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, 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.
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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, July 08, 2022
Letter "A" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street Captures
[This is Amber]
Tom's posting prompts, for This "Week's Prompts Starts with "A." A Favorite. "A"pple:"
James wishes for our
Reflections and/or Street Photos
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[New American Encyclopedia,
Motor Vehicles Briefly Discussed,
page 431, c. 1908, P.F Colier & Son
for sure an Antique book]
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Starts with "A": Automobile, now also called Car or Auto, starts with "A". This would be a typical Auto back in 1908, 114 years ago.
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I have a Reflection of the TV interview showing on the Coffee Tabletop and unintended, my foot selfie was in the picture. This is my pretty one, the other has as crooked and webbed toes. The two Hamer Toes are from having a car running over them, and then stopped for a bit while I was screaming at the driver to pull up.
A story. We were on the way home from Oregon back to Nebraska. We stopped at Presho, S.D, the town where Mom was born. I mentioned to my parents that I had seen as sign in the window of a small cafe saying, "Home Baked Pie". We all laugh, an inside joke, when "home baked pie" comes to someone's thinking.
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The Fine print stuff:
- The Antique Book had belonged to my father, likely a gift to him or a hand-me-down. Dad was born in 1910, the book was published in 1908.
- [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: Amber, Antiques, Books, Cars, Cats, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, Reflections, Selfies, TV
Friday, February 18, 2022
Letter "G" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 08 / Reflections and-or Street Captures
This Week's Prompts:
Starts with "G"; A Favorite; "Glass"; and Reflections and-or Street Captures
A Lagniappe: Play day is over, all are in from Golf, driving the club's Green Golf carts. Three Red Shirted Fellows and eight of us others will now go on to Incredible Pizza who is having 'all you can eat' senior lunch for $4.50 plus tax for the 19th hole eating.
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Starts with "G": Golf starts with "G". Before we moved to Katy (TX) we had a pretty par 5 fairway adjoining our Golf Course lot. Mrs. Jim played two times a week, I played one or two.
For sure I played in town with the men in a Sunday Morning Bible Study class every Tuesday morning. The men in our subdivision played Thursday mornings and sometimes I would play with them.
A Favorite: This is Mrs. Jim and BP, our next youngest Granddaughter, riding in our Golf Cart in the subdivision's annual July 4th Golf Cart Parade. BP was about Eight then, now she has graduated from College with a Master's degree and has a fine job, out of town. (some parade posts from my blog here)
They worked hard on the decorations, Karen and I helped some. I aways had the job of blowing up balloons.
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Tom's Choice, "Glass": These Teapots, mostly are Glass and a few might be pottery like China. The little Green Glass one is the newest, Mrs. Jim and I bought it at the British store in Houston. It makes tea for one, she had been wanting one like that for quite some time.
On the right is a part of our built in China cabinet, it is against the entire north wall of our breakfast room. At the present time I am using it for office work, tax time is coming.
From left to right,
the speckled teapot we bought in Poland when we visited (it was made there);
Next is one that my mom had, it was made in Japan before the WWII;
In the middle is Mrs. Jim's little Green Glass teapot from England, it is a "Price Kensington" product;
The yellow teapot was also my mother's, it is a Lipton promo, she probably used box tops to get it, on the bottom is says "Lipton Tea";
Finally, on the right is one that my niece gave us, I had a red phone booth souvenir from the U.K. and her son dropped it and broke the lid. She replaced it with this, thank you again, BWC.
Reflections and/or Street Captures: This is a very bad selfie of myself, taken last night standing in front of the back door, at eleven o'clock. I was a mess.
A Lagniappe: Play day is over, all are in from Golf, driving the club's Green Golf carts. Three Red Shirted Fellows and eight of us others will now go on to Incredible Pizza who is having 'all you can eat' senior lunch for $4.50 plus tax for the 19th hole eating.
That four-fifty includes pizza, other entree foods, salad, drinks, and desert. Alcohol is not served there. (BTW, about the time we were moving this Golf course closed, not to be reopened. It was my favorite and the least expensive.) (from a search of my blog for the word Golf, click here)
Lagniappe No. 2: The Countries I've visited that start with the Letter "G":
Where Times First
Germany - Several 1980, on a bus holiday into Eastern Europe, ending with the Passion Play in Oberammergau, Germany
Gibraltar is not a country; it is a British territory. 2013
Great Britain - Seval times, last was in 2014 when from London we took a train to Shrewsbury and then drove the rest of the way to Wales
Greece - 1980 - Last in 2013 from our way back cruising from Ukraine.
Grenada - A stop on our Queen Mary II cruise ship in 2009 [Queen Mary 2 Cruise posts]
Guatemala - Twice, in 2007 and 2008 (my posts made) on missionary trips to an orphanage helping with facility improvements and a Vacation Bible Class in Huehue Tenango (town google search).
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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 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.
- Click Here for all countries of the world.
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Labels: Friday's Weekend Roundup 08, Golf, Golf course, Reflections, Selfies
