Thursday, March 14, 2024

Letter "K" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

Letter "J" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "K." A Favorite. 
For Tom, "K"ing".  
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. 
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Starts with "K":   These cute little Kids were on TV, likely an article on the Today show of NBC stations.  But I am not sure, only sure that the picture is of the TV screen, as is the one below.  

Little Kids are always cute, older Kids are smart, and older kids are smart alics for a while.  But at any age our kids are generally the most precious part of our lives.  We have five kids, all grown with jobs or retired already.


 
For Tom, "King":  The lady with these children is Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales.  She is Prince William's wife.  William is next in line for King of England.  

A Favorite:  The Royal family is one of Mrs. Jim's Favorite history in making item.  She knows lineage of the past royalties and who marries to who.  We have been to the Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the King and Queen.  We have been to several of the ten royal palaces in London during our many visits there, over a dozen times.  https://www.londonhut.com/p/10-royal-palaces-of-london


  This is the Japanese Garden at Powers Court, Ireland.

For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures:  I will finish with another picture from Powerscourt in Ireland. https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/search?q=Powerscourt+in+Ireland

Steps to the garden were the ones that I fell on and broke my kneecap.  I also was bloody from head to toe.  I learned that that the ER, hospitals in Ireland, are free for seniors over 70.
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The fine print

 - [Click on most any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.

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Friday, March 08, 2024

Letter "J" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts: Starts with "J." A Favorite. 
For Tom, "J"am". 
For James, Reflections andor Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "J"Jeep starts with "J".  I found my favorite in Key West, Florida.  I think its looks make the vehicle.  This one was also in my "Jeep post" of 2017 found here


A Favorite:  I found this one Thursday parked in front of Wendy's.  I call it a Ford Jeep although Ford wouldn't like to hear me call it like that.  It is in a fairly new line of Ford's called "Bronco".  Probably  the Jeep folk wouldn't either. 
(Note:  Some will remember that I worked for Ford, Ford Aerospace as an Aerospace Engineer at New Hampshire and NASA Houston for 19 years.  And now I get a tiny retirement check(in 1980 $Dollars,  no COLA) from that every month.  So I'm a little partial to them.)




For Tom, "Jam":   As you might surmise, Strawberry Jam is a favorite at our house.   Immediately above is Mrs. Jim's Favorite, her blood relatives came directly from France, the other half from the British Isles.   

I like Aldi's Jam better although as you see here, I do fortify its taste by adding some of Burger King or McDonald's Jam to help the strawberry effect come out.

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For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures:  I found my Dream Spot, to live [under that thick clump of tall trees] and it was for sale back  in 2007 when I took this picture.  It might have been in Louisiana but I cannot remember for sure.  

 

A Lagniappe:  My son has a Jeep, I have not seen it for a long time.  Must call him very soon to talk cars.  The last time I saw it I think it was looking about like this.  It is a 1970's issue to the best of my recollection.  
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The fine print

 - [Click on most any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Friday, March 01, 2024

Letter "I" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts: Starts with "I." A Favorite. 
For Tom, "I"ce". 
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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You can see the frost build up and it was
defrosted a couple of weeks ago.

Starts with "I":  Our small freezer is beginning to be an Icebox, as it fills with frost way too fast.  I think perhaps the door seal has worn.  Icebox starts with the letter "I".  Read here, in Wikipedia, about the early iceboxes, "the non-mechanical refrigeration appliance".  I don't remember ever seeing one, as we lived on a farm and didn't get electricity until 1938.  At the same time the folks purchased a refrigerator.   



A Favorite: These are a couple of Ivory Carvings the Mrs. Jim inherited from a retired military officer's wife.  They sit on a bookcase shelf in our living room now.  Ivory cuttings are the death of the elephant many times because the illegal hunters kill for them.    [I may take another picture in the morning with better light.]

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For Tom, the word, "Ice":  Ain't she cute! We got down to 22°F that night in 2007 shown here, so we dripped the outside faucets.  [Adi was our Beagle dog, she died in 2012.]

Look closely for the icicles. The piece of
Ice you see sitting on the pipe was from a big icicle about 18 inches long that fell from the faucet and broke. I have a piece of it sitting on the sprinkler pipe. The other icicles are on that weed to Adi's left, your right.

A Lagniappe:  

"Blue Bell Light Homemade Vanilla" was our favorite for a long time.  Back when Blue Bell was shut down due to a bacteria run loose in their plants.  Finally, this Light variety, was the last to start production, months behind the regular flavors.  It was also Adi's favorite. (link). But after the COVID Blue Bell stopped making it.  That was when we stopped eating Blue Bell brand altogether.   

