- Tom's Requests: Starts with "W"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "W"ater.
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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| The fellow on the bench is made of bronze |
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This kind of ducks also live near us three miles away
over in a flood water retention green area |
James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: I was at the library again this Wednesday and had an hour by myself to read, work my Sudoku, and work on getting this and my Poetry blog ready for Friday.
This lady who came along and sat across the aisle from me didn't ever say a word or look my way. She had to know I was taking ''water pictures" for Tom and James' Reflections. But she didn't even squint or flinch and look my way when I took this one.
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Four-year-old KP was driving this Jeep. She's going on fourteen next month. Check "KP Driving" label at the bottom. When she gets her license she wants my '98 Mustang Convertible for school
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Starts with "W": Women and Woman start with "W". We will discuss Women Drivers today.
1. One of the worst woman drivers I have ever known lived in El Paso, Texas. She ran a stop sign right in front of my Vespa motor scooter. I was riding it down a main thorough fare, she was coming out of a side street.
2. We were not traveling too awfully fast, each well within the speed limit. She just didn't stop at the stop sign.
3. So I ended up on the hood of her car. Both of my knees were sore for a long time but nothing was broken. The scooter needed quite a bit of repair. It turned out she did not have insurance for anything except collision (covered her own car). She had just purchased this Pontiac new and that is all the dealer had sold her.
4. She did fuss at me for being on the street. Then she said not only did I not have a right to be there with the scooter but that I was traveling without any lights on. The policeman told her that yes, I did have my lights on. When I pushed it out of the middle of the intersection the lights tried to come on until I took it out of gear.
5. The policeman agreed, he too had seen that.
6. The woman was put on probation for her driving and for not having liability insurance she could lose her license. I had to sign a paper that I would take payments from her for my damages, scooter and doctor, etc., I would notify the Court if she missed even one day on her payments. Needless to say, she was always on time in paying.
A Favorite: This was my dad's toy tractor and Wagon. Now, since Dad died in 2009 at age 97, the tractor is mine and the Grain Wagon belongs to my little sister, Lois. They are cast iron 1:18 scale models, the wagon has a wooden bed.
Dad's last real farm tractor was like this, an International Farmall M GTA, his wagons were older. The tractor has joined my other scale model cars, trucks, and tractors. Most are 1:18 scale, a few are 1:24 or smaller; I have around fifty of them.
Adults having fun in the water:
Playing beach ball in the water with the kids
Stealing from the kids -- rescuing lost golf balls that kids might have sold
These are balls rescued from the golf course, many came from the water, possible the water being held in the sand trap where Sam (not his real name) is raking for balls. He found several but not his own.
Tom's suggestion, "Water":
A Lagniappe: A Quiz; Describe in as few words as possible could describe the driver of the little grey car. (hint--my answer is one word)
Answer: Woman highlight the space to the left and see if you had the right answer.
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Labels: Birds, Friday's, Humor(?), KP, KP driving, Lois, Reflections, Toys, Weekend Roundup 10
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "U"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "U"gly.
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "U": "U" will be for Umbrella today. Last year there were three, these two shortened type but I lost my black one, left it on a bus in London,, and now I use the one on the right.
It was Mrs. Jim's, but it became tricky to open so we got her a new one like the tricky one. Now I use the older one instead of buying a new one.
Her newer one has identification stickers, one is on the handle's end, you see the white glob on the end.
A Favorite: I hope you won't accuse me of being vane by posting a photo of myself. But it is my favorite. We, Mrs. Jim and I, were on the Sydney, Australia, ferry that goes around to the other side of Sidney peninsula. The bridge takes one over
to an Island (??) to the north.
James' request, Reflections: Don't say a muddy puddle won't give off a Reflection. I was at the back of our library and noticed this mother duck herding her eleven baby ducklings over for a swim. According to our newspaper this was the first time to come to Texas after a four-year hiatus.
Something "Light": Kids Advice on Love and Marriage
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HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY?
No person really decides before they grow up who
they're going to marry. God decides it all way before,
and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.
* Kirsten, age 10
Tom's suggestion, "Ugly": Colors, Ugly and broken. Why do I use them?
See my 2018 poem below or go here.
