Friday, January 31, 2020
The Letter "E" ~~ Weekend Roundup and Reflections
Note: My Sabatical is over, It was a thirty day cruise from Dubai to Cape Town, we were gone from December 3 to January 10. We were aboard the Oceania small ship Nautica and stopped along the way. Mrs. Jim and I visited more UAE countries, Oman, four stops along India's coast, numerous Islands of the Indian Ocean, and four countries in South Africa.
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The fifth issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(THE FIFTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "E" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "E";
(B) "Enormous" (Tom's choice);
(C) A Favorite;
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "E": "Enjoy" the scenery as your houseboat chugs through the Back Waters of India. This one was out of Co Chin.
(C) A Favorite: Part of what Mrs. Jim was seeing from her dining room window. Look through the windows behind her, not very much was commercialized. Through the trees were a lot of rice fields. Note the lovely Reflection in the picture above.
(B) "Enormous" (Tom's choice): Now where did I lay my towel? Kind of problems one has when getting out of the tub. Especially if you are large and your tub is a mud puddle in the desert.
South Africa's Aquilla Game Preserve a ways out from Cape Town. All animals were rescue animals from the wilds of Africa. The employees were local town folk.
(D) Reflections: A Wall of Mirrors to greet you upon entering the dinning room on our ship, Oceania's small ship, the Nautica. What you were seeing was a part of the Excellent Christmas Brunch Buffet.
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My Two Questions (you can answer just one if you'd like):
1. When was the last time you were riding on a boat (or ship)? An easy question for me, it was on our long cruise that we just finished. It was a thirty day cruise from Dubai to Cape Town, we were gone from December 3 to January 10.
2. What do you think of when we are discussing being "Enormous"? I think of e e cummings (link) and his autobiographical book, "The Enormous Room. It is the story of his four months during WWII, being incarcerated . He was bunked in a large room with 30 other prisoners (Link). I recommend reading, get it from your library.
Bonus Questions:
1. What is your favorite "E" word? This time it will be "Easy". That should be Easy for us retired people, Mrs. Jim makes a good example of how to do that, would you say from the picture above.
2. When will you, or did you already, retire? Mrs. Jim retired in 1999, I did two years later. I tell anyone who I think might listen that they should not wait too long. So many of my friends have waited so long that they die before or right after.
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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 "Backwoods Travel" (Link to Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am also linked this week with James at Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- Photos and Text Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved
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The fifth issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(THE FIFTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "E" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "E";
(B) "Enormous" (Tom's choice);
(C) A Favorite;
(D) Reflections.
_ _ _ _
(A) Starts with the Letter "E": "Enjoy" the scenery as your houseboat chugs through the Back Waters of India. This one was out of Co Chin.
(C) A Favorite: Part of what Mrs. Jim was seeing from her dining room window. Look through the windows behind her, not very much was commercialized. Through the trees were a lot of rice fields. Note the lovely Reflection in the picture above.
(B) "Enormous" (Tom's choice): Now where did I lay my towel? Kind of problems one has when getting out of the tub. Especially if you are large and your tub is a mud puddle in the desert.
South Africa's Aquilla Game Preserve a ways out from Cape Town. All animals were rescue animals from the wilds of Africa. The employees were local town folk.
(D) Reflections: A Wall of Mirrors to greet you upon entering the dinning room on our ship, Oceania's small ship, the Nautica. What you were seeing was a part of the Excellent Christmas Brunch Buffet.
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My Two Questions (you can answer just one if you'd like):
1. When was the last time you were riding on a boat (or ship)? An easy question for me, it was on our long cruise that we just finished. It was a thirty day cruise from Dubai to Cape Town, we were gone from December 3 to January 10.
2. What do you think of when we are discussing being "Enormous"? I think of e e cummings (link) and his autobiographical book, "The Enormous Room. It is the story of his four months during WWII, being incarcerated . He was bunked in a large room with 30 other prisoners (Link). I recommend reading, get it from your library.
Bonus Questions:
1. What is your favorite "E" word? This time it will be "Easy". That should be Easy for us retired people, Mrs. Jim makes a good example of how to do that, would you say from the picture above.
2. When will you, or did you already, retire? Mrs. Jim retired in 1999, I did two years later. I tell anyone who I think might listen that they should not wait too long. So many of my friends have waited so long that they die before or right after.
_ _ _
The fine print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link to Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am also linked this week with James at Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- Photos and Text Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved
Labels: 2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town, Animals, Family, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 05
