Friday, October 13, 2023
Letter "O" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
My Ingredients, yours may vary:
- One hard boiled egg
- One hot dog bun
- A piece of onion, One 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
- 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!
- 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
Labels: Food, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Recipes, Reflections
Friday, July 14, 2023
Letter "B" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
Labels: Birds, Food, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Reflections
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.
"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!"
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®

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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- 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).
Labels: Cars, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 07, London Summer 2013, Quiz
Friday, August 21, 2020
The Letter "H" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections
(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 Favorite: How 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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"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:
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- 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
Labels: Eating, Food, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 06, Quiz, Reflections, Russia, Travel
Friday, January 31, 2020
The Letter "E" ~~ Weekend Roundup and Reflections
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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 "E" word? 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
Labels: 2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town, Animals, Family, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 05
Friday, November 24, 2017
~~ Friday’s Hunt v.4.21 -- "U" is for ...
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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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.
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.
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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Labels: 2016 South America, Family, Food, Food-breakfast, Friday’s Hunt # 04 - 2017, Jim Bunch Eats, Jim Does
























