibu that doesn’t ooze perfection.
Continue readingOne week later – my Buggies ‘n’ Blues photos (Part One)
Yes, I attended Buggies ‘n’ Blues. No, I haven’t posted the photos yet. I’ve been incredibly busy with work, family stuff, and freelance as well. I’m finally getting around to posting my favorites though, and it’s not all trucks this time! Hopefully I kept it about 50-50.
Continue readingWell, that’s a nice barn ya got there
A barn and an old well? That’s all I need for a fine photo. I love the brick chimney on the building, the angle of the handle of the well, the whole works. This was a nice find, and a bit of a surprise, actually. But then again, so many of my photos are the result of a “section line surprise” that it’s almost the norm!
Cell phone pharmstead
It’s just a cell phone photo, and I think the blog chunked up the quality a bit, but it’s still a decent shot. I was standing on a dirt double-track trail which is technically a county road when I took it, and it’s a great memory.
They say the best camera is the one you have with you. In this case, I also had a drone or two with me, so and maybe even a “real” camera…but I took this shot too, nonetheless.
Windmill Week, day five (it’s a work week)
This was a bonus find – I was in the area doing a farmstead photo thing for someone, and I noticed this beauty perched nearby. Once I’d accomplished my target objective, I flew over to get a closer look.
Continue readingWindmill Week, day four
This one caught just the right light, didn’t it? I love taking pictures of these, and this one was particularly photogenic. It was a spur of the moment trip which brought me here, even though I’d been here before, and the conditions were better than I’d ever encountered at this spot.
I mark all my photo locations in my handheld GPS so I can refer to them later. This spot is a prime example of why I do this. I’ve been here on sunny days before, but there wasn’t anything particularly inspiring about this angle. But in this sunset light, however, it took on a whole new personality. It pays to track these things and come back to a certain spot when the time – and light – is right.