Saturday, May 19, 2012
And you did what? — Six Word Saturday —
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My Six Words:
Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words for Six Word Saturday. Click the box at right to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate is the boss at Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.
My Six Words:
Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?
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"Pussycat pussycat, where have you been?"
"I've been up to London to visit the Queen."
"Pussycat pussycat, what did you there?"
"I frightened a little mouse under her chair"
"MEOWW!"
"I've been up to London to visit the Queen."
"Pussycat pussycat, what did you there?"
"I frightened a little mouse under her chair"
"MEOWW!"
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Above left are Mrs. Jim, KP, and myself, all dressed up for tea at the Ritz Hotel. Karen (her account of the tea) was with us as she sprung for the tea as a Mother's Day and Father's Day present from their family. Right is KP's school. She is in the two-and-a-half-year-old class. This is her 'fancy dress.' She wears a blue uniform with white shirt to class.
We didn't see the little mouse but we did see the Queen. I tell people that she waved to me. She was in her carriage on her way to address Parliament on their opening day. I had brought my camera but wouldn't you know on this particular day I left the battery at the flat in its charger.
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So this picture I did not take but rather it is a press release photo which I photographed with my camera. I read an editorial about whether or not the royalty is covering its expenses with admission fees to the palaces, etc. There was another about doing away with royalty like most other countries have done.
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Judging from the size of the crowd we saw there for her that day, a measure like that would never get enough votes. I think royalty is here to stay for a long while in Britain.
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The rest of these pictures are typical London tourist type pictures we took on other days. On this particular day we went on to visit St. Paul's Cathedral. Sorry, no pictures from their either. Our English friends from Northampton accompanied us and were showing us the sites and had found a good place for all of us to stand to watch the Queen's on her way to the ceremonies.
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Our holiday lasted one month, from April 11 to May 11. We flew directly from Houston to London and stayed with our daughter, Karen. That Saturday we took the Eurostar RR through the Chunnel to Paris. On Sunday we cheered her on as she ran the Paris Marathon. We came back to London that evening. On the following Saturday we began an 11 day Princess cruise from South Hampton to the Canary Islands, returning to London on May 3rd.
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Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words for Six Word Saturday. Click the box at right to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate is the boss at Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.Labels: Family, Jim Does, London, Six Word Saturday, Travel
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Things in My Yard -- Things in a Row -- Two Questions -- Please Identify
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These mushrooms came up in a crooked ROW after a nice rain. I tease Mrs. Jim about eating them but of course she says NO. Then I suggest making Tea from them. That doesn't work with her either.
Here they are up close. If anyone knows about eating these please let me know. Click on the picture to make them bigger.
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Adi (Adi in her younger day with Harry Husker picture) doesn't mind posing with them. But notice that she likes me to take profile shots of her. She is proud of her Beagle form.
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These flowers come from bulbs every spring. We don't know what they are but Mrs. Jim says that they have the word, "star," in their name.
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Click on them, you may know their name for us.
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She was given a plant several years ago and it just wasn't one to keep in our house forever. So she, we, or I, planted it in our flower bed on the right hand proper line.
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Every year there are more and the ROW gets longer and thicker. Growing in with these flowers are a lot of wild black berry vines. A friend cleared out most of them from this bed but skipped where the flowers are.
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When the flowers go away then we only see these large leaves. They grow to three to five feet tall! I don't know if bulbs are then when the flowers are, but I suppose so. I will check later on.
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When Google doesn't work, I ask Mrs. Jim. She knows a lot more than I ever did wor will but these two have her stumped.
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2. Do you like mushrooms? Do you or would you ever eat them from the wild?
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I love them! Salads, pizza, fried, gravey, mixed with cooked vegetables, and whold with a bit of salt are some of my favorites. Mrs. Jim likes them in certain ways, like pizza. But she really doesn't like them not cooked..
.These mushrooms came up in a crooked ROW after a nice rain. I tease Mrs. Jim about eating them but of course she says NO. Then I suggest making Tea from them. That doesn't work with her either.
Here they are up close. If anyone knows about eating these please let me know. Click on the picture to make them bigger..
Adi (Adi in her younger day with Harry Husker picture) doesn't mind posing with them. But notice that she likes me to take profile shots of her. She is proud of her Beagle form.
.These flowers come from bulbs every spring. We don't know what they are but Mrs. Jim says that they have the word, "star," in their name.
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Click on them, you may know their name for us.
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She was given a plant several years ago and it just wasn't one to keep in our house forever. So she, we, or I, planted it in our flower bed on the right hand proper line.
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Every year there are more and the ROW gets longer and thicker. Growing in with these flowers are a lot of wild black berry vines. A friend cleared out most of them from this bed but skipped where the flowers are.
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When the flowers go away then we only see these large leaves. They grow to three to five feet tall! I don't know if bulbs are then when the flowers are, but I suppose so. I will check later on.
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For more things in a row please visit Pat's Things in a Row post. You might like to post your own 'Things in a Row.'
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And now for my Thursday Two Questions: (See Thursday Two Questions by Self Sagacity for more reading. You could also make your own by checking in at this link.)
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Last week 's post was about my and your travel, economizing, and parallel parking. Answers very interesting, you can go back (May 10th) and check. Although I am 'dang good' at the parallel parking, some of you sound better. Others don't even try it.
My Two Questions for this week:
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1. What things growing around you that you don't know thier names but would like to know? After using Google, how should one go about finding out?
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And now for my Thursday Two Questions: (See Thursday Two Questions by Self Sagacity for more reading. You could also make your own by checking in at this link.)
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Last week 's post was about my and your travel, economizing, and parallel parking. Answers very interesting, you can go back (May 10th) and check. Although I am 'dang good' at the parallel parking, some of you sound better. Others don't even try it.
My Two Questions for this week:
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1. What things growing around you that you don't know thier names but would like to know? After using Google, how should one go about finding out?
When Google doesn't work, I ask Mrs. Jim. She knows a lot more than I ever did wor will but these two have her stumped.
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2. Do you like mushrooms? Do you or would you ever eat them from the wild?
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I love them! Salads, pizza, fried, gravey, mixed with cooked vegetables, and whold with a bit of salt are some of my favorites. Mrs. Jim likes them in certain ways, like pizza. But she really doesn't like them not cooked..
Bonus Question: Does your dog share your interests like my Adi?
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Adi is my best friend, right closely after Mrs. Jim. But we both are getting old and can't do a lot of the things we used to do.
Note: I would never let her eat mushrooms, onions, grapes, or raisins all of which I like. She likes most other food I eat from hot dogs to Granola bars?
Labels: Adi, Animals, Eating, Flowers-buds-plants, Things to know, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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Look Kid, don't you throw treasures again, ever!
Grandpa, why so hard on him?
Train up a child .. when he is old, he won't depart from it.
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140 Characters each as counted by Design 215
Grandpa, why so hard on him?
Train up a child .. when he is old, he won't depart from it.
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140 Characters each as counted by Design 215
µ-fiction Stories Copyright
© 2012 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
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© 2012 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
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°Written for Succinctly Yours – Week 60
°The word of the week, 'treasure', and the picture were selected by Grandma.
°It's posted on her blog, Grandma's Goulash
°The word of the week, 'treasure', and the picture were selected by Grandma.
°It's posted on her blog, Grandma's Goulash
°Her Rules: Use the photo as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words. It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more.
°Using the word of the week is not required. This week I elected to use it, sort of.
°Using the word of the week is not required. This week I elected to use it, sort of.
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Labels: Succinctly-Yours
