JIM'S LITTLE BLOG

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(A) The Letter "X":  Today "X" is for "Crossing".  Like the signs at Railroad Crossings.  I'm at the crossing, which way do I want to go?  

I went straight ahead. (photos are screen shots of g o o g l e  maps of Springville, California, except the Crossing Signal light is mine)

(B) "eXtra Special" (Tom's Choice):   "Extra, Extra, Special . . . !"

(C) A Favorite:   The Worst Selfie I've ever taken.  

October 3, 2019, in South Africa outside Cape Town, we were headed to a picnic lunch at a winery.  The food was super, a five course lunch, but forgettable.  Guess I  should  have looked at the other pictures for a hint.

(D) Street/Reflections:   A Walk Picture in the flood prevention/retention depression beside the mailboxes. 

(E) A Lagniappe.  Walmart "Wall of Honor" for Memorial Day.   I took it "Specially" for last week's "W" post.  But I did otherwise on the posting side of my plan for it.

Note:  You can tell there is more stuff to tell and show for "W's" than for "X's".  Too many for one post, even some left for next time.

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Fine print stuff: 

 - [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 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: 2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town, Eating, Friday's Weekend Roundup 06, Holiday Posts, Houston, Newspaper, Reflections, The News, Walk pictures

# posted by Jim : 6/11/2021 03:45:00 PM  6 comments

[Dec 2012 - Jan 2013; https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-alphabe-thursday-2nd-letter-k.html?m=1

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The ninth issue this week of my 2021 WEEKEND ROUNDUP postings. 

(THE NINTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)

 - the Letter "I" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "I"; (B) "Ice" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; (D) Reflections; and (E) A Lagniappe. 

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(A) Starts with the Letter "I":   Investopedia. com starts with an "I".  Our newly elected State Representative left the county and state flying in his Private Jet when his power went out last week (ours was out 48 hours and 30 minutes,  then it was on and off, up to twelve hours lost at a time).

My newspaper, The Katy Rancher, a Wednesday insert to The Houston Chronicle, reported,

"After losing power Tuesday,  G a t e s  left his home via his private jet Wednesday night and traveled to Orlando,  Fla., . . . "I guess G a t e s took Senator Cruz's lead," one Facebook user wrote. . ."  

Oh yes, he told a reporter, "I was able to meet with (one of my major venders) . . . and have dinner with their office personnel."

G a t e s ' s  supporting  business is a large flock of rent houses.

Our Attorney General also left,

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2021/02/ken-paxton-and-ted-cruz-both-left-texas-amid-freeze.html

(B) "Ice" (Tom's Choice):   Ice and snow last Monday morning (2-15-2021).  Our older daughter slipped on the ice and broke her femur, up high near the joint.  But she was able to have it pinned, screwed together, and a rod inserted inside, so that she was only in the hospital three days.

(C) A Favorite:   After our New Zealand east and south side cruising we headed west to Tasmania.  We loved petting and feeding the 'roos', and seeing all the other animals.

This was our last picture (I think) that we took in Sydney where we spent four days.  Our plane left in the afternoon so we spent a very nice morning in a beautiful garden.  If you guess the warm January breeze was blowing fairly hard you are correct.

(D) Reflections:   My oldest granddaughter sent me this photo, it was taken at the O'Reilly Houston Auto Show.  This yellow 1995 Mustang may have been her college car that she sold to a fellow in Florida.  

For her it was a hand-me-down old yellow Ford given by her mother. She cared for and kept it all five college years while getting her BA and Master's Degrees in Accounting, and even several more into her working life and marriage.  The buyer restored it and added the roll bars.

(E) A Lagniappe.  

It's a bird!  

It's a plane! 

It's NOT Superman! 

What is it?  

What are they? 

Like clouds in the sky, what do you find in these vegetables?

(I see a few animal forms but like the clouds in the sky, my lamb can be your unicorn.) 

