Friday, May 19, 2023
Letter "T" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "T"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "T"errific.
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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All these start with "T"???
A hint: Besides "Terrific" though they are.
The couple you see in these pictures were our Texas
next-door neighbor until they moved to Colorado.
First we went to Mountain Village where we parked our car. Then we would have lunch at the Peaks Resort & Golden Door Spa, Hotel Telluride. Below is the outdoor patio eating area, as we had Luke with us this day, we would go to the patio for eating.
Lunch was excellent, every one of us had different orders.
Mine was the best! But now I couldn't take bites or chew
it up. Take care of your teeth!! I did but I have outlived
my uppers.
Our drinks were Arnold Palmers and water.
The Arnold Palmer is becoming quite popular,
it consists of unsweetened ice tea and lemonade,
half and half.
Luke would be good in France. He just stayed nearby
or under the table while we ate.
That wouldn't work right now for Adi and Katrin,
they stand looking at us with big eyes and drooling!
Isn't the view from our table fabulous!
Next summer we might bring golf clubs.
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Mrs. Jim caught the first car, but they wouldn't let dogs on this one.
She was waiting for us on a bench when we got to the top.
At the top, we entered another cable lift to go down
to Telluride at the bottom on the other side of the mountain.
This is the view from the top,
looking back over Mountain Village where we departed.
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| And looking down at the old city of Telluride. |
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| Downtown Telluride [click picture for a larger view] |
Starts with "T": The Town of Telluride, Colorado starts with a "T".
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| Can you believe there was an airport in Telluride on the side of one of the hills, straight down |
A Favorite: The view down and out was my Favorite scenery there around Telluride.
Tom's suggestion, "Terrific": Luke was a Terric dog but was a little apprehensive going up the mountain side in the cable car.
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| "But Officer, I ... " - photo taken in Sorento, Italy - Copyright 2006, Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved |
James' request, Street Photos/Candid Captures: The street in Sorento, Italy. There are a lot of Motor Scooters in Italy with it's cooperative warm winter weather.
Something "Light": Kids Advice on Love and Marriage
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HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY;">You got to find somebody who likes what you like. Like you both like Hershey Candy Kisses. Or like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
* Alan, age 10" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
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Labels: Colorado, Colorado 2011, Colorado Holiday, Dogs, Eating, First Times, Friends, kids-1
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Good Fences: Make Good ________? -- Things in a Row -- Two Questions --
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Good Friends Good Neighbors Make
Good Friends Good Neighbors Make
This is a split rail fence with posts buried in the cement foundation. I haven't seen many rail fences set in concrete but a lot of back yard chain link fences are. That keeps the dogs from burrowing under and out. This one occasionally has a couple or three ponies grazing inside.
I took it for the century plant (cactus) but it came in handy for today's post. A student once brought me a century plant back from his visit to Mexico. It was fairly large but in a very cold winter one year it froze and was killed.
These posts are keeping cars where they belong. To the left in the picture is a crawl down place that edges on the Colorado River in Colorado.On the opposite bank a rafting company sells and guides river rafting tours. Or one can do his own thing with a smaller raft. I have never done river rafting and it is not on my bucket list.
Below are some fence pictures taken while visiting our neighbor who has a ranch near Telluride, Colorado. You can click on them to make a screen size picture.
The fence on the left is for cows, contented ones who don't need a strong fence to keep them in. This works good for the deer and elk you see who came to graze. If they trip when jumping the fence it will give way and not hurt the animals except for a scratch by the barbs.
The center picture is on our neighbor's property while the one on the right is a neighboring rancher's fence.
The fence on the right is a Zig Zag fence (my name for it). This type of fence is free standing and the posts do not have to be dug in for it to stand up even under the very strong winter winds.
The center picture is on our neighbor's property while the one on the right is a neighboring rancher's fence.
The fence on the right is a Zig Zag fence (my name for it). This type of fence is free standing and the posts do not have to be dug in for it to stand up even under the very strong winter winds.
Here you see some animals meant to be contained. First is one of our neighbor's horses. Isn't she pretty? Next is Katrin with her child doggy gate that keeps her from going upstairs.
