Friday, June 14, 2024
Letter "X" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Has an "X"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "Xword" and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Has an "X": Her name is Marceline (after the "l" I guessed).
Our new great great niece is Extra cute, Extra small, and Extra happy. For the picture she was just newborn. At birth she weighed 4 lbs 13 oz and was 17 inches long.
Tom's request, an"Xword": Before my knee joint replacement surgery I'm having a bunch of X-rays. Soon after that I hope not to need this wrist band.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: I can't remember the port our ship was pulling into or could be leaving. Overseas for sure.
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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. ..
Labels: Doctoring, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Grandchildren, Reflections, Travel
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Letter "S" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "S"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "S"top; and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "S": Sore starts with "S". I have been doctoring for a Sore Knee, partly from a fall this Thursday, got to see my Orthopedic Doctor Yesterday (excuse for being late for this Friday's post??). Nothing broken. I cannot get on either knee, formerly broken kneecaps.
I fell, tripping over my cane just after I had gotten up for the Bathroom at 4AM. The muscle behind my right knee is hurting and won't let the leg hold me up. My son-in-law and a Neighbor came and helped me to get up.
Other parts of the knee are sore as well. The knee had been hurting anyway from a dead knee joint bearing. The tissue had worn down so that the upper bone is rubbing against the bone. I have replaced the Left Knee joint with an artificial joint one back in 2011. It works wonderfully.
That may be the fix for this one now, seems the injection series did not help the noise and pain one bit. Today the doctor gave me a steroid shot into the kneecap area, it has helped somewhat. This would be parodically needed for the rest of my life, very likely.
A Favorite: Strawberrys and Raspberrys in a cake. Love them!! Our younger daughter brought them over, saving for herself a piece, as she is the only one in her family who eats this desert.
Tom's request, "S"top: Stopped to ask, "Who Gets the Straw?"
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Skating guy is amazed at what he is seeing. At night, the New York City Winter Ice Skating Rink. NBC photo.
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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. ..
Labels: Cartoons, Doctoring, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Kneecap, Reflections
Friday, June 24, 2022
Letter "Y" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 08 / Reflections and-or Street Captures
[Reflections on my dresser top]
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "Y"; A Favorite; and Tom's choice,"Yellow". _ _ _ _
Starts with "Y": Yodel starts with "Y". My Uncle Howard used to Yodel out in the corn fields whenever it was just him and me hoeing weeds from the corn. I have never heard him Yodel when others are around, but he was quite good and needn't have been ashamed.
[Photo is from the early 1940's; from the left, Aunt Faye, Uncle Howard, Cousin Jack, and Cousin John. Only Jack, the youngest of these, is still living.]
I lifted this photo from an earlier post, in on December16, 2005, and updated on June 11, 2010 (link).
A Favorite: The Bactine had to Yield to the smaller White Bottle.
Question: What do these four items have in common?
Answer: They are four of my favorite 'hair care' stuff for this summer. I went to a different dermatologist a few weeks ago and he put me on Clobetasol Propionate to combat my itching sores on my scalp. I had been using the Bactine spray against the itching.
Tom's choice,"Yellow". "Yellow Cab". I'm not sure this a Yellow Cab taxi as the Yellow Cabs that I have seen are all Yellow, no black. Not two-door models either. It seems to have been repainted, maybe not even a taxi before. My sister gave it to me, with an outlandish price tag attached. It could even be a fake.
THANK YOU AGAIN, SISTER LOIS, it is one of my favorite toys. Although this toy taxi is Tootsie Toy sized, it makes me think of the cast iron scale 1:18 scale model Yellow Cab I once had as a young boy.
Reflections: The toy cars and trucks have invited Snoopy to race with them today. This is my dresser top, it is over 100 years old. The top is Reflecting the cars and the ceiling fan Reflection just happened as showing in the mirror.
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The 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 here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Labels: Doctoring, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 08, Lois, Reflections, Toys
Friday, December 03, 2021
Letter "W" -- -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections/People on the Street
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
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Weekend Roundup, THE TWENTY-THIRD LETTER FOR THIS SERIES - The Letter "W" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "W"; (B) "Weather" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; and (D) A Lagniappe.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "W": Wreath starts with the letter "W", we have used this Christmas Wreath on our front door for many years. It was a Christmas gift from one of Mrs. Jim's bridge playing friends. One bell was cracked but a little glue fixed it well.