Colour my World -- a Poem for Tuesday
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/16462767919Composing with Color
Why do I use broken crayons to write
Colors in small pieces I've lost their names
Their wrappers are gone they're no longer proud
Now looking dull still for me they'll wax bright
It's for those bright hues on paper they leave
I'm inspired to fashion my morning thoughts
Evening ones too, even in midday's heat
Mournful sticks colorful hues they invoke
That the color shows through to those who read
That their thoughts and dreams can depart this world
Mono-colored and ugly bit brightened
My hope for them those broken crayons bring
"Thanks" to those small naked pieces of wax
You have lightened the young and old and me _ _ _ _ (more) - Photos and Poem Copyright, 2018 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved (see above link for source of my PrintScreen Photo)
- I'm linked with Pat (willow_switches) at the Real Toads, http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/06/tuesday-platform-colour-world-in-words.html Labels: Aus-NZ, Birds, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, Humor(?), Mustang, Poem, Reflections, Syllabic Form
- Tom's posting prompts: This "Week's Prompts Starts with "G." A Favorite. "Grand".
- James wishes for our Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures
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| Taken in 2013 at Hyde Park, London, U.K. |
"Half is better than none," or so they say. Others will argue, "It's all or none"
Starts with "G": This one-legged Goose wants to be my G-Word today.
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A Favorite: This couple, Matt and Claire Abrey [google them and also click the picture for a full screen look at this nice car], are driving down Piccadilly Street in London. They may have been returning from the filming in London of an episode (episodes) for Top Gear. There were £200million of British cars around for this. (link).
I could not find much about this specific car we see. In races the Abrey's enter it in the pre-1920 class. (road rally link picture) I was not sure exactly looking to find more.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY WERE THERE, ON THE STREET BESIDE OUR CITY BUS.
Tom's choice,"Grand": The last beach where we played was at the Seven Mile Beach at Grand Cayman Island.
We always call him, no matter where he is or who he really is, the Friendly Stranger. A Friendly Stranger took this picture, it has been cropped to portrait size.
Aside, he had been drinking a lot but was able to snap this one for us. We hope he didn't drown; the warm water may have sobered him up, I wonder?
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Do you know how to make chicken jerk?
You sneak up on it and holler BOO!!!!
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Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Students intently (??) listening to their Bible Study teacher. The lesson was from 1 John 3.
A Lagniappe #1: There's a lot of Gaff that teachers have to put up with. It is no wonder that so many are retiring ASAP, most Gaff comes from the politicians and some also by the mislead parents.
The pictures are some books that teachers, and libraries, have no discretion but to follow new rules to ban them.
For this week's post I've circled all that have a prominent "G" letter in the word and its usage.
From top to bottom the words are as follows:
Ghost; Gay; Gay; and Gender.
I agree, some are not suitable for all ages, but adults should be able to read as they wish.
A Lagniappe #2: BTW, I bought a used book today, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Both Mrs. Jim and I had read excerpts but not the entire book.
A Lagniappe #3: I like the comics, a.k.a. funnies, but I read only about ten of the many of those in my Houston Chronicle. Five I make a point of reading and then five or six more if I feel like reading more. The top five are Peanuts, Mother Goose and Grim, Hagar the Horrible, Blondie, and Beatle Bailey.
Peanuts is my favorite, I like Beatle Bailey because he is an Army Private and I started my five years as a Private also. The other five or six I often read are Bizarro, B.C, Family Circus, Ziggy, Rymes with Orange, and F-Minus. I hardly ever read anymore.
In peanuts right now, Snoopy's brother, Spike, is visiting. He is in bad shape with the drought in the desert where he lives and came for help.
Questions for you:
Do you read the comics?
If so, how many on average?
What is your favorite?
Growing up I used to read Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annice, and Little Abner which terminated in 1977 (read more). I still have my 127 Dick Tracy camera. _ _ _ _
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- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link is 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.
-The one-legged Goose photo was previously posted in April 2015 with several other photos with a slightly humorous poem I wrote, it is posted at the link below on my other active blog,
Labels: Bible, Birds, Books, Caribbean, Cars, Cartoons, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, Humor(?), London, Quiz, Race, Reflections, The Comics
- 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).