If she does go up she likes to go out on the balcony above the back porch. The main problem with her upstairs is that she eats the Amber's cat food the first thing.
If she does go up she likes to go out on the balcony above the back porch. The main problem with her upstairs is that she eats the Amber's cat food the first thing.
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.'
Pat didn't make one this week but the link takes you to her blog. She has other travel posts with the last 'Things in a Row' post being March 22. I hope she keeps on with this meme. You could leave her a comment telling her how much you like reading about row things.
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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 I didn't post as I was doing income tax and getting things ready for some travel. The week before you told me about the local parks you liked to visit. Not many of you knew your state flower but said you were going to look it up. Google knows all. If you did look yours up you might mention what it was n your comment for this post.
My Two Questions for this week:
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1. What is your feeling about fences.
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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 I didn't post as I was doing income tax and getting things ready for some travel. The week before you told me about the local parks you liked to visit. Not many of you knew your state flower but said you were going to look it up. Google knows all. If you did look yours up you might mention what it was n your comment for this post.
My Two Questions for this week:
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1. What is your feeling about fences.
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My opinion is that sometimes they are a necessary evil. Necessary for various reasons. I really don't like the ones along the road which silence the road noise for the people behind the fences. Houses or farmsteads are much prettier than a noise fence.
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2. If you have a pet, do you ever contain it and how and why?
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Besides not allowing them upstairs with the cat, we also keep our dogs fenced in our bedroom with us at night. I dread even having to think about them roaming around the house at night while we are sleeping.
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My opinion is that sometimes they are a necessary evil. Necessary for various reasons. I really don't like the ones along the road which silence the road noise for the people behind the fences. Houses or farmsteads are much prettier than a noise fence.
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2. If you have a pet, do you ever contain it and how and why?
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Besides not allowing them upstairs with the cat, we also keep our dogs fenced in our bedroom with us at night. I dread even having to think about them roaming around the house at night while we are sleeping.
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Bonus Question: Do you remember any experiences you have had with a fence, pleasurable or not? (You could tell your favorite fence joke if you haven't.)
In a previous life before ever getting married I remember a late teenager night when a bunch of us climbed a country club fence and went swimming in their pool. That was a fun night.
Labels: Colorado, Jim in his Younger Days, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Sunday, September 07, 2008
8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9 They will be a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not give in to them.
Proverbs 1:8-10 (NIV)
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9 They will be a garland to grace your head
and a chain to adorn your neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do not give in to them.
Proverbs 1:8-10 (NIV)
Labels: Bible, Colorado, Signs, Sunday, Travel
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
In Colorado some more, Mountain Village and Telluride, Part Two -- Colorado Holiday Part IV
Dog Days in Telluride
This post continues our visit in Colorado with our Montgomery neighbors, Roger, Mrs. Roger, and Luke at their ranch near Telluride.
Today's post shows us in Telluride viewing many friendly dogs as our friends act a wonderful tour guides.
This is part two of two for the Telluride post.
Click on any picture for large sized view.
Change the "800" to "1600" in the URL Address for super sized view.
[large picture] [super sized]
Here three (+ Luke) of us four (+ Luke) had stopped in for a cooling refreshment. Roger had his usual Arnold Palmer drink (half lemonaid, half unsweetened tea).
Telluride has dogs, a lot of dogs. It reminds me of my hippy days when everyother person had a yellow dog. At the University of Houston they would park their dogs like modern students park bicycles, just near the stairs.
There are a lot of bikes in this hippy-like town too!.
Bike pictures: [pretty bike] [lots of bikes]
I wonder if they ever get mixed up?
This post continues our visit in Colorado with our Montgomery neighbors, Roger, Mrs. Roger, and Luke at their ranch near Telluride.
Today's post shows us in Telluride viewing many friendly dogs as our friends act a wonderful tour guides.
This is part two of two for the Telluride post.
Click on any picture for large sized view.
Change the "800" to "1600" in the URL Address for super sized view.
[large picture] [super sized]
Here three (+ Luke) of us four (+ Luke) had stopped in for a cooling refreshment. Roger had his usual Arnold Palmer drink (half lemonaid, half unsweetened tea).
