(THE EIGHTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES) - the Letter "R" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "R"; (B) "Red" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; and (D) Reflections. (E) A Lagniappe.
(Z) had to be A - Z , TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY !!!! :)
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Friday, July 07, 2023
Letter "A" ~~ Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
Boo!! There should be a photo, my first one, pasted below and with my first Letter "A" photo. It may not show up on your face book, not here or below but is the one you just clicked on to get here if you came using that path. Sorry, I can't get it fixed to show correctly.
Welcome to my starting post to Roundup and Reflections 11, I hope to finish one for most every Friday's goodies.
- James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures."
- We are starting my 11th series of Blogging through the Alphabet with Tom.
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My photos and Writings are of "A" words, "Ahead", "Along", and "After", as seen in these photos taken through a vehicle's (tour bus) window.
Starts with "A": Ahead starts with "A". Ahead of us on Main Street of a small town, on our way to Corleone, Italy, was this heard of sheep being driven through town.
. . . . . [click on picture for larger view] [again for larger still]
Tom's choice, '"A"long': Along the road, beside the road, were these vultures gathered here to visit a deer that was killed by a car.
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| My favorite bird, my favorite poem. [taken from our car window, we stopped for it] I wrote it to stand alone without the photo, perhaps a deceased down and out lady? |
"A" Favorite: After we had gone and now came back, this Heron was sitting no more. Only a pile of feathers and perhaps some bones remained for us to see when we returned a few days later.
I dabble in writing poems, many are posted on my other active blog, a few are here. This poem was my tribute to this brave creature:
The Friend I Miss
We met there on the bridge one early morn
Admired your beauty always when I passed
Always thinking of the hard life you had
Friend my dear I miss you now very much
You've gone away I'm guessing in the morn
You were laying there lifeless on the side
Brave, you died a death you never deserved
Each time I pass I pause and wonder why
I miss the sight, you watching for a bite
Did you have a family I'll never know
No grave no flowers just a few will mourn
Count me one to ponder each time I pass
Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2011 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
- - - - - - - - Prompt word, Miss (Long for), suggested by Harshad Meta
We met there on the bridge one early morn
Admired your beauty always when I passed
Always thinking of the hard life you had
Friend my dear I miss you now very much
You've gone away I'm guessing in the morn
You were laying there lifeless on the side
Brave, you died a death you never deserved
Each time I pass I pause and wonder why
I miss the sight, you watching for a bite
Did you have a family I'll never know
No grave no flowers just a few will mourn
Count me one to ponder each time I pass
Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2011 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
- - - - - - - - Prompt word, Miss (Long for), suggested by Harshad Meta
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Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Another "men's restroom" photo, this one was taken at our doctor's office building. It is totally touch free, no pun intended. All is operated by the nearness of a human. Got to touch the water and the towels though to get washed of. Haha.
From left to right:
The urinal flushes when the fellow moves away;
(not pictured to the left, so does the sitting place);
The soap dispenser operates when the hand is near;
The water faucet squirts when body is close;
Another soap dispenser for the other sink;
The towel dispenser when the hand is near; and finally,
The door opens when a hand is waved near this trigger.
Not mentioned is the selfie of me in the left side of the mirror Reflection. The photo is tilted, sorry but to straighten it the door activator gets cut off. I only took this one picture.
Without a doubt I'm giving this Rest Room a grade of five plus (5+). You can see my other Rest Rooms Ratings, by clicking here. (Not real good, I must get busy and do some others. Promise,)
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The Fine Print:
Welcome again to my starting post to Reflections 11, I hope to finish one for most every Friday's goodies. And I hope you liked (most maybe?) of this first one.
- [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 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).
- 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: Animals, Birds, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Poem, Reflections, Restroom Rating, Selfies
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, December 24, 2021
Letter "Z" -- -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections/People on the Street
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
For the 26th letter time, The Week's Prompts are Christmas, A Favorite, and "Red and Green". The letter not asked for would be "Z".
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Christmas: Our Christmas Tree lighted. It's a seven-foot store bought artificial. Also Red and Green.
At the foot of the tree is a manger scene, a Fisher Price "toy". It represents the purpose of tomorrow's holiday, celebrating the human birth of Jesus Christ. Christians celebrate it on December 25 regardless of the actual birth date. (Click here for viewing other nativity word posts)
Hence the song that we sang over and over in my country schools, grades one through ten:
Away in a Manger
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Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head
(Full words of song at the end below)
A Favorite: My Holly Tree -- Again, also Red and Green.
My Hard Time Canna Lilly
The rabbits ate all the tender
leaves after we planted it.
Red and Green: We hope the hibiscus other plants didn't freeze again this winter
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A Lagniappe: The last rose of Autumn but more are on the way.
Another Lagniappe: my favorite "Z" Words are
1. Zipper;
2. Zigzag; and
3. Zoo (not necessarily in that order; plus there may be other favorites that I have not mentioned.)
I am showing you a fence owned by my friend who has a "little ranch" near Telluride in Colorado.
