Friday, October 13, 2023

Letter "O" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures

This Week's Prompts Starts  with "O." A Favorite. "O"ne. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. 
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Starts with "O"Onions, they are a part of many of my recipes.  I was pretty proud of this sandwich.  Mrs. Jim was having eggs and grits for lunch.  I opted out of those although she volunteered to hard boil an egg for me with hers if I wanted.  I wanted.

Before the egg was finished I had decided that I would like an egg salad sandwich.  I said that I would make her one also but she stuck with having her beloved grits.  (Note:  I had my first serving of grits at a Holiday Inn restaurant where I was staying when I first came to Houston from a three year duty with my company, Philco Corporation)

My Ingredients, yours may vary:
 - One hard boiled egg
 - One hot dog bun
 - A piece of onionOne large purple plum, One teaspoon tartar sauce, Mayo as needed for consistency (I used light), One teaspoon yellow mustard if you want, I did not, Salt and Pepper, I used a couple of pinches each.(mix all these together and make the consistency suit yourself by the amount of mayo and mustard
- Other items that you yourself would add to make a deviled egg or egg salad can be used 
 - Two fairly large Romaine lettuce leaves

I cut the center out of the hot dog bun to replace that part with my egg salad.  Dice the egg and onion into fairly small pieces, the fruit into larger.  Put in the lettuce, add the salad.  Yummy!



A Favorite:   This little Hibiscus has been having a pretty bloom about one every other day, all spring and all summer.  Once in a while it has two blooms at the same time.  I took this picture from right our back door window, it is full length. 

Growing in the box are seven little volunteer Vinca flowering plants that I rescued from being covered with the new mulch put on our flower beds.  BTW, rabbits do not eat vinca plants or blooms.



Tom's choice, "One": One good great sandwich. 
This was our supper the other night. Almost a sandwich, for the picture, Mrs. Jim had hers open faced, for mine I completed with a covering slice of toast to complete its being a sandwich. The French would call hers a "Croque Monsieur" with ham and cheese.

It takes about ten minutes to make for two. Here goes.
Ingredients: (makes two)
    Two eggs
    Four slices of deli ham
    Four slices of cheddar cheese
    Four slices of bread (Mrs. Jim's used only one)
Cooking and assembling:
    Cook the eggs one at a time;
    Open and stir the egg in a square bread slice sized microwaveable Pyrex type bowel (I should add to spray the vessel with vegetable oil, and cover the egg with a paper towel as it will likely pop a little-that doesn't hurt a thing)
    Microwave 75 seconds at 60% power
(This was my supper the other night. Almost, the Mrs. has hers open faced as shown in the picture; I completed mine with a covering slice of toast to make the sandwich.
It takes about ten minutes to make for two.)
    Flip them upside down
    Layer the ham, then the cheese
    Turn them right side up so that the pretty egg is on the top.
(I put a little ketchup on each bite when I cut it. For me, ketchup goes on a lot of things.)
    Pronto!!
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[click on photo for larger sized viewing]

Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures:   My son, Tim, took this photo back in 2016 while at his work.  He is a Boatman and had just untied this ship from the dock five minutes before.  

The ship, leaving the Houston Ship Channel with its cargo, struck an obstruction in the water, leaking gallons and gallons of flammable liquid.  Somehow the liquid floating on top of the water caught fire.  Causes and damages are still under investigation when he gave me the photo.  No life was lost.

 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.  
This photo in 2016, February 8, was formerly posted by me, at 
and was posted today again on  my other active blog at http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-have-this-fear-poem-now-for-friday.html
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Friday, July 14, 2023

Letter "B" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures

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 - This Week's Prompts  Starts with "B."  A Favorite.  Tom's Choice, "B"ig.
 - James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures."  
 - We have just started, Last Week, the 11th series of Blogging through the Alphabet with Tom. 
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Starts with "B":  "Bite" starts with "B".  This is the Last Bite of the McDonald's Egg McMuffin I had Wednesday.  You will notice that I put ketchup on my egg and cheese Bites.


A FavoriteBreakfast will be my favorite "B" word today.  These are the Last Bites of my egg, cheese, and sausage croissant breakfast sandwich along with Tater Tots and coffee today at Burger King.


Tom's Choice, "Big":  I wrote a poem Wednesday about a Big glob of snot, hanging.  Read it here.  It is clever but not pretty (my evaluation).

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Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid CapturesA Bad Year for the animal life.  The Bird  standing near the edge in the right of the picture is a Blue Heron.  

You can see how our lake, in 2006 was filled up, not with water but with weeds. This is the spectacular Lake Conroe. Our dam had been fixed after Hurricane Rita destroyed a major portion of it last summer. FEMA helped with $1.x million.  It just didn't rain all the summer.
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The Fine Print
    Welcome again to my second post into Reflections 11, I hope to finish one for most every Friday's goodies. And I hope you liked (most maybe?) of this first one.  

