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Friday, December 08, 2023
Letter "W" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts Starts with "W." A Favorite. "W"hite. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
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My Christmas tree blog is up now
Starts with "W": Wheelbarrow, from our home in Texas, 23 years, then we moved to our retirement home in 1999. The wheelbarrow didn't make the move though. I had loaned it to the neighbor and it was mistreated.
First they left it out several days, under an eve and it got wet and since in the shad didn't dry. But when they returned it, besides being rusty, the front wheel was broken, and the tire was flat. It got given to the heavy trash man and I've never had a wheelbarrow since.
A Favorite: My home from birth until I left home for college. Note the buildings. Dad kept them painted white very well. I was born in the house, it had a living room, a kitchen with eating table space, and two bedrooms.
When my sister was born, I was five. She got my room, and I was to sleep on the front porch, you can see the roof. Grandpa and Dad screened it and put storm windows on. No heat nor air conditioning. Frost would be on my blanket in the cold Nebraska winters. I could have changed to sleeping in the living room, heated, but I declined.
The smaller white building in front was the baby chicken growing house. When the folks quite raising chickens, Dad used it for an office for his seed corn business. That is the water cistern to the left and behind. Above ground, it would not have to be pumped.
The new owner of the farm bulldozed the house down and other outbuildings except for the barn and granaries. I'm not sure about the office. There was a yard light on top of that pool beside the office. The tall flowers were canailles.
Tom's choice, "White": My 1974 Dodge Convertible was white. It got totaled when my son-in-law's mechanic, drunk, was driving it, "testing".
For James post, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Taken from a window in the Houston Methodist Hospital West. The building across the lake is the Katy, Texas, Western Branch location of Texas Children's Hospital.
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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.
- 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.
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Labels: Cars, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Houston, Jim's old home, Jim's old home place, Reflections
Friday, December 01, 2023
Letter "V" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "V." A Favorite. "V"oracious. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
What is nice, and so sweet, is that the dog had rested its head on a toy bear. A plush little Walmart type Teddy like Adi has and loves. (link) Click on the extra large button above to see this aspect.
Looking at that dog made me want to rescue it. In fact, if I could have, I would have rescued both the owner and the dog."
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Starts with "V": Very is a very hard-working word, both an adjective and an adverb. Perhaps overworked, I use it a lot. It even has another spelling, vary, which has a meaning of its own.
I'll word it by saying that this lady is VERY "Stoogey"
"Dear Dr. Jim
My sister gave my kids really crappy Christmas presents this year. We all draw names and the minimum was $50; however, they gave him a $5 gift card to McDonald's.
How do I handle the response to this? We bought their child a Wii game that was well over $50 with tax. Please let me know your opinion. I have googled your blog and it seems like you give honest responses to people's questions.
Thank you for the response, in advance.
Warmest Regards,
Trying Not To Be a Scrooge!"
My sister gave my kids really crappy Christmas presents this year. We all draw names and the minimum was $50; however, they gave him a $5 gift card to McDonald's.
How do I handle the response to this? We bought their child a Wii game that was well over $50 with tax. Please let me know your opinion. I have googled your blog and it seems like you give honest responses to people's questions.
Thank you for the response, in advance.
Warmest Regards,
Trying Not To Be a Scrooge!"
To see his response, click here
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A Favorite: A young Vagabond, I hope he didn't get far.
Tom's choice, "Voracious": I had to look that word up: (perhaps you already knew)
Web: "Voracious is an adjective that means having a huge appetite or being excessively eager. It comes from the Latin verb vorare, which means \"to eat greedily\" or \"to devour\""
If our Vagabond (young?) fellow has not gotten some food for his dog, it will become Voracious.
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For James request, "Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: "Now to what is going on with the dog. It has turned its head, probably to rest. Possibly to avoid any interaction with me.
Looking at that dog made me want to rescue it. In fact, if I could have, I would have rescued both the owner and the dog."
The above is excerpted from my previous post,
https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2010/03/homeless-in-america-midweek-blues.html
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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.
- 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.
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Labels: Dogs, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Reflections
Friday, November 24, 2023
Letter "U" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "U." A Favorite. "U"tility. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
And Reflections and a Street/Candid Capture: Also note from the picture above the Reflections from the hood. And then the Capture of the fellow and lady making a transaction. Are they checking to make sure nobody got gipped in the coffee and refreshment deal.
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[photo courtesy of jel of "My Place", click here]
Starts with "U": Up starts with "U". Guys, never, never, leave the seat Up. (Some like the top lid up, bottom down. Makes for a rush relief faster.)
Tom's choice, "Utility": Pickup trucks are Utility vehicles. When they appear with a car front and a hauling bed behind, example, the Ford Ranchero, the Australians and New Zealanders call them Utes.
The one above is a VW Ute we found while walking in New Zealand. We arrived very early in the morning for our cruise, Aukland, New Zealand to the bottom of NZ, then over to Tasmania, Australia, and up to Sydney. So we spent the morning examining the central NZ opposite of Aukland.
Read of that here,
Read NZ Auz bit posts here.
