Crystal Cattle photos turned into artwork

That's John.

My photo in pencil

I have this friend named John. He is a pretty cool guy. (He's probably going to read this, so I have to say those kind of things.) I met John while on the Livestock Judging Team at Butler, and John also ended up at K-State like I did. And although I like to think I am a pretty good evaluator of livestock, John is really good. At the National Western Stock Show John was the High Individual (best of them all) in the Senior College Judging Contest, thus earning himself a trip to Alberta, Canada, to do a little judging up there. 

I'll never forget John calling me a couple days before his trip asking if I had any idea of who was going to pick him up from the airport because he had lost the contact number of the lady helping organize the trip. I was spending the summer down in the States, but I put John in touch with my family and they took care of him for the week.

Last year, John was asked to judge one of the Sheep shows at the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) aka Louisville. Since, I was also there at the same time for the cattle shows, and had my camera in hand I decided I would see if I could get a couple snapshots of him judging. (My DRIVE magazine cover actually came from these photos.)

Another one of the pictures I took.

But, this is the picture I want to draw your attention to.

Because this got turned into this

John's Judging Team had this picture drawn for him. The artist is Tonja Rose Shudy, and although we haven't met in person I think you do incredible work!

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Well Done Steaks

Nothing worse than a well done steak. 

I remember in college my livestock judging coach would always take us out for one good meal after the contest was over. As a college kid a great steak was the equivalent to candy. At that stage in my life I just couldn't bring myself to buy grocery store beef 1. because who knew beef cost that much and 2. it just didn't taste like the home-raised stuff. (Now a little more mature I realize that yes good beef isn't going to be as cheap as a burger off the dollar menu, but there are affordable options and by sticking with Brand Beef Programs like Certified Angus Beef or Amana - that's the brand  I can get locally at Hyvee you can ensure a quality eating experience.

Back to my judging coach. He was more than willing to pay for our steak as long as it wasn't cooked more than medium. Medium-well or well-done was considered ruined, and you could pay for it yourself. Luckily, I think the perfect temperature for beef is medium-rare. And that is why this King of the Hill video about how steaks should be cooked makes me laugh.



p.s. Don't forget about your dad this Father's Day. If you live close enough to your dad be sure to take him out for a great steak or fire up the grill!

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