Telluride has dogs, a lot of dogs. It reminds me of my hippy days when everyother person had a yellow dog. At the University of Houston they would park their dogs like modern students park bicycles, just near the stairs.
There are a lot of bikes in this hippy-like town too!.
Bike pictures: [pretty bike] [lots of bikes]
I wonder if they ever get mixed up?
Dogs, dogs, dogs everywhere.
Roger, Mrs. Roger, and Mrs. Jim made a lot of new friends.
People were very willing to pose with their dogs.
Luke also made himself a lot of friends this day.
Luke is ready for home!
Super sized pictures [left] [right]
And see how relaxed he is now on his fourth cable car ride
(two legs over, up and down the mountain, and two legs back)
Luke loves car rides, here he is on the watchout for deer
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Tag: Colorado Holiday
Tag: Colorado Holiday
Labels: Colorado, Colorado Holiday, Dogs, Friends, Holiday Posts, Jim Bunch Eats, Jim Does, Travel
Friday, August 08, 2008
In Colorado some more, Mountain Village and Telluride, Part One -- Colorado Holiday Part III
This post continues our visit in Colorado with our Montgomery neighbors, Roger, Mrs. Roger, and Luke at their ranch near Telluride.
Today's post shows us in Telluride as our friends act a wonderful tour guides.
This is part one of two for the Telluride post.
Click on any picture for large sized view.
Change the "800" to "1600" in the URL Address for super sized view.
First we went to Mountain Village where we parked our car. First we would have lunch at the Peaks Resort & Golden Door Spa, Hotel Telluride. Below is the outdoor patio eating area, as we had Luke with us this day, we would go to the patio for eating.
Lunch was excellent, every one of us had different orders.
Mine was the best!
Our drinks were Arnold Palmers and water.
The Arnold Palmer is becoming quite popular,
it consists of unsweetened ice tea and lemonade,
half and half.
Luke would be good in France. He just stayed nearby
or under the table while we ate.
That wouldn't work right now for Adi and Katrin,
they stand looking at us with big eyes and drooling!
Isn't the view from our table fabulous!
Next summer we might bring golf clubs.
Mrs. Jim caught the first car, but they wouldn't let dogs on this one.
She was waiting for us on a bench when we got to the top.
Luke was apprehensive!
Next posting coming back, you will see how relaxed he became.
Today's post shows us in Telluride as our friends act a wonderful tour guides.
This is part one of two for the Telluride post.
Click on any picture for large sized view.
Change the "800" to "1600" in the URL Address for super sized view.
First we went to Mountain Village where we parked our car. First we would have lunch at the Peaks Resort & Golden Door Spa, Hotel Telluride. Below is the outdoor patio eating area, as we had Luke with us this day, we would go to the patio for eating.
Lunch was excellent, every one of us had different orders.
Mine was the best!
Our drinks were Arnold Palmers and water.
The Arnold Palmer is becoming quite popular,
it consists of unsweetened ice tea and lemonade,
half and half.
Luke would be good in France. He just stayed nearby
or under the table while we ate.
That wouldn't work right now for Adi and Katrin,
they stand looking at us with big eyes and drooling!
Isn't the view from our table fabulous!
Next summer we might bring golf clubs.
Mrs. Jim caught the first car, but they wouldn't let dogs on this one.
She was waiting for us on a bench when we got to the top.
Luke was apprehensive!
Next posting coming back, you will see how relaxed he became.
At the top, we entered an other cable lift to go down
to Telluride at the bottom on the other side of the mountain.
This is the view from the top,
looking back over Mountain Village where we departed.
And looking down at the old city of Telluride.
These Segways aren't for sale, you can rent them.
You are seeing my first ride on
one of these wonderful fun machines.
Roger, Luke, and Mrs. Jim stood in the shade
while we tried the Segways out.
Later the ladies would go into that real estate office
to peek at home offerings.
Way out of our budget was the verdict for Telluride homes.
Click here for a super large view.
Even if you don't do all the others
this one is worth it.
Labels: Colorado, Colorado Holiday, Dogs, Friends, Golf course, Holiday Posts, Jim Bunch Eats, Jim Does, Places