 - [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 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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Friday, October 22, 2021

Letter "Q" -- -- Weekend Roundup

THE SEVENTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES - The Letter "Q" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "Q"; (B) "Queen" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; and (D) A Lagniappe.  

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[Photo from  F a c e b o o k  "cb and ham antenna group"]

(A) Starts with the Letter "Q":  A Quaint old truck belonging to a ham radio fellow, see his antenna at the back. 

Question:  Why is this old truck looking so Queer (starts with "Q")?   

Answer:  Because it is Quaint and has an antenna for mobile operation on top of the cargo roof.  
[hint, highlight the blank area to see the answer]


 
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"Pussycat pussycat, where have you been?"
"I've been up to London to visit the Queen."
"Pussycat pussycat, what did you there?"
"I frightened a little mouse under her chair"
"MEOWW!"
Nursery Rhymes Lyrics and Origins ] 

(B) "Queen" (Tom's Choice):  Our friends from Towcester, Northampshire, England, 65 miles NNW of London came to town to visit us.  They explained that Queen Elizabeth would travel in her carriage through the streets to open Parliament for the then current session.  They would show us a quiet place on the sidewalk to see her pass by.  That was much excitement for us. 

Not very original and neither is this post.  It is a rework from one I did in 2013.  Karen was to run the Paris Marathon (she finished!) on April 15th so cheering her on was our excuse for going to London and Paris at that time.  

I wish we could go again this April but no family to visit now so that is open for discussion now.  See more of this episode, click here,  from my March 14, 2013 post, for my "Q" word Queen back then. 
 
And also you can use the Label at the bottom, "London Summer 13" for some other things we did during that trip.


(C) A Favorite:   My Quick yummy morning breakfast snack break is over.  Mrs. Jim brought my coffee, the food was part of her breakfast doggy bag which she brought home from Monday.

A breakfast croissant  with egg, ham, and cheese.  I saved the top lid piece of the croissant for dessert  and put gobs of strawberry Jam on it.


(D.1) A Lagniappe:  Q-tip is a common compound word seldom seen in the blogs, not even for the "Q" word of the week.  Guess I was pretty hard up.  Please see the "Note" below for a rundown of the name.  It must be properly protected or it will go generic.  I believe this may be the case already.  Time will tell.

So of what purpose is the lowly Q-tip?  Men use it to hand pollinate the citrus plants, apply glue or paint in hard-to-get-to places, clean the wax out of their ears (I'd rather use the rounded edge of a paper clip), use it with alcohol or nail polish remover for cleaning up tiny spots, and--what am I leaving out for the guys?

But what in the world do women do with their Q-tips?  They are the keepers, we men have to ask for one.  Mrs. Jim had this one and another in the top drawer in the bathroom.  She said she had a bag of them under the sink, but I didn't see them.

But what does she do with them?  What does she use them for?  Most ladies aren't brave or stupid enough to dare stick one in her ear.  Nor does she build model cars or work with trains.  My guess is that she uses them for tasks which men use their index finger but for which a women wouldn't dare use her finger.

Now, I am asking for the women reading this to tell me what they use the Q-tips, i.e. "cotton swabs", for.

Note: (from my Google Search) "Q-tips® 

"Q-TIPS® is a registered trademark of Unilever and is NOT a name for just any cotton swabs. The Q-TIPS® trademark can only be used to refer to the specific cotton swab products manufactured and sold by Unilever and should not be used to refer to cotton swab products of other companies or to cotton swabs generally."

This was previously posted on April 28, 2017, but none of you except for Tom has read it back then.  (entire post, click here)


(D.2) A Second Lagniappe:  Principalities I have visited in that begin with "P":   I forgot to post my country list last week.  And we did not visit any "Q" countries, there aren't many to visit.

    Panama -- Cruising on the Norwegian Sun ship through the Panama Canal (a bucket list item)   -- 

    Peru -- On our Princess Cruise around Cape Horn from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires, Brazil  

    Poland -- Several times, first a Grand Circle land tour of the former Eastern Europe countries from Frankfort Germany and around to the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany in 2000

   Portugal -- On a Princess Cruise to the Canary Islands

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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 here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).

 - The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law. 

 - Click Here for countries I've visited.
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Friday, August 21, 2020

The Letter "H" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections

The thirty-fourth issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(THE EIGHTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "H" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "H";
(B) "Heavy" (Tom's Choice);
(C) A Favorite; and
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "H":  Heart starts with "H".  This is my "Lite" daily breakfast, one half of a package of two Honey and Oats granola bars.  Mrs. Jim has the other Half for hers. 