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For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid CapturesAdi and I found this pretty pool on our walk this back in 2008.There was not a cloud in the sky that morning!

 

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The fine print

 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Friday, February 23, 2024

Letter "H" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts: Starts with "H." A Favorite. 
For Tom, "H"help. 
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "H":  It will be the word, Heaven.  When Heaven calls, I will go.  Our Sunday morning Bible class now has over 150 members.  In that class five of us have had a loose group with our ages of having reached a magic number 90. 

This week Larry, the oldest, birthday in March, was called to Heaven before he could reach 91.  His service was led by Charles, one of our class teachers.  Larry had asked Charles to speak of the Lord's Prayer and to be specific on the relation of us to the Lord's kingdom coming and of the praise of God in that prayer.  (Matthew 6:9-13 [click here for Wikipedia])


A Favorite:  GOLFING BOOKS
OR
.BETTER GOLF: HOW TO HELP YOUR GAME--SAGE ADVICE FROM AN OLD TIMER
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I have just finished my new Christmas present book on golf that purports to give the reader valuable playing tips and insider information.

Here is some more that I have gained through years of personal experience. I'm writing my own book, Better Golf: How to Help Your Game--Sage Advice From an Old TimerPlease note, this is my book, copyright and all. *
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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt
Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Nike from the Rough When You Hit a Titleist from the Tee
Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker
Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance Off the Shank
Chapter 5 - When to Give the Ranger the Finger
Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings
Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management
Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9am
Chapter 9 - How to Rationalize a 6 Hour Round
Chapter 10 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the Water
Chapter 11 - Why Your Spouse Doesn‘t Care That You Birdied the 5th
Chapter 12 - How to Let a Foursome Play Through Your Twosome
Chapter 13 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three Off the Tee
Chapter 14 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent
Chapter 15 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt
Chapter 16 - When to Regrip Your Ball Retriever
Chapter 17 - Can You Purchase a Better Golf Game
Chapter 18 - Why Male Golfers Will Pay $5.00 a Beer From The Cart Girl and Give Her a $3 Tip, But Will Balk at $3.50 at the 19th Hole and Stiff the Bartender

I am writing Chapter 16 first. . . 

The above is an excerpt from Chapter 16 written as a teaser for the book, a previous blog post on that I had written on January 6, 2006.  I haven't made much progress on the book yet, I am waiting until we sell this large house and move into a Senior Living Place.  My readers then seemed to think it would be a great idea.  You can finish the short story intro to Chapter 16 by clicking here




For Tom's choice, "Help":   This is Mrs. Jim with our daughter and granddaughter, three generations.  Mrs. Jim is a very giving and concerned lady, I have given her a middle name, Help

An example, yesterday Mrs. Jim accompanied me to a visit with my Podiatrist about a sixth toenail growing on my big toe, left foot.  Numerous times she would get up and open the door for someone in a wheelchair coming or leaving.  A big help to them, even when some were being pushed by someone.

Oh yes, seven years later now, the granddaughter is a freshman in high school.   Also, we have moved close to them, a ten-minute walk away.  And the doctor cut out the toenail our although it will grow back again (no picture here, I forgot to take one).  



For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures:  I couldn't resist taking this shot of a couple of ducks.  Wonder what's on their minds and what is transpiring here?  This was on my 30 minutes a day walk, two blocks here from our house.  

Also note that this shows that many of our trees stay green all winter.  That is a pedestrian bridge in the back, to cross the little stream.
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The fine print

 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Letter "G" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts Starts with "G." A Favorite. 
For Tom "G"round.
For James Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. 
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Starts with "G": What does the word "Gras" stand for in 'Mardi Gras'?  Answer:  highlight the blank area below 
Mardi is the French word for Tuesday, and gras means “fat.” In France, the day before Ash Wednesday came to be known as Mardi Gras, or “Fat Tuesday.”   
(to find more Click Here)  
This year Mardi Gras was on February 13.  Our younger daughter brought us these two small cakes as a Mardi Gras present.  


A sheet metal green grasshopper.  Work of Art?  My photo, taken 2010


A FavoriteMy favorite today will be Green 
Grasshopper.  I have forgotten where I found this green guy grasshopper.  Maybe in the Grocery store garden section? 
  
Read more about him in my 2010 blog post, click here.

