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After drinking a little too much wine on the Contented Cow‘s outdoor patio earlier this evening, I wandered around the shops downtown a bit with my sweetie, taking photos of Girls Nite Out while, um walking it off. See the large slideshow of 28 photos (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
LoGro visitors should visually benefit from our
I’d like to give the print to the one of the families whose kids appear in the photo.
The holy trinity of Kevin O’Connell, Jim Bohnhoff, and Jim Pokorney, after many By keeping the parade entirely on pedestrian walkways instead of having it on Division St. as in years past, no street barricades or police were needed. Therefore, organizers were evidently able to avoid having to file an application 45 days ahead of time and pay the $20 fee required by Northfield’s Community Event Policy. I thought it was better, actually, as the parade participants and the observing crowd were in closer proximity to one another. People also lingered much longer afterwards on the Riverwalk and around the Cow’s outdoor stage where live music made the gathering all the more festive. Of course, 80-degree weather helped, too. Robbie and I both took photos. See our large slideshow of 55 photos (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
For more: Angela Lauterbach, Lauterbach Photography, has 21 photos in a gallery on Northfield Patch. Jerry Smith has 10 photos on the Northfield News website. See my parade photos from 2005 and 2008 and Bridgette Hallcock’s (Hallcock Photography) photos from 2010. See the large slideshow (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
The Rotary’s Youth Exchange fundraiser, To India and Back, is today. In case you’re wondering what goes on at one of these wingdings, I last took a ton of photos at the To China and Back fundraiser in 2008. See the large slideshow (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
Ross Currier’s prediction came true. There was "live music, free appetizers, a cash bar, a low-key raffle, and a whole bunch of friends and neighbors." See the large slideshow of 9 photos (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
I happened to sit next to Stewart and Marylyn Stroup, the parents of Jake Stroup (Vocals & Mandolin) who came from Madison WI to watch the show. I twisted Jacob’s arm during a break to pose for a photo with his parents. Here’s a 3-min video clip from their riveting show:
On Saturday, Robbie and I did the Le Tour du Chocolat in downtown Northfield. What’s it about? According to the posting on the Be Local Facebook page Wall:
See the large slideshow of 20 photos (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
I entered Cannon River Watershed Partnership’s photo contest this year and whaddya know, I placed. Here are the winners in the three categories (thumbnails are linked to the large originals on the CRWP site but they still display in a slideshow here in the blog post): Category: Family and Friends in the Outdoors Category: Working for Our Watershed Category: Nature in Our Watershed
Guitar: Justin London
See the large slideshow of 128 photos (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow: Update noon: 3 video clips rolled into one: While digging through my photo archives to create the new winter-oriented photo banners now at the top of Logro, I browsed through my photo album of the blizzard one year ago today, which I blogged about here. We received about a foot and half of snow that weekend. I remember thinking as I was about to cross the open field in the Upper Arb in near-whiteout conditions, Should I do this? It would be more than a little ironic if I ended up like my grandfather. (He froze to death during the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940.) I decided that near-whiteout wasn’t the same as complete-whiteout. I loved it. See the large slideshow (recommended) or slow click this small slideshow:
I wasn’t aware that there was an eclipse of the moon this morning until I saw it from I-35 at about 7 am on my way to Lebanon Hills for some mountain biking. Fortunately, two other Northfielders were prepared. Eric Johnson took the above photos from downtown Northfield. He wrote:
Northfield.org’s Rob Hardy took two photos "from near the Northfield water tower on Spring Creek Road." I spent too much time shopping last night and not enough time taking photos. But here are a couple dozen. See the large slideshow (recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
Update 12/22: Bridgette Hallcock took this photo of me with the James Gang at the Northfield Historical Society. I was pressured into it by that Scriven of the Scriver fella:
Update 12/13: I’ve added the phrase “Do you like the white lighting?” to the blog post title because of the comment thread. Meredith Fierke, Dylan McKinstry, and Steve McKinstry performed at the Carleton Weitz Center Theater last night. See the album of 14 photos (large slideshow, recommended) or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
I’ve put up four new fall photo banners at the top of LoGro: two are downtown-related (one exception), one is colleges-related, one is all-Waterford Bridge. See the album of photos that I used to make the banners (large slideshow), or watch this high-def, one-minute video of the photos with music (Nocturne No. 2 In E Flat Major by Chopin). You can click the full-screen icon anytime while the video is playing:
If your bandwidth isn’t sufficient for the high-def version of the video, you can watch a standard version here. Now that this year’s brilliant fall colors are pretty much gone, I’ve started work on some new fall-themed photo banners to replace the summer-themed ones that rotate at the top of the LoGro’s web pages. But I’m not done. Here’s a preview of two from Bridge Square:
Last Sunday, Robbie and I attended the opening of the ArtOrg exhibit Glen Hanson Gallery: Now and Then, held at ArtOrg’s HQ on the grounds of Switzer’s Nursery and Landscaping just north of Castle Rock on Hwy 3. ArtOrg’s Dave Machacek has a Flickr album/set of the opening, with all photos by Dan Iverson. See Dan’s album of 136 photos, the large slideshow (recommended), or this small slideshow:
Knowing that Dan Iverson was taking lots of attendee photos freed me up to take other kinds of photos, like ones of Glenn Switzer prepping the roasted hog, as well as a few artsy fartsy shots:
See my album of 49 photos, view the large slideshow (recommended), or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
A little more color in the photos below. I’ll try again later this week.
I hope to get out again this week for more. Know of other fall color photos of areas around Northfield? Last night the NAG hosted the opening reception for Northfield Ties: A Photography Invitational.
See my album of 28 photos, view the large slideshow (recommended), or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
I took these photos of the Waterford Iron Bridge this afternoon, just as the sun was going down. REMINDER: You can vote every day through Oct. 12 for the Waterford Iron Bridge (explanatory blog post here). See my album of
The event included the Lowbrow art show at the NAG, the Rat Rod Magazine booth, music on the outdoor stage at the Contented Cow, and the evening party scene along the Riverwalk.
Nick also pulled together an impressive list of sponsors and collaborating organizations. This event continues to grow each year (this was #6) and has the potential to take over the entire downtown for a three-day weekend. See my album of 89 photos, the large slideshow (recommended), or SLOW CLICK this small slideshow:
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