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Friday, December 22, 2023
Letter "Y" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts Starts with "Y." A Favorite. "Y"ak. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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It's time for my Christmas tree blog again this year. Today will be the sevententh when I post it, I started December 05, a Tuesday. Click here to see them for 2023-2 (part 2) and Here for 2023-1 (part 1).
Starts with "Y": Yummy stuff, a gift from a nice neighbor.
A Favorite: This is Mrs. Jim's favorite decoration for the season, he is her Santa's helper. Her college was LSU but it is hard to get LSU stuff here around Houston.
He stays either under our tree or on the hearth. We got him a few years ago at an After Christmas sale in Houston. One side of his sales tag says "Handmade" and the other's said "Made in China".
Tom's suggestion, "Yak": The Coasters, Yakety Yak. This song was an original hit in 1958. It was one of my favorites.
The Coasters Yakety Yak singing Lyrics 👇
Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spendin' cash
If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
Just finish cleanin' up your room
Let's see that dust fly with that broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don't go out Friday night
Yakety yak (Don't talk back)
You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doin' that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yackety yack (Don't talk back)
Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip, he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friend outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yackety yack (Don't talk back)
Reflectionsand/or Street/Candid Captures: The top photo has the "banked" turtles reflection in the water. Not to brag about, the water was rippling.
The lower picture shows the heads of three buddy turtles swimming. Can you see them? There might be another two or more.
The turtles hang out around the bridge was standing on, it's our favorite walking path.
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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 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.
Seen driving home in a Neighbor's lawn, one of my favorite Christmas Nativity Scenes
One of my favorite Christmas Nativity Scenes. I am glad that Lucy has Yellow hair band as do the wise men. Also, the Lucy looking Angels.
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "Y"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Y".
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "Y": Yellow cab starts with "Y".
A Favorite: Our neighbor lady's father was visiting. I like his Yellow Vette.
This Yellow Kia was parked at our Kroger store this afternoon. It looks like a fun car to drive except I'd rather be driving the Corvette.
Tom's suggestion, "Yellow": I sliced this Yellow pineapple with Mrs. Jim's pineapple slicer.
James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: I'm not sure what this is, I'm guessing that the Yogee Man took this picture when I wasn't minding my cell phone.
Another Lagniappe:
MERRY CHRISTMAS (again) !!
Sh... I think I saw Santa practicing his delivery
over in Australia where it's past Midnight already.
Is he using his old 90's International Pickup Truck
instead of the Reindeer and sleigh?
A Notice: The Snoopy scene above and this one are a part of my seasonal blog. Now that Thanksgiving has past, I am posting my Christmas Trees on my Christmas Tree Farm blog. See them at
Startswith "W": Wagons, from horse and human drawn to station wagon automobiles have been a part of humans' culture and convenience. Did you ever wonder about the now forgotten inventor of the wheel?
A Favorite: This year's NYC annual Rockefeller Plaza Christmas Tree is a favorite mine and many others. An average of 800 thousand persons will be viewing it each day until after Christmas. You've just now virtually joined the crowd.
Tom's suggestion, "White": Pure Snow is White. It lays on the ground and other flat surfaces. Humans and animal are the worst offenders to change its pearly color, generally to shares of yellow and gray.
The white in this crafted ice skating rink mostly comes from a well bleached bed sheet. It is a part of one of the two toy train scenes crafted, assembled, and now being displayed in the foyer of our church.
Both children and adults stop for their imaginations' workouts.
James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Sightseers on a Lisbon, Portugal Tram, a.k.a. Street Car. Like the one we rode for over an hour, all over town, up and down its steep hills.
A Lagniappe: Watching the World Cup playoffs on TV
A Notice: Now that Thanksgiving has past, I am posting my first Christmas Tree on my Christmas Tree Farm blog. See it at
"A"lone: KP's new cat does not like being left Alone. We think he might be missing his former owner.
Named Dutch, he is an adopted four-year-old male Russian Blue. He was a one-owner never taken out in the rain pretty boy belonging to a little old lady, an LOL.
