Sunday, August 06, 2023
Wrapped in Blue -- my Tanka Poem for Blue Monday
Something Sweet
Blue wrap--something sweet
Help yourself they're really good
More where these came from
All my sweets have blue wrappers
Gum drops Chocolates Peppermints
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Labels: Blue Monday, Eating, Food, Friends, Monday Blues, Poem, Tanka
Friday, August 04, 2023
Letter "E" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's this Week's Prompts: Starts with "E." A Favorite. "E"arly.
We both were watching the little tugboat move our ship away from the dock where we boarded.
But Mrs. Jim (here) caught me taking her picture. Most time she humors me and doesn't complain. Mostly, when I'm driving she isn't real keen on that, me taking pictures.
- James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures."
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Starts with "E": Egret starts with an "E". You can read more about this one here (she/he got killed--on the bridge never more). Some of you probably have read about it in poem form. I won't forget this bird.
A Favorite: This little rabbit and his little brother were side by side under a tree Eating, nibbling on some grass. By the time I was ready to get for picture taking they had separated so that I could only get one. I chose the closer of the two, big brother.
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Tom's suggestion, "Early": Early to Bed wasn't the issue here, back in 2011. (Katrin, still asleep here, died in 2013.)
"Katrin had a perfectly good bed. But when we went over to pick her up after our return from visiting Karen's in London there was no bed for her. The lady who keeps her was out and her husband could not find the bed.
That was not a problem for the moment although I helped him look for it we both gave up on finding it. When the lady came home she called Mrs. Jim per instructions as the husband had given us too low a figure for her keep.
After settling on the fee, Mrs. Jim asked about the bed. She said to come on over. When Mrs. Jim got there this new bed was waiting in the utility room for us. Of course, it wasn't Katrin's bed, not the one we had brought.
Then the lady fessed up. Another dog that she had named (neither of us can remember that dog's name) had attacked the bed and chewed it up until it was in pieces of foam rubber scattered on the floor.
We don't know who paid for this new bed. Mrs. Jim knows the dog's owner. Either the owner or the keeper lady paid for it. We don't care who. And Katrin is happy so all is well.
Oh yes, we think Katrin had brought a toy, a little stuffed chipmunk. We think we are ahead so the toy wasn't made an issue."
We both were watching the little tugboat move our ship away from the dock where we boarded.
But Mrs. Jim (here) caught me taking her picture. Most time she humors me and doesn't complain. Mostly, when I'm driving she isn't real keen on that, me taking pictures.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on some pictures 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 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: Animals, Birds, Dogs, Driving Pictures, Eating, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Katrin, Reflections
Friday, July 21, 2023
Letter "C" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures -- Corny, but there is a lot of Corn here today
- This Week's Prompts Starts with "C." A Favorite. Tom's Choice, "C"andy.
- James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures." _ _ _
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| Roasting Corn Ears ready for Cooking (boil until kernals are soft) |
.Starts with "C": Corn starts with "C". I can't eat corn anymore, doctor's order. Nor can I eat nuts and seeds. I cheat a little, could be Fake News, but I believe that Pecans are vegetables.
A Favorite: These are Corndogs that I cooked. Corndogs, sliced dill pickles, and Diet Cokes with corn chips on the table.
Picture courtesy of S T A T E . F A I R http://corndogs.com/
Corn Dogs are one of my favorite foods. I had my first one in California, on a pier near San Franscico in 1964.
Tom's Choice, "Candy": Candy Corn Day, October 31, is always on my birthday. So every year I buy a big bag of the Candy Corn for my namesake.
A Lagniappe No. 1: A Corn Plant. There are no ears or blossoms, ornamental only. They are very easy to grow though. Even forgiving if not watered a time or two.
A Lagniappe No. 2: Corn Field, this is me and youngest granddaughter a long time ago, peeking around out from the Corn Stalks. Click on this URL for the story behind the photo.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on some pictures 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 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: Driving Pictures, Eating, Flowers-buds-plants, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Grandchildren, granddaughter, Jim's old home place, KP, Reflections, Selfies
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
Friday, August 05, 2022
Letter "E" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
Note!!! - I for sure read the posts of all. I will also leave a comment except when you do not allow Anonymous comments.
Google has relegated me as to being an Anonymous reader.
Starts with "E." A Favorite. ""E"verywhere:"
-> James wishes for our Reflections and/or Street Photos
-> The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved by me under Copyright Law.
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What has all that to my Photo, taken at the left side of my bathroom sink vanity. Two cans of hair spray, the one on the right recently purchased, eight months after the one on the left? [Hint, to see answer please HIGHLIGHT the shaded areas.]
