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It's a nice day.  I just finished walking a ditch and it's about 1:01 pm.  This is what I found.  The glass is pretty old and I...

I did more than just find fossils this weekend.  While digging through sand and rock I happened upon something metal and heavy.  I pull...

Left to right: 1. a layered fossil of tiny shells.  2. I believe this to be a part of coral, it has a hole in the center and is fossilized...

It's getting late in the season.  All of my hummingbirds are going to migrate back to Mexico soon.  This summer I learned that humming...

Iowa vs. Iowa State!  Well, I've never been to a football game in my entire life and a fierce rivalry game is taking place at Kin...

This bad boy was growing on the Mulberry stump in the backyard.  If there's an oyster mushroom in the backyard then there are oyste...

I think the acorn is nailed to his decrepit paw. 'merica! I found these beauties in Ottumwa, Iowa.  God bless amateur taxidermi...

I bought a bag of Gardettos from the vending machine at work today.  I was excited to find a 1949 nickel in my change.  I proudly showed o...

I've been collecting dried marigold blooms all summer long.  Something about this collection is very beautiful.  I can't stop look...

The dry weather has hindered my adventures.  It's a sad thing, really.  When rain water doesn't flow through creek beds weeds quic...

1.  KP, Mudd, and I went on an artifact hunt ton Saturday. Check out what Kyle found, a perfect birdpoint.    It was hidden in tall ...

As if we need another reason to be scared of Spiders, right?  I shot this photo on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Building...apparentl...

It all started on Friday.  A little bird told me that President Obama was going to do a few Grassroots events around Iowa.  I needed more ...

We hung out with good friends till 2am at the Owl's Nest. A trip to Peoria isn't complete until you consume a cone at Emo...

Rachel and I woke up in Laramie, Wyoming with the intention of making it to Peoria, Illinois by 1am.  It was supposed to be an "easy...

Road trips take you to interesting places.  Rachel and I were feeling pretty shitty after a 10 hour drive and needed a break.  We happen...

beautiful Utah. Beautiful tag. beautiful Wyoming. beautiful mountain.

After a horribly boring 6.5 hour layover in Denver, Colorado, I was finally on my connecting flight to Boise, Idaho where Rachel and I wer...

Entrance to the Rock Shop.  So Scary! Beautiful stuff. The fossil I purchased at the rock shop. (Vacation was amazing.  Rachel ...

Isn't it crazy?  I'm learning how to can whole tomatoes.  I still don't understand why it's called "canning" ...

"Snake Nest (tentative title)." 12 X 12, gouache on paper, 2012.

I love it when my friends travel, see a smashed penny machine, and KNOW that I would appreciate the gift.  So, a big thanks to V. Farmer...

My cement gorilla is master of the garden. He's very zen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrmUqqFJ3zc I'm not sure what t...

Someone enlighten me.  I have no idea what this is.  It's an antique but that's as far as I've gotten. The coke bottle wa...