Last year the 3rd Annual Jay Janson Miniature Golf Invitational atrophied a bit. It was up to 4 competitors in 2024. But in 2025 it was down to just me and Jay. Which was about what it should have been. We went to some minigolf course that wasn’t even a… Read More »Jay Janson Invitational – 2025
Time to share the final collection of images I took from my 3rd trip to the Iowa State Fair. This trip was with Logan, but at this point we met up with Elainie and Sabas. It starts with us watching some kind of dive team. Here is the final collection… Read More »ISF: 08/13/2024 – Denouement
A new tradition (I hope) that started in 2023 was to go out for a roaring round of miniature golf. In 2023 we went to Jester Park. Last year we went to Perfect Games. Of the 2 courses, I would recommend Jester Park. The Perfect Games course is perhaps the… Read More »2024 Jay Janson Invitational
I need to start today’s post by remembering the victims of the terrorist acts on our country that happened on September 11, 2001. Hard to believe it was 23 years ago. I can still vividly remember almost everything about that morning. I’m sure almost everyone that was alive on that… Read More »Forever A Cyclone State!
In yesterday’s post I revealed the images I entered in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Today I thought I would give flowers to the consistent THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE contributors that also had pictures displayed. It was a great showing by this group! Angie got a major award. Nathanial… Read More »WPC – WEEK 466 – SCIENCE
Time to share more of the alternate BLACK & WHITE images I took on the 4th of July. This collection concludes the tiem I spent in Ames on that day. Mostly watching a parade with the Gorshes. Still one more collection of glorious BLACK & WHITE pictures from this day… Read More »When You Said it First to Me?
This is Holy Week, so I did want you to know that if you need or want a place to worship or just check out, well you are invited to the Boone First United Methodist Church. For details, check out the picture below: I’ll definitely be there for Maundy Thursday,… Read More »RAGBRAI – MADRID – III
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The final town I followed RAGBRAI to was Madrid. I think they did a phenomenal job! The theme for their RAGBRAI stop was Alice in Wonderland. Here is the first collection of images: Just looking at these pictures gets me excited for RAGBRAI this year!
Time to share the rest of the images I took while walking around Slater during RAGBRAI. Slater really did an amazing job of hosting the tens of thousands of cyclists that came through their town. Next up will be the beginning of the collection of images I took when RAGBRAI… Read More »RAGBRAI – SLATER – II
The second day I followed RAGBRAI, I hit up two towns. Slater and then Madrid. I mentioned I wasn’t that impressed with the setup in Ames. It really just felt like every other town festival in Ames. On the opposite end of that spectrum, I was really impressed with both… Read More »RAGBRAI – Slater – I
On the first day that I followed RAGBRAI, the final stop was Ames. Ames was an overnight town. I went to downtown Ames to check out their festivities and met up with the Gorshes. Here are some pictures: Honestly, the Ames RAGBRAI experience was a little bit of a disappointment.… Read More »RAGBRAI – Ames
Today is a rare double holiday. It is both Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day. As always, if you are not out romancing it up tonight, I invite you to come to the Boone First United Methodist Church for our Ash Wednesday service. Full disclosure, I won’t be there. I am… Read More »RAGBRAI – LUTHER
RAGBRAI came through Greene County and Boone County and Story County last year. I’m not much of a cyclist (maybe that will change this year, but probably not) but I do enjoy a good photography opportunity and anything that resembles a party. On July 25, the cyclists left Carroll and… Read More »RAGBRAI – Jefferson
I took a few pictures for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme RULE OF THIRDS. Mostly around Memorial Park, but a couple at Franklin and a couple in downtown Boone. Here are some that I liked, but not enough to submit for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: We did so well with… Read More »For You
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. These are: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE… Read More »WEEK 437 – RULE OF THIRDS
Last year the only real birthday celebration I had was playing miniature golf with Jesse and Jay at Jester Park. I’m not old and unathletic enough to play real golf yet. Maybe I’ll get there in the next few years, but until then the occasional stroll around a miniature golf… Read More »A Miniature Birthday
I had forgotten that I had went back to Madrid after RAGBRAI had left their town and took a picture of the art that Madrid put on their streets to greet the RAGBRAI riders. I will get more into what Madrid and other towns did for RAGBRAI when I get… Read More »Rodan139: Madrid RAGBRAI Art
On the Tuesday of RAGBRAI I went to check out the festivities in Luther. I expected Luther to be empty by the time I got there and expected everybody to already be in Ames. But Luther was absolutely packed. I’m guessing the people at Whatcha Smokin’ must have made a… Read More »Rodan139: RAGBRAI East of Luther
During the Tuesday of RAGBRAI, Logan and I drove west to take some pictures of the riders making their way across Iowa. It had been several years since I’ve checked out RAGBRAI, but I had a great time or at least found so many great photo opportunities which is essentially… Read More »Rodan139: RAGBRAI West of Jefferson
In case you hadn’t heard, Iowa State clinched the 2022-23 Cy-Hawk Series last Friday night when the Cyclone Swimming and Diving team beat the Hawks 156-144. Iowa State currently holds a 13-6 lead with 3 events left to go. Iowa State beat Iowa in Soccer, Volleyball, Football, Women’s Cross Country,… Read More »That Year