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A Favorite: Another Utility Vehicle that we found in Lisbon, Portugal. This is a Citroen 2CV Food Truck find in Lisbon, Portugal while we were visiting there in November. I bought an Ice Cream Bar from the owner. I couldn't find this easily, but I think there may be another letter behind the "2CV" for trucks. The Citroen 2CV models were made from 1948 to 1990. A Collector Car now they are priced in the mid $25K's and up.
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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.
- 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.
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Labels: 2022 U.K. to Ft Lauderdale, Aus-NZ, Cars, Cartoons, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Reflections
Friday, November 17, 2023
Letter "T" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "T." A Favorite. "T"ree. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
The front one is my favorite. Hot Rodders use them to make "T-bucket" hot rods. Most of the originals have been either restored or used up for hot rods. A new fiberglass reproduction body can be had for several thousand dollars.
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In 1927 the Model T had wire wheels standard equipment, in 1926 they were optional. Before that the T's used wooden spoke wheels. I was surprised and delighted with the find. The last time John had talked with the owner they were not for sale.
Times and circumstances since have changed now. He doesn't know if they could be bought. I suggested that he offer to pay $1000 for cleaning the shed out if he could have the cars and whatever else the family did not want. That means work but John has some grandsons who would really like to help grandpa in his quest for more old cars.
The one on the right is for sale at a moderate price, $9,950 . It has been restored but before the restoration I imagine it looked very similar to the one John found in the back of the shed.
Note: Our visit was in 2009 and I blogged of the visit with this post back then.
Since then, John has died. He bought another Model T instead of either of these.
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A Favorite: The Zombie Tree, my Favorite Tree
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Tom's choice, "Tree": When I was growing up my parents bought as Cherry Tree and planted it inside the backyard next to the washing shed. I was suckered into taking care of it as they named it "Jim's Cherry Tree". The duty increased as the tree grew. I didn't mind though, when it started growing fruit as I ate my share out there from the Tree.
Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Our back yard, the flowers are Roses (behind, right and left). Depending on the harshness of our winter, these and others might be in blossom all winter long. We do have an oak and a xx tree, they will keep their leaves all winter long.
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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.
- 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.
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Labels: Cars, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Reflections, tree(s), trees
Friday, November 10, 2023
Letter "S" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "S." A Favorite. "S"ingle Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: This woman had told me that the empty chair "was taken". But it remained empty the whole half hour show. She wouldn't look my way, I had found a lessor place and took this picture half way through the show. [from our October cruise on the Regal Princess, 12 days, from Ft. Lauderdale to Galveston, Texas. I was running away during my BIG birthday on October 30--that's why no posts for a couple of weeks.]
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[click picture for larger view, it's really pretty]
the slopes of Mt. Etna.
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.Back in 2006 we explored Sicicly for two weeks. Then we took a Grand Circle excursion on the Amalfi
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.Back in 2006 we explored Sicicly for two weeks. Then we took a Grand Circle excursion on the Amalfi
Coast for another week.
Starts with "S": Snow starts with "S". [the top photo is of our backyard in November, 2020]
A Favorite: Sidewalk Walking Information.
The Bride and Groom
She is my love, I carry her picture
For forty-eight (now fifty) years the Lord has been true
That day so long ago I made my vow
To have and to hold, to cherish and love
She was naïve, tender, and oh so sweet
She loved me too, she'd love, honor, obey
We've kept those vows--our love has grown still more
I'd do it again, I know she would too
Photos and poem Copyright © 2014 Jimmiehov. All Rights Reserved
Tom's choice, "Single": We were Single before we got married, back in 1973.
Lagniape: A Slick 57 Ford Convertible. [a NAPA Calendar photo--Mine was a '56 Ford Convertible, bought new]
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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.
- 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.
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Labels: Calendars, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Married Life, NAPA calendars, Reflections, Walk pictures, Weather
Friday, October 20, 2023
Letter "P" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts Starts with "P." A Favorite. "P"lural. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "P": Pony starts with "P" We had one of those new, a yellow 1972 Ford Pinto. Bought it new on the Ford employee discount plan. I worked for Ford Aerospace at NASA Houston Space Center as a Senior Aerospace Engineer. I did that for 19 years, three in New Hampshire and then 16 at the Space Center, in the Flight Control Branch.
A Favorite: Our Favorite Tree was our Palm Tree. When we moved here there were Three Tall Palm Trees behind our pool along the back yard fence. We had a bad winter freeze and lost them all. We replaced them with this one shorter and wider palm tree. Then three years later another hard freeze go this one, it was sooo pretty.
Its kind was supposed to be freeze tolerant. When we first planted it the tree seemed sickly, not bright green, and not many fronds. It snapped out of that fairly fast.
Tom's request, "Plural": Right away I think of "Number" when we say "Plural". Today, then I think of the number word, "Two". I have 'two' more Ponies, both "Antique Mustangs". A 1998 Ford Mustang GT and a 1974 Ford Mustang II. Both are pictured to the right. We have moved from this house, had it planned by ourselves. ..
Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: This was on the golf course where in my not too long ago younger days our men's group of 12 or 16 or 20 played quite often. Once I had a ball that landed on one of the lily pads.
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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.
- 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.
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Labels: Cars, Flowers-buds-plants, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Golf, Golf course, Reflections