Today I like best "zig-zag" as a zig-zag fence appeals to the hidden rocket scientist nature in me.
They can be freestanding without the use of buried fence posts. A section can be removed and put back for access/entrance without damage to the fence. Lastly on my short list is that their rustic looking appearance appeals to me.
- This fence belonged to my friend and neighbor before we moved to Katy. It was on his Colorado ranch and was there before he acquired the property.
He was a retired major oil company CEO who started in the Chemistry lab of the company when he graduated with his degree, a PhD in Chemistry.
A Reflection or a Street Photo Capture: during a little bit of Christmas shopping I had to use this restaurant. The store had two, both "any gender" per the sign.
It's been a long time since I've rated a relief facility but this on would have been a Zero except that scale goes from one to five. I RATE THIS ONE A ONE.
Another Lagniappe: Below, is the last full posting on this blog for the year, the following post is from 15 years ago. I started it in December 2005 but the picture and text below are from January 2006, it was Adi's, our beagle dog's, first of many on this blog. She was also on some of my other blogs here and there.
Incidentally, this blog has 2,257 posts, 884 draft posts, for a total of 3,140 writings. It has 18,690 comments with 710,899 hits. Quite a few families and friends read it and tell me about their viewing but don't leave comments.
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.
- Click Here for all countries I've visited. (none for XYZ, there aren't any.)
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Note: I have activated my "jim's little Christmas Tree farm" blog posting for this season. Click this label, Christmas 2021 , to have a peek and monitor my progress.
It has directions to send me a picture of your tree or decorations if you wish to do so.
Away in a manger
Away in a manger
No crib for a bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head
The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay
The cattle are lowing
The Baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes
I love You, Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side
Until morning is nigh
Be near me, Lord Jesus
I ask You to stay
Close by me forever
And love me I pray
Bless all the dear children
In Your tender care
And fit us for heaven
To live with You there
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Sir David Willcocks / W.j. Kirkpatrick
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Labels: Adi, Adi Can, Blogging, By Adi, Christmas, Flowers-buds-plants, Friday's Weekend Roundup 07, Friends, Grandchildren, Reflections, Restroom Rating, Songs, Toys, YouTube
Friday, October 30, 2020
The Letter "R" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The forty-fourth issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(A) Starts with the Letter "R": "Rainbow" starts with the letter "R". Don't you just love the Mama pushing her Baby in the Perambulator!!
"Remember" also starts with "R". Please Remember what all you learned this year from our "National Breast Cancer Month" doings.
Mrs. Jim had a doctor vistit yesterday, at the Houston Methodist Memorial Hospital they were finishing with the Breast Cancer Awareness Month things, they had a beautiful craftwork display in the entry to the Hospital.
I am showing the pictures that I took when we left.
(B) "Red" (Tom's Choice): See the Red Pretties. "Taco Bout a Mamno."
(C) A Favorite: This was Mrs. Jim's Favorite, the Witches.
They looked Real to us.
(D) Reflections: I Rate this men's public rest room at the Houston Memorial Hospital West a FIVE, the highest on my scale. It is an all automatic, touch-nothing, facility. The faucets, the soap dispensers, the towels, and even flushing, are auto.
And everything was super clean. Only the diaper changing station, beside me in the photo, is manual.
I did not take this picture to be a Selfie, I just couldn't find a place to hide.
(E) A Lagniappe: Here are the few other pictures I took at the hospital entry:
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Bonus Questions:
(1) What if anything is your surrounding doing for "Breast Cancer Aware Month? There are various activities and fund raisers around. We did not participate, we've had a wedding at the beginning of the month and then spent two weeks in Baton Rouge with our elderly, age 100, cousin.
(2) What is your favorite "R" Word? Mine today will be Radio. I have an Amateur Radio Operator license but have not been active for quite some time. I enjoy finding and listening tp Short Wave radio stations.
I also like working two-way with Morse Code and then with the Two Meter Repeater activities. I have been a Ham Radio Operator since 1960 and have several radios, all of an older generation.
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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.
- 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: Friday's Weekend Roundup 06, Jim Does, Reflections, Restroom Rating
Friday, November 01, 2019
The Letter "R" ~~ Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The 44th issue of Weekend Roundup for this year...
(THE EIGHTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "R" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "R"; (B) A Favorite;
(C) "R" for '"R"ed' (Tom's choice); and (D) Reflections
(A.2) Starts with the Letter "R": Robbed, Robbery, and Robbers start with the letter "R".
We were Robbed this last Tuesday, Robbers took/stole the green garbage can showing here. It came with the house and is for Recycle Items. A new one will cost us $65 from the garbage disposal company.
(A.3) Also starts with Letter "R": This little Rabbit (look closely, at the Right) found
time to rest from his afternoon Run.
The Rabbits have Free Range of our backyard, as do Alligators. They both were here first and so have been given a lifetime pardon in our Deed Restrictions.
We do use deer and Rabbit Repellent on our flowers that to them are better eating than the stuff in Mr. McGoo's Garden.