The Saltine cracker oeanut butter filling is a midmorning snack that I eat as a stomach cushion for my midmorning pills, nine every other day, ten the other. Definitely not a Hearty Breakfast and Snack but they are Healthy.



(B) "Heavy" (Tom's Choice):  Heavy, that would be a Hearty Breakfast.  Some days at midmorning Mrs. Jim makes me pancakes and an egg, with my added sausage patty or link which I believe would be hearty.  Ot an egg sandwich on toast with ham and cheese and ketchup.   

I can make my own sandwiches, Mrs. Jim will get one also.  I cook my egg in the microwave for 50 or 60 seconds at 70% power.


(C) A FavoriteHow about a Sausage  and cheese Kolache.  That would Lighter, not being as Heavy as above. 


Eating.  They come warm from the bakery and we reheat them for eating leftovers on subsequent days.  I cut mine open leaving the sausage all laying in one half, the other I fill with jam.  Strawberry preserves today.  
[BTW when I retired from the college, 22 years there, part of my going away present was a dozen of these rulers.  Now after 19 years I still have two, this green and the other is orange.  Don't envy me too much, I worked long and ?? hard.  Three years at the Lincoln, Nebraska, Elgin Watch Factory, five years in the U.S. Army, and seventeen as a Ford Aerospace Engineer.] 

We generally have one Kolache per serving although we buy them BOGO using the coupons at the right.  Buy three, get three free.  The coupons are on the back of our grocery receipts from the Kroger and H.E.B. stores.  


We have three Kolache Factory stores within 4.1 miles, the one down the street from us is 1.1 miles.

They will do 'Dine in' again when COVID-19 comes to an end.  Before that mostly I would come in and walk out.  We can still do that but instead as I have become shy, I use the 'Drive through.'
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[click on picture for larger Moscow view]

(D) Reflections: This is an overlook of the part of Moscow that we could see from the Winter Olympics (remnants) parking lot.  This was before we set sail on our Viking River Cruise from Moscow over to St. Petersburg.  It was previously posted with a summary post of our cruise. ( Be my guest, https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2015/03/my-alphabe-thursday-5th-letter-r-some.html?m=1 )

"We had a nice three days in Moscow, mostly on different tours although we did take advantage of one day's free time where we visited the Kremlin, Department Store, and other touristy places. Each night we returned to the ship which meant a nice breakfast and evening meal.  Also we only had to unpack our suitcase once, at the ship."

Another Russia cruise goodie, Day 1,  http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2006/11/russia-with-love-moscow-i-day-one.html?m=1
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Bonus Quiz:

1.  Tell us a little about your morning eating. I've told you most every thing above.  We do sometimes use our receipt survey coupon for two, BOGO, Egg MvMuffins from McD's.

2.  How close are you to some fast food?  At the 1.1 mile corner we have a McDonald's, two pizza plates,  a CVS drug store, and a donut bakery.  Also an Urgent Care, a child care, and two workout centers.
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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/ for my Reflections Photo.
- Photos and Text Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2019, All Rights Reserved


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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 "Eword?   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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Friday, November 24, 2017

~~ Friday’s Hunt v.4.21 -- "U" is for ...


Friday's Hunt for the week of November 24th:    1. Starts with U;  2. mosaic/collage; and  3. “I ate this”


Mrs. Jim's Brother and Sister-in-law visited us over the Thanksgiving Holidays.  Both Mrs. Jim and her brother are LSU Alumni.

1. Starts with "U":
"U" is for "Uruguay", there on Mrs. Jim's Birthday, January 1, 2017




"U" is for "Under" -- "Under the 'balloon drop'".  What do people do underneath a balloon drop anyway?
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This was New Year's Eve, 2016.  We were on our trip from Los Angels down to the bottom of the world, around Cape Horn and back up to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  We stopped at the Falklands (amongst other lots of other places) on the way back up.

What do they do at the drop?  First, they wait and wait.  Then they look up or down on the balloons falling.  Lastly, they stomp all the balloons until all are broken and the floor is ready for dancing.  A few will save a couple to take home to show the kids.

2. mosaic/collage
I think this would make a beautiful Mosaic.  I might try it. 


This picture was part of the decorations on our cruise walls.  It was for sale.

If you don't like this then try the Breakfast Dish below or the half eaten Texas Cinnamon Apple Fritter I picked up this morning.  I am not particular.  I hope our 'Teacher' isn't.

3. “I ate this”:  Take your pick, either the "Breakfast dish that Mrs. Jim made for me" or the "Texas Cinnamon Apple Fritter" that I bought this morning.


 
 
 
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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 signing in link opens at 7pm Friday Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm." You can read others' posts there any time.
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