One of my reader commenters there said of this, 
"that grasshopper is a good old green soul
and as Kermit has taught us - it's not easy being green
I think he needs a good home and a loving friend
and I think you fit the bill
"


Tom's choice, "Ground":  In the move we've lost our meat grinder.  No more ground baloney.  I'll have to put my teeth in before I eat, or really chew hard.  (directions for the above recipe, click here
 

For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures:  She is supposed to be telling a joke.  Her jokes sometimes are kind of corny. We have a second row seat, our pew.  
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The fine print

 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Friday, February 09, 2024

Letter "F" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts Starts with "F." A Favorite. 
For Tom "F"lower. 
For James Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. 
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Starts with "F"
Ford starts with "F".  The two above are Ford Mustangs, toys from my 30 something collection of 1:18 scale cast iron cars.   I have more Fords than any other brand.
Ford models; a lot are of the cars that I have owned and others are of the cars that I like.
 
A couple I purchased while in countries older cars on the roads.  My favorite would be of the early model Citroen 2CV that I picked up at a tollway rest stop in France.  The car here was parked in front of our hotel in xxx France. 

I worked for Ford Aerospace Division, at New Hampshire and Houston, Texas from 1961 until 1980, leaving as a Senior Aerospace Engineer and get a small monthly retirement check from them for $214 per month.  

And of the 32 Cars that I have owned, 15 were Fords and one Mercury.  To see my list, click here.  



[1952 Ford like my First Ford -- Click photo does not enlarge]
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A Favorite:  My first Ford was a Favorite of mine, it was a 1952 Two Door Sedan which I had hopped up to be very fast.  It would outrun, at the red light or on the road, the 1955 and '56 Chevy with a power pack and any other car that it had met and tested.  

I built the engine myself; it had a 1950's Ford Flathead stroked and bored to maximum.  I also ported and relieved the block and manifold and had added dual exhausts.
 

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Tom's choice, "Flower":   Little white Flowers all over where we could camp.  I don't know what they were excepts weeds of some variety. 



[Reflections on the car and on the shiny floor beneath]

For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: 
This one is a shiny blue 1 9 3 4 Ford three-window coupe.  Envision it without headlights, having the fenders cropped fairly close to the body, and with very heavy-duty bumpers.

Oh yes, paint the number "88" on the doors and trunk and you will have our 'modified stock' oval dirt track racing car back before I got drafted into the Army.  I learned auto mechanics from being a part of the pit crew and from working on the car over the weekend (once in a while I would be the driver, but our driver had experience by driving midget car races).

Our car was very fast, it would almost always win the "B" Feature race.  We held it back so as to come in about third or fourth in our Heat race so it wouldn't have to race in the "A" Feature race.  Occasionally we would race there but never could come in first place.
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The fine print

 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Friday, February 02, 2024

Letter "E" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts Starts with "E." A Favorite. 
For Tom "E"ven. 
For James Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. 
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Starts with "E":  "Evening" starts with an "E".  The rainbow came in the Evening, sitting in the neighbor's yard just after sunset.


                Originally posted on June 12, 2011


    The Friend I Miss

We met there on the bridge one early morn
Admired your beauty always when I passed
Always thinking of the hard life you had
Friend my dear I miss you now very much

You've gone away I'm guessing in the morn
You were laying there lifeless on the side
Brave, you died a death you never deserved
Each time I pass I pause and wonder why

I miss the sight, you watching for a bite
Did you have a family I'll never know
No grave no flowers just a few will mourn
Count me one to ponder each time I pass


        Photo and Poem Copyright
        © 2011 Jimmiehov [URL]
        All Rights Reserved


A Favorite: Early Bird catches the l saw this bird almost always crossing over the lake on the way home, even on early mornings.  One morning when I came back home, all there was a pile of feathers.  Never again will we be treated by that bird.


Even number total count for the nines and the sixes

Tom's choice, "Even"  Even numbers can bring smiles.  By definition and observation, ALL EVEN NUMBERS are DIVISIBLE BY TWO.   And if not we call them ODD numbers. 


We use the odd and even numbers very often.  Street Numbers.  Almost always as we drive down the street, the addresses begin with Even on one side and the other's are Odd numbers. 

I am partial to Even even though our side has the odd numbers and I don't remember ever living in an even numbered house. 


   
Reflections and or Street/Candid Captures:   Fort Bend County, Texas, Auxiliary Vehicle License and Tax Office.  What ja think?
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The fine print

 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large] 
 - I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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