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Bonus Questions: 

 

(1)  Tell about your last experience in a Foreign country (if you haven't been yet tell about where and why you might go--or about the last state or Provence other than your own).   We came home from South Africa  January 2020.  It  was a thirty day cruise from Dubai to Cape Town, we were gone from December 3 to January 10.   We were aboard the Oceania small ship Nautica and stopped along the way.  Read more here, Labels: 2019-20 Dubai to Cape Town, Animals 

Oh yes, we had to cancel a May Transatlantic cruise from Miami to Barcelona due to the COVID-19 mess.  It would have visited places we hadn't been including North Africa, Casablanca might have been our favorite.

(2) What is your favorite Word starting with  "I"?   Mine today will be "Igloo".   When  it got so cold, even in our house with no heat or electricity for 48 hours straight, our noses and ears got very cold, Then I thought of the Eskimos who live in their small snow/ice igloos all winter long.  Yes, some still do that.."

(3) Anything else you were reminded of here that you  would like to tell about? 

My going blogs:

Jim's Little Blog, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/

Jim's Little Photo and Picture Place, http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/

Jim's little Christmas tree farm,  http://jimmiehov7.blogspot.com/, and  

Ask Dr. Jim (blog), http://jimmiehov8.blogspot.com/ 

Cars I have owned (32 including the Golf Car)  http://jimmiehov3.blogspot.com/2021/01/cars-i-have-owned-toy-cars-not-listed.html 

Adi Pictures and Information.   Click here, Link to Adi's Meme   Adi died in 2012.

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 Fine print stuff: 

 - [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: Aus-NZ, Newspaper, The News, Weather

# posted by Jim : 2/26/2021 02:04:00 PM  6 comments

Funeral service for Dr. WC (Buddy) Burns, 71 of Willis will be held on Friday, December 19, 2008 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist. Interment will follow in Garden Park Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, December 18, 2008 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Cashner Funeral Home.

Dr. Burns was born on June 28, 1937 in Cherry Valley, Arkansas and went to be with our Lord on December 13, 2008 after suffering a massive heart attack at home. Dr. Burns was very proud to be the Pastor of North Shore Church, a father and a grandfather. Dr. Burns set an example of loving his God, living his life by biblical principles and always sharing the good news of his risen Savior.

Dr. W C (Buddy) Burns is survived by his daughters, Janet Burns Turner and husband Lester of Alexandria, Louisiana and Joy Burns Cates and husband Troy of Porter, Texas; sons, Terry Burns and wife Lee Ann of Riverdale, Michigan and Gary Burns and wife Karen of Conroe, Texas; his sisters, Harriet (Burns) Carwell of Cherry Valley, Arkansas, and Julia (Burns) Snelson of El Paso, Texas; his grandchildren, Darianne, Lynlee, Carley, Katie, Claire, Reagan, Chandler, Brandon, Luke, Ethan, Jacob, and Abigail; he is preceded in death by his wife, Arrie Beth Burns. Numerous other relatives and friends also survive. Pallbearers will be the men of North Shore Church.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to North Shore Church in memory of Dr. W C (Buddy) Burns, 410 Camden Hills West, Montgomery, Texas 77356.

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Testimony regarding Buddy:

From friend, Joe

Our pastor, Dr. W. C. “Buddy” Burns, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, December 13, 2008. He was found at home sitting in his study chair at his desk, very close to 2 years from the day that his wife passed away.

These are some thoughts that came to mind and heart, as I pondered his impact in our lives. If you didn’t know him, you can rest assured that the fact that you didn’t know him only meant one thing: He never had a chance to be within talking range of you.

Buddy Burns was, among many other virtues, a good and Godly man and friend. Not everyone can have that said about them.

How can you fully describe someone that was “larger than life” in such a “small package” with a “huge heart”?

Forgive this feeble, inadequate effort to put to paper some feelings about our friend and pastor, Buddy.


A serious soul, even when he was joking; yet remaining a delightful soul, even when he was sober and serious.

A childish, juvenile, adult --- in the best of ways.

Insatiable. A sponge. He had an ear to hear, better than it seemed. Proof was his recall of so many things discussed. He was surprising in his capacity to remember details…your details.

Insatiable. Always drinking in, but daily, hourly, constantly pouring out like a river; and constantly rushing and overflowing its banks.