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A Lagniappe: Bells on our front door until After New Year's Day. This will be my last Christmas/New Year's Seasonal Post on my "jim's little Christmas Tree farm" blog posting of Christmas items for this season. Click this label, Christmas 2021 , to have a peek.
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Weekend Reflections/Street Photo: A Sidewalk conference.
Another Lagniappe: The Countries I've visited that start with the Letter "A":
Note: I have finished with my "jim's little Christmas Tree farm" blog posting of Christmas items for this season. Click this label, Christmas 2021 , to have a peek.
It has directions to send me a picture of your tree or decorations if you wish to do so I can post it.
# posted by Jim : 1/07/2022 04:07:00 PM
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Friday, December 24, 2021
Letter "Z" -- -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections/People on the Street
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
For the 26th letter time, The Week's Prompts are Christmas, A Favorite, and "Red and Green". The letter not asked for would be "Z".
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Christmas: Our Christmas Tree lighted. It's a seven-foot store bought artificial. Also Red and Green.
At the foot of the tree is a manger scene, a Fisher Price "toy". It represents the purpose of tomorrow's holiday, celebrating the human birth of Jesus Christ. Christians celebrate it on December 25 regardless of the actual birth date. (Click here for viewing other nativity word posts)
Hence the song that we sang over and over in my country schools, grades one through ten:
Away in a Manger
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Away in a manger No crib for a bed The little Lord Jesus Laid down His sweet head
A Favorite: My Holly Tree -- Again, also Red and Green.
My Hard Time Canna Lilly
The rabbits ate all the tender
leaves after we planted it.
Red and Green: We hope the hibiscus other plantsdidn't freeze again this winter
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A Lagniappe: The last rose of Autumn but more are on the way.
Another Lagniappe:my favorite "Z" Words are
1. Zipper;
2. Zigzag; and
3. Zoo (not necessarily in that order; plus there may be other favorites that I have not mentioned.)
I am showing you a fence owned by my friend who has a "little ranch" near Telluride in Colorado.
Today I like best "zig-zag" as a zig-zag fence appeals to the hidden rocket scientist nature in me.
They can be freestanding without the use of buried fence posts. A section can be removed and put back for access/entrance without damage to the fence. Lastly on my short list is that their rustic looking appearance appeals to me.
- This fence belonged to my friend and neighbor before we moved to Katy. It was on his Colorado ranch and was there before he acquired the property.
He was a retired major oil company CEO who started in the Chemistry lab of the company when he graduated with his degree, a PhD in Chemistry.
A Reflection or a Street Photo Capture: during a little bit of Christmas shopping I had to use this restaurant. The store had two, both "any gender" per the sign.
It's been a long time since I've rated a relief facility but this on would have been a Zero except that scale goes from one to five. I RATE THIS ONE A ONE.
Another Lagniappe: Below, is the last full posting on this blog for the year, the following post is from 15 years ago. I started it in December 2005 but the picture and text below are from January 2006, it was Adi's, our beagle dog's, first of many on this blog. She was also on some of my other blogs here and there.
Incidentally, this blog has 2,257 posts, 884 draft posts, for a total of 3,140 writings. It has 18,690 comments with 710,899 hits. Quite a few families and friends read it and tell me about their viewing but don't leave comments.
"Saturday, January 07, 2006
another FIRST TIME
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it's for Adi this time
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This is Adi, our therapy dog
She specializes in reading with children
and visiting assisted living residents"
Adi died September 17, 2012 (read my tribute to her here)
Adi was born September 1, 1996. Read Adi's blog post here.
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Fine print stuff
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click herefor his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- Click Here for all countries I've visited. (none for XYZ, there aren't any.)
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Note: I have activated my "jim's little Christmas Tree farm" blog posting for this season. Click this label, Christmas 2021 , to have a peek and monitor my progress.
It has directions to send me a picture of your tree or decorations if you wish to do so.
Starts with "A": Angel starts with an "A". 
