December 2011
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Jubilance Children's Choir singing O Come All Ye...
Jubilance Children”s Choir singing O Come All Ye Faithful (mp3)
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Heartstrings playing carols
Heartstrings playing carols (mp3)
October 2011
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Heartstrings playing fiddle at the Johnson County...
Heartstrings playing fiddle at the Johnson County Historical society luncheon (mp3)
September 2011
2 posts
Remembering 09/11/01
Today is the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on America.There are headlines in newspapers, magazines, and newscasts all saying the same thing: “Never Forget”. Each year on Facebook I change my status to “I’ll never forget”. Except for this year. Read more “Remembering” at http://jeffmadison.net/2011/remembering-091101.
Sometimes you just have to entertain yourself
See the full gallery on Posterous p179.mov Watch on Posterous Mallory and Meredith finished eating before everyone else and found that Mallory’s magnetic bracelet stuck to the metal walls at Pizza Ranch.
August 2011
4 posts
Article: Analysis and Notes on Walden -- Henry...
Analysis and Notes on Walden — Henry Thoreau’s Text with Adjacent Thoreauvian Commentary http://www.kenkifer.com/Thoreau/index.htm Perhaps because of this, Walden tends to be treated as either a whimsical, idiosyncratic literary text (that is, a purely personal account with difficult language) or as a journal full of Nature writings for those who love to read about little furry...
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is...”
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Just A Test From Elements
This just a test
Don’t be alarmed this is just a test of the Elements Tumblr posting system. It is only a test.
If this were a real post you would be directed to jeffmadison.net. But this was only a test.
Camping with BSA Troop 242
RelaxingAfter a 6 hour service project resting was the answer to the question, What are we going to do now? Relaxing 2Jordan, taking it easy after working hard FishingAfter resting, fishing was the answer. Caught OneAfter a 6 hour service project resting was the answer to the question, What are we going to do now? A Little Too SmallMaybe we could use it as bait? Like a...
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Marked - The Markdown Ninja's New Best Friend
Marked – The Next Best Thing Since Sliced Bread I downloaded an app from the App store based on several other’s recommendation, MinimalMac, David Sparks called Marked iTunes link which according to the description: …will open MultiMarkdown, Markdown, Text or HTML files and previews them as HTML documents. It watches the file for changes, updating the preview any time the file is saved. With a...
July 2011
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Marissa's friends trying to convince me to let her...
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I thought it was Harry Potter
Look at all these people who thought they were going to see Harry Potter at the midnight premiere, actually are going to see Cars 2? Great marketing trick by the State Theater in Washington, Iowa. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Me shooting at 25 yrds after not firing my 22 for...
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Shooting Papa's 22, that hasn't been fired in 13...
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Burgers on the 4th, what could be better? If some...
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I'd marry her again in a heart beat.
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June 2011
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Hard hat now required attire on the floor...
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View from inside the car wash
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Jr. Week Campers singing at MWBC
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That's good to know. I wonder when it will start?
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Corn in Iowa
Here’s a picture of corn in the field here in Iowa. @Tykerman1 just got his corn planted so I wanted to make sure he knew what it looked like, so he’d recognize it when it finally started to grow. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
May 2011
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Marissa's violin recital
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An Emergency Oil Change
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Violin group getting it together, "Who's on...
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The Good and Bad of Snow
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April 2011
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Untitled
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” –Lewis Carroll Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
March 2011
2 posts
Spring is Dead
Here in Iowa Spring came quickly and then died as witnessed by this robin. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Big Repair Bill
This is what happens when you’re not prepared for the bad news that your car needs thousands of dollars in repairs to make it safe to drive Actually this guy is fixing the water fountain, but my story was funnier. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
February 2011
3 posts
The best and worst of snow
See and download the full gallery on posterousThe best part of snow working at the dealership service department is not having to clear the snow off the cars on the lot, the worst part is the snow and muck dripping off the cars while you’re standing under them. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
New Verizon iPhone
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Snownami-snowmegaddon-We gotta lot of snow!!
Living in the country is great till you get 16+ inches of snow and 50+ mph winds. We might be here for a few days. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
January 2011
1 post
Nobody is Playing Ball Today
Nobody is playing baseball today. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
December 2010
14 posts
dinner.
Pattie and the older two girls are shopping, so Dad’s cooking dinner. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Snowflakes
Megan was fortunate enough to get some pictures of snow flakes this morning. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Frozen Spider Web
Have you ever seen a frozen spider web? another picture by Megan. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Misc. Pictures of Winter
This morning we woke up to a wonderful scene outside. There was frost all over the trees. It was foggy early and the fog had frozen on the tree limbs. Here are some more pictures. See and download the full gallery on posterous I must confess these pictures were taken by my daughter Megan. She does a great job. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Sam and the Cat
My daughters dog, Sam was inside his doghouse barking. I had noticed on several occasions some of our barn cats making themselves at home in Sam’s doghouse and in general being very friendly with Sam. So I grabbed the camera. Here’s the rest of the story. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
An Early Christmas Present
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More Early Christmas Present
A little more than they said I think. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Times gone by
This is part of downtown Kalona, IA. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
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A New Site About Parenting
I’ve started collecting articles about parenting, mainly because I have 5 children and still feel like I don’t know what I’m doing. Living with three teenagers makes life a little more interesting. So I thought I’d share these parenting tips with you.There will be more articles posted. So stay tuned. Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment » ...
And So It Begins
The annual decorating of the Christmas tree. Only a week late this year. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
The Hogs Have flown the Shed
It looks like the hogs have left the shed. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Just setting up my blog
I’m just setting up my new blog. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
November 2010
15 posts
First snow of this winter
Its the first snowfall of this winter. Doesn’t look like it’s going to amount to much, but its the promise of more to come. It is Iowa. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »
Obviously too Much Ham
This picture just proves that it is possible to eat too much ham. Look at how it affects her personality. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Posted via email from jeffmadison’s posterous | Comment »