So far no alligators here but the Sheriff Department would take them back to the green area waters or to the Brazos Wildlife Park. For sure they won't be killed but they will be Removed if they become mean.
(B) A Favorite: These signs show good RestRoom Rules. I Rated this one a Five (5) because it is our best local just sitting and eating Restaurant, La Madeleine, and that their Restrooms are always clean and picked up and have pictures.
[click on the picture once and then once again for larger sizes]
(C) "R" for '"R"ed' (Tom's choice): A couple of nice old Red Gas Pumps, someplace in Texas.
I picked this up a while back from an online "Only in Texas" website but don't know much more like dates. If I did know I would give credit. There is one for your state, I get Texas, Nebraska, and Louisiana regularly.
(D) Reflections: The Red in these Red Roses didn't reflect like I wanted them to but here they are anyway. The pool ledges though not pretty did reflect well. Like the Rabbit picture above, this is another photo that I took in our back yard.
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My Two Questions (you can answer just one if you'd like):
1. What kind of animals are running around in your backyard? Are you allowed to trap or shoot them? Yes. We are plagued with birds and rabbitits. Can't get rid of them, deed restrictions.
2. What type of old things interest you? I am most interested in older cars. I have my mom's 1974 Ford Mustang II in our garage now. It is pristine. I sold my 1950 Ford when we moved here. I also have a 1:16 scale cast iron older model car collection, about 30 cars.
Bonus Questions:
1. What is your favorite "R" word? "R . The Roulett wheel on "Jeopardy" is my favorite.
2. What have you had stolen? Before Mrs jim and I married a thief broke into my apartment and stole my goodies. Another time my motorcycle was stolen, they cut my chain. But the Houston Police knocked on the door, the thief had downed it and he went into a muddy field. == "rrrrrr".
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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 to Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law. - I am also linked this week with James at Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ (click here) for his Reflections Photos.
- Photos and Text Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2019, All Rights Reserved
(THE EIGHTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "R" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "R"; (B) A Favorite;
(C) "R" for '"R"ed' (Tom's choice); and (D) Reflections
(A.1) Starts with the Letter "R": Rhubarb starts with "R". In July 2017 Mrs. Jim, KP (our youngest of four granddaughters), and I drove to Nebraska to visit my cousins.
These pictures I took in my cousin Jean's garden. KP and I were picking her Rhubarb and we were pleased to have her give these to take back home to Texas with us. KP is standing besides the tomato plants.
Mrs. Jim later would make us some Rhubarb Pie when we got home. This was a nice treat for us as Rhubarb does not grow as far south as we live. In the background is pictured one of her corn fields.
(A.2) Starts with the Letter "R": Robbed, Robbery, and Robbers start with the letter "R".
We were Robbed this last Tuesday, Robbers took/stole the green garbage can showing here. It came with the house and is for Recycle Items. A new one will cost us $65 from the garbage disposal company.
time to rest from his afternoon Run.
The Rabbits have Free Range of our backyard, as do Alligators. They both were here first and so have been given a lifetime pardon in our Deed Restrictions.
We do use deer and Rabbit Repellent on our flowers that to them are better eating than the stuff in Mr. McGoo's Garden.
So far no alligators here but the Sheriff Department would take them back to the green area waters or to the Brazos Wildlife Park. For sure they won't be killed but they will be Removed if they become mean.
(B) A Favorite: These signs show good RestRoom Rules. I Rated this one a Five (5) because it is our best local just sitting and eating Restaurant, La Madeleine, and that their Restrooms are always clean and picked up and have pictures.
[click on the picture once and then once again for larger sizes]
(C) "R" for '"R"ed' (Tom's choice): A couple of nice old Red Gas Pumps, someplace in Texas.
I picked this up a while back from an online "Only in Texas" website but don't know much more like dates. If I did know I would give credit. There is one for your state, I get Texas, Nebraska, and Louisiana regularly.
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My Two Questions (you can answer just one if you'd like):
1. What kind of animals are running around in your backyard? Are you allowed to trap or shoot them? Yes. We are plagued with birds and rabbitits. Can't get rid of them, deed restrictions.
2. What type of old things interest you? I am most interested in older cars. I have my mom's 1974 Ford Mustang II in our garage now. It is pristine. I sold my 1950 Ford when we moved here. I also have a 1:16 scale cast iron older model car collection, about 30 cars.
Bonus Questions:
1. What is your favorite "R" word? "R . The Roulett wheel on "Jeopardy" is my favorite.
2. What have you had stolen? Before Mrs jim and I married a thief broke into my apartment and stole my goodies. Another time my motorcycle was stolen, they cut my chain. But the Houston Police knocked on the door, the thief had downed it and he went into a muddy field. == "rrrrrr".
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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 to Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law. - I am also linked this week with James at Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ (click here) for his Reflections Photos.
- Photos and Text Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2019, All Rights Reserved
Labels: Cars, Jim's Life, Reflections, Restroom Rating, Weekend Roundup 04
