Toda is Sheri’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope it is as good of a birthday as is possible! +++++++ BREAKFAST! Some say that is it the most important meal of the day! I don’t know that it is, but was it… Read More »WPC – WEEK 436 – BREAKFAST
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day! I forgot to mention this last Monday cause it had slipped my RADAR. The Computer Mine doesn’t care about civil rights all that much, so while government employees, schools, and bankers get the day off, I’ll be working it to the bone all… Read More »WPC – WEEK 435 – UGLY
A few months back I stopped at an interesting breakfast joint that is only a few short blocks from my house. Weather or Naut is breakfast (and catering) business that serves breakfast from their driveway. Here are some pictures from my breakfast burrito meal: My breakfast burrito was delicious! To… Read More »#BreakfastBurritoLife: Boone Field Work
Time to clean out the April backlog. Lots of pictures that didn’t quite make their way into previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entries. Including some that were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE and some that were taken in Jester Park and some at the end of a flowertography road trip.… Read More »‘Cause Someday I’ll Be Everything to Somebody Else
Today is Jesse’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Jesse! I hope your birthday was filled with new experiences like watching foreign language movies with subtitles! +++++++ A couple months back Teresa and I went to the Copperhead Saloon & Grill in Stratford for… Read More »Sandwiched: Stratford Field Work
Today is Willy’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Willy! I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be!! +++++++ A few months back when I went to help Logan and Nathanial’s barbecue team at a barbecue contest I got… Read More »I Scream: Guthrie Center Field Work
Time to finish off the March backlog. All of these images were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE in one way or another. Some were for BLUE. Others were for COMPETITION. It feels good to have the March backlog cleared out. I don’t think April is ready for a backlog… Read More »Feel Sorry for Yourself
Today is Anela’s birthday, so I have to wish her a happy birthday! Happy birthday Anela! I hope you have an amazing birthday! +++++++ Back in August I took an opportunity while I was on vacation to get another stamp on my Tenderloin Trail 2.0 Passport. I went to Prairieburg… Read More »Tenderloining: Prairieburg Field Work
On the Friday of the Boone County Fair, I went out there with Jay and Willy for supper. I’m a big fan of the grinder and I found a food truck called Off the Griddle serving a variety of the sandwich, so I thought I would give them a try.… Read More »Food Truckin’: Boone County Fair Field Work
A few months back, Teresa and I went to the Stanhope Watermelon Day. After watching the parade we left for a bit to get lunch in Bradford at The Stumble Inn. The Stumble Inn in on the Tenderloin Trail 2.0. It was the Runner-Up for Iowa’s Best Pork Tenderloin in… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0 – Bradford Field Work
I took a ton of pictures on Saturday that are alternates for the BLACK & WHITE theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. So buckle up, this is going to be a long post. Even though most of these images can be broken into two different events. 1. Trip to Jester… Read More »But You Broke Much More Than That
This collection of alternate images for last week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE will include pictures I took on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Most of them I took on my lunch break from the computer mine on Wednesday. I went to downtown Ames to talk to Derrick… Read More »About Someone Who Loved You More
I told you that BLACK & WHITE was my favorite theme and I wasn’t joking. I took a ton of BLACK & WHITE pictures for last week’s theme and every day (well almost every day) this week I’m going to share another collection of alternates. This first collection consists of… Read More »But God, You Couldn’t Have Cared Less
I have to give credit to Elizabeth. She would get the finder’s fee for this place if I gave people finder’s fee. Which isn’t to say that she has eaten there, but she recommended that I try it. She’s pretty good at making recommendations for restaurants she hasn’t tried. Curious.… Read More »Food Truckin’: Lincoln Way and Duff Field Work
Time to start firing away on the 2023 backlog. This is a collection of pictures I took in January that really didn’t fit into any other posts. Some were pictures of my beard before I shaved. Some are from Madrid. Some are of elk in Jester Park. Some might be… Read More »As the Girls You Had Before
A couple of months back Jesse and I went to the Des Moines Arts Festival. We consumed art, drink, food, and ice cream. If you’ve never been to the Des Moines Art Festival is is a hard recommend for me. UNLESS… you don’t like art or music or food. And… Read More »Food Truckin’: Des Moines Art Festival Field Work
Back in June I got a surprise day off from work. They had re-shuffled PTO and suddenly I either had to take a day off or I was going to max out on PTO and therefore lose PTO. Yeah, I don’t play that game. On my surprise day off I… Read More »Donut O’Clock – Jefferson Field Work
If I don’t owe you a favor, you don’t know me I don’t believe we’ve ever even met If there’s a God in heaven you can show me Then I guess I should admit I lost the bet There are moments I could hold you forever There are moments that… Read More »Whatever You Do
After I knocked down the mind-blowing tenderloin from Darrell’s Place, we started to head back to Boone. However, we needed to get some ice cream! We stopped at The Dairy Mart in Glidden. Here are some pictures: I got a raspberry malt. Was it good? Well you know I live… Read More »I Scream: Glidden Field Work
LIQUID. You are mostly LIQUID. I’m mostly LIQUID. But did LIQUID get the creative juices of a bunch of people flowing this week? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 24, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers… Read More »WPC – WEEK 411 – LIQUID
Time for the final collection of pictures from my work trip to Chicago for the Computer Mine. Day 6 was the last day of The Big Convention. It is the slowest day and ends with everybody leaving except for me, Lowell, Kim, and Tony. We sit around for anywhere between… Read More »The Windy City: Day 6