Ryan Jacobs

I don’t have any fear of Friday the 13th.  On Friday, June 13, 1997 I graduated from The Ohio State University.
That day, a freak rain storm came through Columbus.  I recall walking to the Horseshoe as it poured along with many other graduates and it was interesting to see how different folks handled the bad [...]

Rebecca, Katherine and I met up with some friends at the Columbus Zoo yesterday.  It was my first time there this year and I hadn’t seen the new Polar Bear exhibit yet.  It is a decent exhibit that has an underwater viewing area that gets really crowded when the bears jump in and try to [...]

My brother and I attended the 2009 Ohio State Buckeye’s football season opener vs. Navy Midshipmen. As far as season openers go, this was the best. In both planned and unplanned ways, it felt more like a bowl game. Given that we were playing a service academy, there was far more ceremony than typically offered [...]

Rebecca and I walked around Whetstone Prairie and the Park of Roses in the Clintonville area. I have  a new macro lens that I wanted to try out.  The prairie isn’t quite in full bloom, but was fairly interesting.

Whetstone Prairie

The photo above is a close-up of a one of the plants in the ‘prairie’. I [...]

 
The sun came out today and even though it was still pretty frigid an slippery with ice, I felt like a walk was in order. I took a few pics along the way. This is a pic of ice on a shrub I saw while out walking.
 
 This is just another piece of frozen foliage I [...]

When the snow has fallen, one of the interesting things to observe is the pattern of footprints around the house.  Often, children will run through the yard, or we’ll see the trail of the gas meter reader. 
Yesterday, we found an interesting set of prints on our doormat: a single set of bird prints. From what [...]

 
At the foot of the Blarney Brutus, there are quite a few spare pennies glued to the pedestal — pretty well, I might add.  I am not exactly familiar with the significance of the penny here, except the old adage, ‘Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck’.  Are there [...]

 
 
 
 
When I first rushed to see all of the Brutus on Parade statues, not all of them were there. Rebecca and I went to see them again while on a bike ride recently. I really liked this Alumni Brutus. Since I am one, I felt I belonged in this picture. 
 
 
 
The rear shot just captures a [...]

 
I have crossed the Lane Avenue Bridge many times since it opened and have always thought it a beautiful  piece of construction.  Last weekend, I saw something about the bridge I hadn’t previously noticed.  Adorning the posts of the cable stay bridge are some ornamentation that must be a nod to Block-O.  Perhaps a minor [...]

 
 
While taking a bike ride from Antrim Park to The Ohio State campus, we noticed that the part of the trail from North Broadway and continuing South has now been named Bicycle Boulevard. Beyond giving it the name, they have improved the path with good pavement. It is a great ride in the fall.