Time to hit the backlog again. Here are pictures from the my trip to the Crazy Horse Memorial with my Mom:
I loved the Crazy Horse Memorial. My one complaint is that I wish there was more about Crazy Horse there and a little less about the family carving the monument.
The world wasn’t ready for these JOY pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer:
The pictures of Naima or not processed in Photoshop. That is an in-camera special effect. The dog I’m eating is a world famous Bob’s Dog.
You’re welcome world.
These are the pictures from the folder 03-25-08:
By restoring these photos to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following classic blog entries to their former glory:
The picture of me dunking is not a photo trick or a lowered hoop, I’m sure.
I’m not quite sure why I took the religious photos. But I like them.
The Easter photos are interesting because this year we won’t be celebrating Easter on Easter for the first time that I can ever remember. Mom is heading to Virginia with her favorite child that weekend. I might have my own private Air Fryer Easter that day.
The pictures of Shannon are from when she started at United Way. She needed a head shot for some kind of press release or newsletter or to hang in the company bathroom. I’m not really sure. However, I am 100% sure that Shannon will continue to work at The United Way for the foreseeable future. She will probably retire from there.
Next week’s walk down memory lane will involve snow.
Here are the balance of the Needles Highway pictures:
I would highly endorse the Needles Highway. It is a 2 lane road that is about the width of the roads that go through State Parks in Iowa. Only on one side is a 1500 fall to your death. Usually without a guard rail. Plus the experience of going through the Eye of the Needle Tunnel is amazing!
There is more coming from this trip. I mean, I haven’t even touched Mount Rushmore or the Badlands yet!
Heading back into the backlog for pictures from my trip to South Dakota with my Mom. These are from the Needles Highway:
More from the Needles Highway to come.
On Saturday night Iowa State had their annual Play4Kay game. As part of the festivities that had a banquet for cancer survivors. After the banquet, they had honored cancer survivors on center court and then they helped line the tunnel and gave the players high fives during player introductions.
My Mom was one of the cancer survivors that took part in the festivities. I took a few cruddy cell phone pictures from the night. Many of them are just Iowa State stuff from the inside of the Jacobson Building.
Unfortunately, the Cyclones couldn’t pull the game out. The fell down by 25 and cut the lead all the way down to 2, but then Oklahoma State through up a prayer (that shouldn’t have counted, thank you shot clock operator) that fell in the final seconds to secure the win.
Here is a great tweet from @cyclonewbb. It shows the video that they showed on the video board while they honored the cancer survivors and shows video of the cancer survivors on the floor:
Last night was our annual #Play4Kay game where the #Cyclones took a moment to honor both survivors and those closest to them who have battled cancer. pic.twitter.com/oxVsDj62oz
— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneWBB) February 11, 2018
You have to be on the website to see the tweet. Or you can click on this link:
My Mom shows up at about the 50 second part of the video.
Now is probably a good time to share a few more photos from my trip to South Dakota with my Mom. These pictures are from the Iron Mountain Road:
If you ever visit the Black Hills, I would strongly recommend the Iron Mountain Road. You travel through 3 tunnels that all face Mount Rushmore. It is a particularly scenic route if you are going from Mount Rushmore to Custer State Park.
More alternatives for COLORFUL that the world couldn’t handle on Monday. I’m hoping it can handle them now:
Most of these photos were taken at Boone First United Methodist Church. A few were taken in the campustown area of Ames. The pictures of Naima were taken in the Photography 139 backyard.
Most of these are an incamera special effect that is far from perfect, but often creates interesting results.
You’re welcome world.
A bit from the old backlog. These pictures were taken on July 20.
The zinnias were photographed in my very own Photography 139 Flower Garden.
The garage sale pictures were from my Grandma’s somewhat controversial garage sale. I think that is the spin doctor way to describe the garage sale. I wasn’t involved in an controversy, but there was some.
I did walk out of there with quite the collection of randoms. Some of the stuff might be used to hold drinks for a future birthday party. If I decided to have one. I’m starting to fall back on the side of not having one in 2018. I guess we’ll see.
On Monday the world wasn’t ready for these FOOD pictures. I’m not sure the world is ready for them yet, but I can’t hold them back any longer:
Most of the FOOD pictures were taken at the concession stand at dear old Boone High School. I worked a shift there last Friday to help Jesse out. What a disorganized mess, but still fun. The others were taken when I breakfasted at The Whistle Stop Cafe with my Mom.
You’re welcome world!
