TED Hey, Coach, you know how to barbecue? ALICE No. TED It’s great. Yeah, I don’t mean just tossing a burger on a grill. I mean real barbecue, you know? Low and slow, lots of smoke. Kind of cooking that makes your neighbor poke his head over the fence. [chuckles]… Read More »You’re Gonna Be Proud Of
While I’m getting close to having shared almost all the images from 2025 that aren’t from Ireland I looked back to make sure I had shared all of the 2024 photos. I knew I hadn’t shared the images from the 2024 Howard Family Photo Shoot. I’ve just been putting that… Read More »Puffer Float Prep – 2024
Back on January 25 I attended a vigil remembering the victims murdered by government agents in the streets of Minneapolis. It was a freezing cold day, but the vigil was still well attended at Bandshell Park in Ames. Here are some pictures of the event: That was 9 months ago… Read More »Vigil
REMINDER: NOT YET, BUT SOON IT WILL BE YOUR CHANCE TO SUGGEST THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! YOU CAN DO THAT IN ONE WAY AND ONE WAY ONLY. BY LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE LAST THE WEEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST THAT PUBLISHES IN… Read More »WPC – WEEK 579 – COMPETITION
This Sunday’s food adventure involves the one and only one barbecue competition this year. Part of that was because of the business of their schedules and part of it was because one of them got a job. Part of it might have been because the Pufferbilly Days barbecue contest didn’t… Read More »Tall & Meaty Goes to the Fair
Here is the second collection of pictures from Art in the Park and is also the final collection of images from my limited Pufferbilly Days experience this year. This collection will have plenty of pictures of the second musical act at Art in the Park. Her name was Day Ashworth.… Read More »Art in the Park II
This collection of pictures mostly consists of the last of the Belfast Peace Wall pictures. But it also includes pictures I took at a gas station on our way back to Dublin. We wanted to get back to Dublin for the Iowa State pep rally that was going on that… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Back to Dublin
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature. -Rachel Carson Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place on my birthday. My birthday was on a Monday this year, so I took it off to have a 3 day weekend. I didn’t have any grand plans.… Read More »The Repeated Refrains of Nature
On the same day I took those WET pictures I published yesterday I headed down to Ankeny for Elawyn’s 1st birthday party. I know what you are thinking. I can smell it on your breath. You are thinking, “Isn’t Elawyn 2? Hasn’t she already had her 2nd birthday party?” The… Read More »Happy 1st Birthday Elawyn!
One of the 3 debates that bores me the most. Is water wet? Is a hot dog a sandwich? Is DIE HARD a Christmas movie? I actually almost dozed off just typing the words. However, I hope these pictures that were alternates for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme WET… Read More »Is Water Wet?
REMINDER: NOT YET, BUT SOON IT WILL BE YOUR CHANCE TO SUGGEST THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! YOU CAN DO THAT IN ONE WAY AND ONE WAY ONLY. BY LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE LAST THE WEEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST THAT PUBLISHES IN… Read More »WPC – WEEK 578 – COLORFUL
Recently the Iowa Pork Producers Association released their 5 Finalists for Iowa’s Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin. Here are the Finalists: Unfortunately none of them are super close to me and thanks to the warmongering imbeciles running our country and Iowa, it will cost a pretty penny to even get to… Read More »ISF 2026 Food: Trip 3
I had a very limited Pufferbilly Days experience this year. It was 95% tied to the Photo Contest. The other 5% was meeting Willy and Jesse downtown on Friday night for FNSC. I did next to nothing for Pufferbilly Days on Saturday. Iowa State had an 11 AM home game,… Read More »Art in the Park I
Last Friday we left off with Andy and I walking around the Peace Lines/Wall in Belfast. We walked down Cupar Way. This collection will continue down Cupar Way and then start on the murals that are on Northumberland Street. Have a looksie: Preach! Too bad we’ve destroyed most of the… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Belfast Peace Lines
Oh, just a friendly? Just a friendly? Women don’t get friendlies, Roy. We either succeed or we fail. That is it. -Keeley Jones Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place in my yard on May 17. It focuses on daisies and portulaca. Next Thursday’s flowertography session will leave… Read More »Women Don’t Get Friendlies
The book for the 2026 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is finished. You can check it out by clicking on the links below. One is a version of the book that is easy to view on your computer. The other is a version that is easier to print. Viewable 2026 Pufferbilly… Read More »Backstage of the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest
Time to clear out the backlog again. This is a collection of pictures I took between September and December of last year. They are decent pictures, but never really or never will fit into an “Artist’s Notebook” post. Some are from downtown Boone. Some are from Iowa State basketball. Some… Read More »A Victim of Laughing Chance
SWEET! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Mary Green – 1 week2-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week3-Becky Parmelee – 1 week4-Johnathan Stensland –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 577 – SWEET
My second trip to the Iowa State Fair was as support staff for the world famous competitive barbecue team Tall and Meaty. This year was a little bit different because they they didn’t earn their way to the big stage with a win at the Boone County Fair. There are… Read More »ISF 2026 Food: Trip 2
It is the 3rd day of October. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from September. I didn’t travel much in September. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a busy month. At least parts of it. Mostly busy with working on the Pufferbilly Days Photo… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2026
After we left the Titanic Museum our next step before heading back to Dublin was to visit the Peace Walls. If you don’t know what the Peace Walls are, here is some info: The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate… Read More »Ireland Day 3: Belfast Peace Walls
