Friday, April 05, 2024
Letter "N" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
Letter "N" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "N." A Favorite. For Tom, "N"ice". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Adi is posing with her aunt and uncle for a goodbye picture. We enjoyed staying with Lois and Jim (my sister and bro-in-law). You have seen most of our local tours. From August 2, 2006 post,
James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Seems I might have posted before. Not sure where is located but feel it's close to our home, southwest of our home. Sorry 'bout that.
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.Adi is posing with her aunt and uncle for a goodbye picture. We enjoyed staying with Lois and Jim (my sister and bro-in-law). You have seen most of our local tours. From August 2, 2006 post,
Starts with "N": Now soon I need to see my sister, haven't seen or visited with her, other that messages on the cell phone for probably nine years when she came here. Next should be my turn.
But I may have waited too long, the ladies in my life think I am too old at 90 to drive that far anymore. Southwest is having a $39 per flight sale now close like Memphis, $80 to Iowa where Lois lives. But I wouldn't drive straight through all the way one, up or down, but would and stop and see/visit my cousin in Arkansas who is a couple of years later than my age.
A Favorite: New Driver of my latest Antique? Car that I got back in 2000 for my retirement present. I would retire in 2001. This is our younger granddaughter, now a high school freshman.
CSU April hurricane forecasts FOX Weather©
For Tom, "Nice": Nice to know information, especially for us along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
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The fine print
- [Click on most 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 unless noted otherwise and their 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 unless noted otherwise and their rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law
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Labels: Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Grandchildren, granddaughter, Iowa, KP, KP driving, Lois, Mustang, Reflections, Sister, Weather
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:
- [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 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, June 09, 2023
Letter "W" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- 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 |
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
Friday, March 31, 2023
Letter "M" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's "M" Week's Prompts, Starts with "M." A Favorite. - "M"ultiples.
- James' Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "M.": "Messy" starts with "M" for a Mess of stuff found under the granddaughter's, KP's, bed for starters here.
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A Favorite: "Mother Goose and Grimm" is one of my Favorite Comic strips. Mother Goose is the Mom while Grimmy is a messed up messy teenager. A little sister cat also is featured quite often.
Tom's choice, "Multiples": "Multiples" of Munchies for Mrs. Jim's bridge group to help their nerves along while trying to be the day's winner.
James' Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures: This is very Modern and with Touchless restroom in our local hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital West.
I give it a 5+ Star Rating, scale of 0 - 5, amongst the public restrooms I've visited and rated (click to see them all) and posted on my blog. Note from the photo on the left that the door opener is even touchless.
Bravo!!!
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture 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).
- 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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Labels: Birds, Dogs, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, KP, Reflections, Restroom Rating, Selfies, The Comics
Friday, September 23, 2022
Letter "L" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's This "Week's Prompts, Starts with "L." A Favorite. - "L"ove.
- James' wishes for our Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures
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Starts with "L": Lois starts with "L". This is my sister, Lois. We don't see her very often anymore; she lives in a faraway state, and we live down south in Texas.
Here, Lois 'baby' sits' dogs for her son and grandchildren. She has never said yes to my request for her to 'baby' sit Adi. Probably she thought I wasn't being serious. Adi, the Beagle Dog, was here because we were visiting Lois.
Find more of my posts having Lois, click this link.
A Favorite: "Last" will be my Favorite today. This is my Last garbage Can Liner out of the batch we inherited from Mema, Mrs. Jim's mother.
Where Mema lived a big roll of liners came, no extra charge, every two or three months. She didn't need that many but saved them for us, her son-in-laws. After she moved out of her house we collected six rolls of these, I think we found a few more and I took two more. They have lasted us for about twenty years, now we'll have to but them.
Oh yes, Last isn't always my favorite. Generally I hate being Last in many things. Standing in Lines and being Last, to shut off the lights, I hate being last to shut off the lights as I hate being in the dark. But being nice may be polite, Jesus said the first shall be last. Matthew 20, verse 16, Matthew 20, verse 16.
Tom's choice, "Love": I Love my grandchildren. I have six, none are favorites. That said the younger and those living close naturally get more attention.
This is our Last grandchild, the picture taken several years ago. She is a teenager now. Probably it will be the Last time I'll catch her with my camera pulling in the garbage can.
Lagniappe #1: I Love this quote, so does one of my Facebook friends who posted it.
Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: I went out to get a picture, the one on the left, and noticed the Reflection in the window of the plant, a --- that is about to reach the eaves of our house. The Reflection is of that in the window of our back yard. So I took another that showed it better, and then one of Palmeira flower showing the living room back window's Reflection.
A Lagniappe #2: Tell about one of your experiences with peppers.
I have a recipe for "Quick and Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers."
Use precooked boudin, it consists of Cajun spiced sausage and rice, perfect for stuffing precooked (boiled) cut in halves Green Pepper. One link will make two stuffed half peppers, a package generally comes with two or more links.
Bake in the oven, probably about 350 degrees until nice and hot.
You can garnish the top with breadcrumbs or even put ketchup on the tops. Yum Yum.
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The Fine print stuff:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- 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.
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Labels: Adi, Bible, Family, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, granddaughter, KP, Lois, Reflections
Friday, July 29, 2022
Letter "D" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
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Starts with "D." A Favorite. "D"ouble:"
-> James wishes for our Reflections and/or Street Photos
-> The pictures mostly are all mine and rights
are reserved by me under Copyright Law.
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| KP in 2016. She's a teen now. |
- Starts with "D": Donut starts with "D". I do a brag for them; I am going on my 19th year without eating ANY donuts since 2004. I do eat Kolache's and Apple Fritters as I don't count them a Donuts. And I've bought a lot of donut holes for KP and other kids and a few donuts for relatives. A poem post about that here. In the photo at right KP has a sack of donut holes and a cholate milk.
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| A Trail Ride, this wagon is being pulled by a Mule Team |
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- A Favorite: I'm liking our annual Trail Ride where the 'country' folk and the wannabe country folk harness and hitch up, or ride, their horses, mules, and donkeys. Hinnies?
A: A mule (highlight between here
and the letter "A" to see if you are right.)
Q: What do you get when you cross
a male horse and a female donkey
A: A hinny (Again do the highlighting
to see the Answer.)
- Tom's Choice "Double": Down to Double Diget temperatures this week! Whew, those triples have been tough. And now nights in the seventies again!
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| Krispy Creme Shop in London, 2011 |
Lagniappe: Ducks at the door. I've left my gun at home. Also could be a "Peeking Duck". Really, I don't know much about this duck. It and a few others hang out by our library. It is a nice place for them, a little pond/lake is out back with benches for duck feeding folk. They also have babies at different seasons and are proud to show them off. Guess maybe they are "showing" their small fry ducks "the ropes".
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Labels: Animals, Birds, Eating, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, KP, Quiz, Reflections, Weather
- 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).