Easy, you guessed the larger can? Wrong!! They are holding Even amounts, Eleven ounces!! Next question, How? How did they do that? I don't know. Most all brands now have gone to smaller cans, look in the stores.
my Six Words
The dogs were laying all over Istanbul, on the sidewalks and, like the two above, in the grass. I have copied Twain's Chapter 22 of my old 50¢ find on eBay (link to my post about that), Traveling with the Innocents Abroad; Mark Twain's Original Reports from Europe and the Holy Land. Read it here if you wish, https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2013/09/dogs-of-constantinople-six-word-saturday.html .
The little golfer guy on the left, Mrs. Jim gave that to me quite some time back. He is inspiration for me as I prepare my body for all to see. I have named him, "Hole in one at the Eighteenth."
A Favorite: Egg sandwiches are one of my favorites, either homemade or McD's Egg McMuffins (pictured above), or the kind my mom used to make. Mine are very much like hers were. She put a broken yoke fried Egg on a slice of bread spread with mayonnaise. The top side slice was laced with catsup. On mine I toast the bread and put a slice of American cheese on the egg before the catsup spread top piece. Oh yes, the egg has salt and pepper on one side.
On the Egg McMuffin I remove the ham or sausage patty to eat with a fork. Sausage gets catsup and I leave the top off for it with jam and my second cup of coffee.
Tom's choice "Everywhere" 1:
my Six WordsI loveqd Twain's "Dogs of Constantinople"
"... dogs," he said, "I feel them Everywhere ..." We did too!!
Twain felt sorry for them in a way and admired them in another way. He told of a Sultan who once tried to kill them all off. That was unpopular so his efforts to rid Constantinople of the stray dogs failed.
Another time he tried to ship them all to an island. Not a problem there until it came back that the dogs never reached the island. Somehow they all "fell" overboard on their way. Sounds like in our 'old' Army when a footlocker falls on a belligerent trooper or he falls down the stairs.
The dogs were laying all over Istanbul, on the sidewalks and, like the two above, in the grass. I have copied Twain's Chapter 22 of my old 50¢ find on eBay (link to my post about that), Traveling with the Innocents Abroad; Mark Twain's Original Reports from Europe and the Holy Land. Read it here if you wish, https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2013/09/dogs-of-constantinople-six-word-saturday.html .
Tom's choice "Everywhere" 2: Cats were Everywhere also. (more here, https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-cats-of-constantiople-venice-to.html )
Reflections and/or Street/Candid: These are my neighborhood photos from our walk on Tuesday. We probably walked a mile round trip; we old folk walk slow. Different doctors separately want each of us to walk for 30 minutes, five days a week. Another, a therapist wants each of us to climb our stairs every two hours.
Lagniappe: This would be the beginning of another walk, in Paris, France, here to the Eiffel Tower (https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2013/03/two-paris-hotels-six-word-saturday.html ) and
then along the river to the D'Orsay Museum ( https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2011/02/little-culture-st-jean-baptiste-rodin.html )
and on to Notre Dame de Paris [one of the oldest gothic cathedrals in the world] all for about three (3) miles. Then we
returned using a shorter route back to our hotel on the corner where we were starting the walk, where I took this picture.
Right side photos from here,
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Labels: Animals, Cats, Dogs, Eating, Food, France, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, Reflections, Walk pictures
Friday, July 29, 2022
Letter "D" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
New!! I'm now allowing
anonymous comments!!
(Please leave your name and URL
I'd like to return your comment.)
[There may be a drop-down arrow for putting in
your comment but you can just leave it in your text.]
Starts with "D." A Favorite. "D"ouble:"
-> James wishes for our Reflections and/or Street Photos
-> The pictures mostly are all mine and rights
are reserved by me under Copyright Law.
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| KP in 2016. She's a teen now. |
- Starts with "D": Donut starts with "D". I do a brag for them; I am going on my 19th year without eating ANY donuts since 2004. I do eat Kolache's and Apple Fritters as I don't count them a Donuts. And I've bought a lot of donut holes for KP and other kids and a few donuts for relatives. A poem post about that here. In the photo at right KP has a sack of donut holes and a cholate milk.
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| A Trail Ride, this wagon is being pulled by a Mule Team |
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- A Favorite: I'm liking our annual Trail Ride where the 'country' folk and the wannabe country folk harness and hitch up, or ride, their horses, mules, and donkeys. Hinnies?
A: A mule (highlight between here
and the letter "A" to see if you are right.)
Q: What do you get when you cross
a male horse and a female donkey
A: A hinny (Again do the highlighting
to see the Answer.)
- Tom's Choice "Double": Down to Double Diget temperatures this week! Whew, those triples have been tough. And now nights in the seventies again!
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| Krispy Creme Shop in London, 2011 |
Lagniappe: Ducks at the door. I've left my gun at home. Also could be a "Peeking Duck". Really, I don't know much about this duck. It and a few others hang out by our library. It is a nice place for them, a little pond/lake is out back with benches for duck feeding folk. They also have babies at different seasons and are proud to show them off. Guess maybe they are "showing" their small fry ducks "the ropes".
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Labels: Animals, Birds, Eating, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, KP, Quiz, Reflections, Weather