You never had to wonder if his cup was half full or half empty; it was indisputably and immutably full!

Tenderly tough. A velvet hammer and a velvet anvil, but you didn’t seem to feel any negative weight of the impact. Today, looking back, his gentle hammering has taken shape, and it is looking more like Christ than before he began the silent hammering.

Extremist in love for life. Stretching the rubber band to its limits; no fear of breaking it; and, you just knew that if he ever broke it, he would somehow get it tied back together for another round.

Strange, fun-loving idiosyncrasies.

Square dancer, who was no square; leaving an impression for Christ in that little corner of his world.

Ready to watch a good fight---even a crazy fight. He was really funny about that, much like a kid.

Not one to invite a fight.

A red, white and true blue, old fashioned American!

Humble, and a pray-er; if you asked him to pray with you about something, he would; then, with remarkable recall, he would often ask you about it along the way to learn what God had done.

A talker, a real talker, but one you enjoyed listening to.

A tenacious do-er. You never felt that he was “requiring” things of you. Set the example, and kept moving.

He moved like the wind; like the Spirit of God.

Kind, yet rough. Sweet and tart; lemonade out of lemons with extra sugar poured in.

A leader and a servant.

Steady, ready, and dependable.

A giver and a receiver; a rare quality of character.

He was serious without taking himself too seriously.

Hospitable, courteous, thoughtful, loving.

Beautifully independent and dependent; yet you never felt the imbalance of codependence. He simply wouldn’t do that to anyone.

Open to truth about himself --- good, bad and ugly --- and he would ask for the truth, without making you feel like it was going to come back at you.

Ready to be accountable, and asked for accountability, yet reluctantly willing to hold others accountable, except in a gracious, indirect way.

Diligence personified. Prepared. Committed. Lived on the inside edge of the good life.

Lover of souls. A shepherd of the best sort; willing to give himself for and to others.

Always a kind word for others.

Always highest expectations of himself; he was a bit hard on himself.

An original; no cookie cutter; the mold was thrown away.

A lover of God; and, clearly an object of God’s love.

He was faithful.

I miss you, Buddy. I really, sincerely, aching-in-my-heart miss you, my “dear friend”!

I’m happy he is home; but, in the most selfish of terms, I wish he was here. I deeply miss our time together face to face, in emails, on the phone, and at church. Your investment will not be in vain in my life by the grace of God.

Here. Suddenly, gone. Classic Buddy Burns.

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From the Bentwater Newsletter

[To:] All Bentwater Members,

Today Bentwater is without a dear friend after Dr. WC “Buddy” Burns, the pastor of North Shore Church, passed away at home on Sunday in Willis. He was 71 years young. Dr. Burns, a familiar face at Bentwater for the past four years, shared his warmth, insight and spirituality with the community on a daily basis. His energy and his passion for religion were contagious and will be missed by his parishioners and the entire Bentwater family.

This great friend, father and grandfather passed through our midst unexpectedly this week, and we are happy we had the opportunity to have known him.

Labels: Newspaper, People, Preacher friends

# posted by Jim : 12/18/2008 12:00:00 AM  2 comments

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She is a "Patriotic Pooch" indeed!

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Labels: Adi, Adi Can, Animals, Dogs, Newspaper

# posted by Jim : 8/29/2008 10:21:00 AM  7 comments

Labels: Blogging, Humor, Jim's Life, Newspaper

# posted by Jim : 12/12/2007 12:19:00 PM  7 comments

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/lockhorn/about.htm

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http://www.mrboffo.com/

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http://www.comics.com/creators/wizardofid/index.html

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http://www.comics.com/comics/marmaduke/index.html

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http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/dennis/about.htm

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http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/crock/about.htm

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Even though it's slow pulling them up one by one, the Chronicle on-line now does have the ones I read including those before THE BIG CUT. (link) or (http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComics.mpl)
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So what would you do? Perhaps you can find a place I get most of my favorites all on one page?

Labels: Humor, Jim's Life, Newspaper, Scams, The Comics

# posted by Jim : 11/15/2007 12:07:00 AM  9 comments