By the time this publishes, I will have my entries for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon in my possession. So I can reveal what pictures I entered this year. Here they are: Selected for Display Not selected for Display Selected for Display Not Selected for Display Next year I… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 2 Snaps
A couple of weeks back Andy and I hit the open road in an attempt to drive half of the Mother Road. Route 66. America’s highway! While I took a ton of pictures with the “real” camera, I’m not ready to show those. Not by a long shot Chet. But… Read More »The Mother Road: Day 1 Snaps
A few weeks back Jay, Jesse, Willy, and I headed up to Decorah for a foodie double header. Our first stop was to try the reigning Best Burger in the Cyclone State at Dixie’s Biergarten. We also went to Luna Valley Farm, but I will not be covering that trip… Read More »Burgertime: Decorah Field Work
I have two final collections of pictures from last year’s Pufferbilly Days celebration left to share. The first collection is general Art in the Park images. I spend all day at Art in the Park as I have to watch over the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest photos. But because I… Read More »Art in the Park – 2025
Last Sunday I shared the breakfast meal Carla, Teresa, and I had on our road trip to Clinton to do some troll hunting. Today I’ll share where we went for lunch before turning around and coming back to Boone. We ate at a microbrewery that I saw on “Road Trip… Read More »Big Pizza Pie: Clinton Field Work
A few Saturdays back Carla, Teresa, and I loaded up in the RAV4 and went to Clinton to do some troll hunting. On the way we stopped for breakfast at the Sunrise Café in Le Grand, Iowa. We decided to stop there because it was on a list of “8… Read More »Breakfast Club: Le Grand Field Work
Can you believe that this is the 6,000th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 6,000
A couple weeks back I saw that a food truck that I hadn’t eaten at was going to be setting up show in McHose Park. I decided to make that my supper plans and headed out there for a little din-din. The food truck was the Wobbly Pin based out… Read More »Burgertime: McHose Park Field Work
After church a few weeks ago I took Brandon out for lunch for assisting with getting Morris, my 4 foot concrete alligator in place in my front yard. We went to Daisy’s Dog House in Ames. Logan, Dahlia, Jonah, and Andy all came along as well. Here are some cell… Read More »Hot Dog! Ames Field Work
A couple Fridays back Jay and I ventured over to Jefferson for their Bell Tower Days for FNSC. Despite my affection for small town festivals and the close proximity of Jefferson to Boone I had never been to Bell Tower Days before. We went on Friday night, so we didn’t… Read More »Taco ‘Bout It: Jefferson Field Work
It is the 1st day of July. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from June. I travelled a bit in June. Completely for leisure. And that felt pretty great. Here are the June Selfies: June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2026
One of the bucket list restaurants on my list isn’t really a restaurant at all. It is an old gas station/cafe that used to sit along side the old Lincoln Highway. The Youngville Cafe. It went out of business in the 1960s, but is being preserved. To help maintain the… Read More »Tenderloining: Youngville Field Work
When I went on my annual Birthday Road Trip, Nader and I went up to the Orange City Tulip Festival. But while we were there, I cashed in on a chance to do some tenderloining. Orange City is the home of The Roadhouse. It is a restaurant of some reputation.… Read More »Tenderloining: Orange City Field Work
Back on May 15, Nader and I hit up 515 Day in Ames to check out the annual Food Truck Showdown. I have to admit that at this point it was kind of slim pickings to find a food truck that I haven’t tried in this area. At least that… Read More »Food Truckin’: 515 Day Field Work
I’m trying to eat more new tenderloins for their numerous health benefits this year. Back in April I went up to the Boone Pride event because I am ally AF. Also, I wanted to check out the food truck situation up there. The Boone Pride event is a nice event… Read More »Tenderloining – Boone Pride Event Field Work
Time for more from my super boring food “adventure” to lame Orlando, Florida. This is the final collections of images from this trip. To start the day, the Per Diem account sat at: $233.12 Here are the pictures: For the 4th time on this trip I ate at the sports… Read More »Orlando Work Trip – Day 5, 6, & 7
Time for more from my super boring food “adventure” to lame Orlando, Florida. From this point on, I can’t say I had a single meal from outside the Hilton Orlando. Because there is literally nothing around the hotel besides the convention center and a collection of some of the worst… Read More »Orlando Work Trips – Days 3 & 4
Time to start sharing my food adventure in awful Orlando, Florida. Only don’t get too glued to your seat. It is super boring, like Orlando itself. I basically never left the hotel (except to go to the convention center) because there was nothing to do anywhere near our hotel. Almost… Read More »Orlando Work Trip – Days 1 & 2
It is the 12th day of May. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from April. I travelled a bit in April. For work. But not to any place cool. But at least it was some travel. Here are the April Selfies: April 1 April… Read More »Selfie Project – April 2026
This is a different sort of a food adventure. Rather than a new place that I was trying, this is the last time I had a well loved tenderloin. By the time this publishes, the proprietor of the best tenderloin in Boone will have shuttered their doors and gone the… Read More »Requiem for a Tenderloin
Last Sunday I wrote about the bakery in Denison known as The Bake Shop. But while I had my breakfast there, I also had my lunch there. It had been a while since I had a tenderloin and I also hadn’t had lunch that day, I also ate lunch there.… Read More »Tenderloining: Denison Field Work