(B.1) "Weather" (Tom's Choice): "Cloudy with scattered contrails."
There were many contrails emerging from the clouds and visible when into the open space. That was on our way on the Westpark Toll Road to our Cardiologist's office yesterday. But I didn't have a chance to stop there (Mrs. Jim doesn't like for me to take pictures while driving) and the contrails we could see had mostly diffused by the time we could stop.
I had hoped to see an "above ground rail car" going by on the tracks to the left but wasn't lucky this day.
(B.2) Today's [12-3-2021] Weather.for our Houston, (Photos courtesy of or local F O X TV Channel 26)
[Forecast for today]
[BLIZARD forecast Today for the Big Island of Hawaii]
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(B.3) Reflections/Street People: This is an isolation choice from the picture above.
The clouds' Reflections are vividly shown in the mirrored windows of the building ahead of us that we saw at the traffic light.
(C) A Favorite: Oscar Meyer Wienermobile.
I had hoped to find my previous post written about my venture "driving the Wienermobile." Well, I was only driving in my mind but I got the feel of the cockpit and the wheel when it was my turn to go in and sit at the controls. I had pictures of that but . . .
(D.1) A Lagniappe: Also Starts with the Letter "W": Witch starts with "W". This is a Witch's Car; the owner proclaims this in a couple of stickers on her rear window.
She has other stickers in various places on the car. You can read them by clicking on the picture at right. Click the picture again for larger still.
(D.2) Another Lagniappe: Wales is the only country I've visited that begins with "W".
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 here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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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.
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Labels: Car Reading, Cars, Doctoring, Driving Pictures
Sunday, October 30, 2016
~~ Friday’s Hunt v.2.18 -- "R" is for ...
Today was my birthday and so I missed Teresa's sign-in cutoff. We got in tonight about a couple of hours ago from Baton Rouge, no Internet at cousins where we were visiting, and I am just now writing my "R" post.
Since I had started on this last Thursday (we left on Friday and were still on the road back Sunday evening) I will go ahead and post. Just can't sign in for Teresa.
I will post a few birthday pictures next week. Saturday night we attended Sandy Patty's final U.S. tour at Baton Rouge. It was good, uplifting, and LOUD!
Friday's Hunt for the week of October 28th: (1) Starts with "R"; (2) Week's Favorite; and (3) Black and/or Orange.
(1) Starts with "R": "Red" starts with "R".
First is KP's Banjo. This was a school project for her to make after the class had studied musical instruments and HOW the sound is made. KP opted for a stringed instrument, the Banjo.
One part was to make it, better if it made sound. She was also supposed to tell directions for making an instrument like she had made. Hers is made from a Graham Cracker Box, a dah tah dah tube and four rubber bands. Her artistic talent went into the decorations. (Directions Galore are to be found on-line.)
Her grade showed the work and preparation was paying off.
A very nice grade!! A+++
[click on picture for larger view. Click again, it may enlarge still more.]
The second is a couple of Christmas Tree Decorations we found at the World Market store near us. Red Cardinals and a Toy Red Vacation Camper.
(2) Week's Favorite (not): Thursday before we left for Baton Rouge I went for a scheduled CT Scan with and without dye. I was to come to Houston Memorial Hospital, Katy Hospital, an hour before my appointment.
This turned out to fill out papers and to drink this solution a half hour before my appointment. It looked like water but had electrolytes and other stuff.
I was asked whether I wanted 'peach tea' or 'lemonade'. I opted for lemonade. That made drinking it easier.
The marking on the bottom? I was to save that part until I had an IV Port placed in my arm.
I should get results tomorrow from the hospital (only 20 minutes away). Then I will call my GP doctor and after that another specialist who is looking for me to come in for a visit and a procedure.
(3) Black and/or Orange: This was a yard decoration on KP's street. We see lots of Orange and matching colors when we walk her to or from school. Come November 1st, they will all be gone.
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The Fine Print: (the signing in part is what I missed. You can click on the list to visit those who did get finished before the teacher's deadline (late papers not accepted).
- Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running this meme, Friday's Hunt. Her rules are: "Welcome to linkup for Friday’s Hunt. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The link opens at 7pm Friday Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm. "
You have plenty of time to enter as you can get the letter and the other two requested topics as early as Monday, posted in her sidebar at its top.
Labels: Doctoring, Friday’s Hunt # 02 - 2016, Holiday Posts, Jim Birthday, Jim's Birthdays, KP
Friday, September 30, 2016
~~ Friday’s Hunt v.2.14 -- "N" is for ...
Friday's Hunt for the week of September 30th: (1) Starts with "N"; (2) Week's Favorite; and (3) I Made This.
1. Starts with "N": New and Nursery
"New Kids in Sunday school Nursery"
I really don't know how many, but there were a lot. I might expand things and count best I can. Anyway there's a lot of strollers pictured on the right, empty now while the kids are in the Church Nursery.
Newest washing machine problem, these washers are exploding! Maybe you heard about them on the radio. If you have one I'd check it out. Ours was new back when but surely it has passed the test of time now.
The this summer we went to another nursery, The Antique Rose Emporium located southeast outside a bit from Brenham, Texas. We don't get there very often but do stop in when we are going through and have time.
We once, back in the 1970's, bought an antique rose. It grew nice and pretty on the south side of our garage. I have here one picture of the 12 (1st is the top one) that was from our back yard and not the Antique Rose Emporium. Answer below.
If you'd like to read more or possibly plan a visit, click here. Or come visit us and we all will go there.
Answer to my quiz, "which of the 12 pictures does not belong to the Antique Rose Emporium?": Highlight the blank area below and you'll see the answer.
It is the one immediately above on the left; this is a picture of a bottle brush bush in our back yard. To the left are three 'knock-off' rose bushes and to the right is an Oleander bus. Various ground cover items are below, on the right are more short growing rose bushes. All the roses are red and they bloom all year long.
2. Week's Favorite: Mrs. Jim and I had appointments with our cardiologist this week. My big concern was my AAA Sent Graft as I had a leak in it repaired the first of the year. A sonogram showed nothing was leaking now!! Then the usual X-ray, EKG, and Blood Tests. I expect to pass all that but haven't gotten test results back yet.
Mrs. Jim's primary concern was that no complications had come since, or before, her Branch Bunch Block was discovered last year when she had her pre-surgery checkup for bunion surgery. That was Okay but the doctor did want here to closely monitor her blood pressure. Her family history for heart problems is scary.
On the way home we stopped at the Ragin Cajun restaurant. Mrs. Jim had the
Beans and Rice plate and I had a Shrimp Po'boy with . We shared half and half. Not pictures of the food, sorry. Here is a Google link of some of the Cajun eating places in and near Houston and also recipes, etc.
3. I Made This: I had hoped to show you one of my electronic items I made, a simple Morse Code Practice Oscillator. But I couldn't find it since the move. Later. I am a Ham Radio Operator.
So here are a few food pictures I took lately of food items I made.
Sure, I "made" this Ramon Noodle Soup with Shrimp but all I had to do was to add boiling water.
More important was the Clam Roll I "made" to have with the soup, pictured just below the soup 'bowl'. I baked the frozen clams using 1/4 of this package from Kroger. When I lived in New Hampshire that fried clam roll was my favorite food, it is still high on my list.
I also "made" this Bratwurst Sandwich. The Wursts are frozen before I start. I cut the center out of the rolls so as to not eat too much bread. I heat the Wursts and the bread, then lay slices of cheese in the trench. Then I heat and put mustard. Sometimes I have sauerkraut on them but my sauerkraut had been in the refrigerator too long and I threw that away.
_ _ _ _ _The Fine Print:
- Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running this meme, Friday's Hunt. Her rules are: "Welcome to linkup for Friday’s Hunt. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The link opens at 7pm Friday Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm." You have plenty of time to enter as you can get the letter and the other two requested topics as early as Monday. That is in her sidebar.
Labels: Doctoring, Driving Pictures, Food, Friday’s Hunt # 02 - 2016, Jim Bunch Eats, Jim Does, Seafood
