Friday, April 26, 2024
Letter "Q" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "Q." A Favorite. For Tom, "Q"uite". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "Q": This Canaille was quietly getting ready for blooming. It is the first flower this spring where a plant that has been cut to the ground has blossoms.
The rabbits living around here have nibbled on some ends when they were more tender.
A Favorite: The Canaille is my Favorite because my father had canailles all around his converted office up in Nebraska.
Those are his canailles around the smaller building. It was converted from a baby chicken brooding house into an office for his seed corn business. There is a yard light on top of the pole, yes there is not a street, it was sitting in our farmyard. I slept on the front porch behind the hedge.
I grew up in the house sitting in the back. It was a two bedroom, four room, two structure built around 1900 and moved to our family farm in 1920. The new owner had bulldozed it down and has burned the rubble.
Read more about that here.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: The Guadalpe River is great for rafting. I'm not sure why the picture came out so striated.
For Tom, "Quite": This is one is a spot where the river runs Quite smoothly but there are rapids along its route at other places. You can read more about the house and my growing up here.
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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: Animals, Flowers-buds-plants, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Jim's old home, Jim's old home place, Reflections
Friday, March 01, 2024
Letter "I" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "I." A Favorite.
For Tom, "I"ce".
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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| You can see the frost build up and it was defrosted a couple of weeks ago. |
Starts with "I": Our small freezer is beginning to be an Icebox, as it fills with frost way too fast. I think perhaps the door seal has worn. Icebox starts with the letter "I". Read here, in Wikipedia, about the early iceboxes, "the non-mechanical refrigeration appliance". I don't remember ever seeing one, as we lived on a farm and didn't get electricity until 1938. At the same time the folks purchased a refrigerator.
A Favorite: These are a couple of Ivory Carvings the Mrs. Jim inherited from a retired military officer's wife. They sit on a bookcase shelf in our living room now. Ivory cuttings are the death of the elephant many times because the illegal hunters kill for them. [I may take another picture in the morning with better light.]
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| [click on the picture to better see the Ice piece of sitting on the pipe] |
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For Tom, the word, "Ice": Ain't she cute! We got down to 22°F that night in 2007 shown here, so we dripped the outside faucets. [Adi was our Beagle dog, she died in 2012.]
Look closely for the icicles. The piece of Ice you see sitting on the pipe was from a big icicle about 18 inches long that fell from the faucet and broke. I have a piece of it sitting on the sprinkler pipe. The other icicles are on that weed to Adi's left, your right.
A Lagniappe:
"Blue Bell Light Homemade Vanilla" was our favorite for a long time. Back when Blue Bell was shut down due to a bacteria run loose in their plants. Finally, this Light variety, was the last to start production, months behind the regular flavors. It was also Adi's favorite. (link). But after the COVID Blue Bell stopped making it. That was when we stopped eating Blue Bell brand altogether.  |
| [click on any picture for larger size] [link for super sized] |
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Adi and I found this pretty pool on our walk this back in 2008.There was not a cloud in the sky that morning!
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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 "Back
woods 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: Adi, Adi Can, By Adi, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Jim's old home, Jim's old home place, Reflections, Walk pictures
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, 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:
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- 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, July 24, 2020
The Letter "D" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The twenty-ninth issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(THE FOURTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter D" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "D";
(B) A Couple (Tom's Choice);
(C) A Favorite; and
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "D": "Die Afrikannse Taalmonumt" is The Afrikaans Language Monument dedicated to the acceptance of "Afrikaan as the official language of South Africa. We visited the monument on a hill not too far away. (
Wikipedia Link)
For us the sign, one of the lines, directed us on the "Road to Our Winery Picnic and Tasting." And the monument is pretty and large.
Look like good South African fun outing? Each couple had a basket full of good food. We were a ways northwest out of Cape Town.
(B) Dark (Tom's Choice): I am afraid of the Dark and what can't be seen in the Dark.
One thing I am not afraid of is the International Date Line. At the right is a picture of it from our plane, out the window. Unfortunately, it was Dark outside.
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We were over the ___ Sea flying from Australia to our home near Houston, Texas.
(C) A Favorite: This is the Outhouse on our farm. Unfortunately a tree fell on it and then it became unusable. Fortunately for indoor plumbing coming in 1938 along with electricity.
Fortunately also was that my little sister would walk with me before bedtime, in the Dark. That she only did if I let her carry the flashlight.
(D) Reflections: We were at the "Old Town" in South Dubai looking across the water to the city North.
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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.
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(THE FOURTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter D" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "D";
(B) A Couple (Tom's Choice);
(C) A Favorite; and
(D) Reflections.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "D": "Die Afrikannse Taalmonumt" is The Afrikaans Language Monument dedicated to the acceptance of "Afrikaan as the official language of South Africa. We visited the monument on a hill not too far away. (
Wikipedia Link)
For us the sign, one of the lines, directed us on the "Road to Our Winery Picnic and Tasting." And the monument is pretty and large.
Look like good South African fun outing? Each couple had a basket full of good food. We were a ways northwest out of Cape Town.
(B) Dark (Tom's Choice): I am afraid of the Dark and what can't be seen in the Dark.
One thing I am not afraid of is the International Date Line. At the right is a picture of it from our plane, out the window. Unfortunately, it was Dark outside.
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We were over the ___ Sea flying from Australia to our home near Houston, Texas.
Fortunately also was that my little sister would walk with me before bedtime, in the Dark. That she only did if I let her carry the flashlight.
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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.
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Labels: 2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town, Aus-NZ, Eating, Friday's Weekend Roundup 06, Jim Bunch Eats, Jim's Life, Jim's old home, Jim's old home place, Reflections
Friday, July 13, 2018
Weekend Roundup -- 02-18(b) (for letter "B")
[Mrs. Jim taking a break outside a business in Bergen, Norway]
The 28th issue of Weekend Roundup for this year...
The week's prompts:
(1) Starts with "B"; (2) A Favorite; and (3) Building
(1) Starts with "B"; (2) A Favorite; and (3) Building
(1) Starts with "B": Bergen, Norway, starts with "B". We visited there in August, 2015, while cruising the West Coast of Norway on the Holland America ship, the ms Ryndam. We left from Harwich (London), England, UK and sailed to Norway for an up the coast and back down cruise.
Bergen is a beautiful town, here are some of the pictures we took:
MacDonald's are everywhere, on the left ...............................................
Our ship, Holland America's "ms Ryndam" .
(2) A Favorite: Coconut Crème Pie is one of my favorite pies. Generally the pie I'm eating is favorite for that day. .
The pie was served for dinner on the ms Rhydam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) Building: This one is a Barn which also starts with "B". I found it pictured at the Imaginary Garden where I am prompted with various words, themes, or written works for inspiration of writing a poem of my own. (Link) I hope you like her pictures there and/or others on her Facebook page referenced there.
It is an artist's rendition of what she thinks a barn she has seen looks like. Often artists paint from a conglomerate of sightings and sounds and writings and paint as they feel lead.
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The fine print: - 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.
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The fine print: - 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.
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Labels: Flowers-buds-plants, Jim Does, Jim's old home place, Travel, Weekend Roundup 02
