Friday, November 25, 2022
Letter "U" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "U"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Up".
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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It's linked with Kerry O'Connor at http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/06/camera-flash.html?m=1
I hope I'm not too risqué, keep in mind the nursery rhyme,
Tom's suggestion, "Up": A cross, "Christ, the Redeemer", Up on a hill seen while we were cruising out from Lisbon, Portugal. Huge reflection though it was getting dark that evening.
James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Our Alligator photo hunting yesterday in the Florida Everglades with an "Alligator catch" in the foreground, vegetation with Reflections in the background.
Look under the bridge
Can see Sydney's underpants
Not unlike Paris France
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Photo and Poem Copyright, 2018, jimmiehov6.blogspot.com, All Rights Reserved
It's linked with Kerry O'Connor at http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2018/06/camera-flash.html?m=1
I hope I'm not too risqué, keep in mind the nursery rhyme,
"I see London,
I see France,
I see xxxx's underpants."
(Or has that one been barred now?)Starts with "U": Under starts with "U". Under the Bridge at Sydney, Australia. We were on a Ferry that day in January 2013. I've aged a lot since that.
A Favorite: Us at Formal Night on the Emerald Princess.
Mrs. Jim and I've been away, to London, to see the King. I missed him, but we had a wonderful four days in London. Also, we had a train trip to Milton Keynes and saw some friends who took us to a Pub for lunch. And one evening in London we had my birthday dinner with our daughter who was working there for about three weeks.
Then we bussed to Northampton to catch a 16-day Princess Transatlantic cruise back to Ft. Lauderdale. Afterwards we honored an air boating in the Everglades excursion to see some more alligators before we flew home to Houston (Texas). We've done alligator photo hunting before in Louisiana also.
Note: I only took my Galaxy S8 smart phone and google does not like it. Consequently, I have been unable to return some of your comments when "Anonymous" is not allowed. I am sorry but google can be naughty and it affects not just me and the others unliked, but also a lot of others like me who were minding their own business.
James' request, Reflections[click on picture for larger view]
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| Vasco de Gama Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal |
A Lagniappe: We had to sail our ship Under this bridge Up above Us, again, coming out from Lisbon.
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A Notice: Now that Thanksgiving has past, I am posting my first Christmas Tree on my Christmas Tree Farm blog. See it at
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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: 2022 U.K. to Ft Lauderdale, Animals, Aus-NZ, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, London, Reflections, Travel 8, Travel22
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The Letter "P" ~~ Weekend Roundup and Reflections
The sixteenth issue of Weekend Roundup for this year, 2020...
(THE SIXTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "P" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "P";
(B) "Pair" (Tom's choice);
(C) A Favorite;
(D) Reflections.
Again this month, April 2020, I am participating in the National Poetry Writing Month daily posting of a poem of sorts. Mine are here, NaPoWri Mo 2020, for this year.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "P": "Park" starts with "P". Here I was parked on the early slopes of Mt. Franklin in El Paso (Texas). I was age 21 and stationed there at the Fort Bliss U.S. Army post. This was for five years and three kids born at the William Beaumont U.S. Army Hospital. One other, our oldest daughter was born at a civilian hospital.
The car is my 1950 Jimmy Dean Mercury 2-Door. I traded it for my equity in my 1956 Ford Sunliner Convertible after I was drafted into the Army. That car was about a year old, I had purchased it new and my monthly payments were more than a Private's pay, married and two kids.
Mount Franklin overlooked El Paso and was easy to climb. I would climb up and take the cable car down.
(B) "Pair" (Tom's choice): The bird ponders a pair of pairs walking, separated about six feet apart, Governor's orders.
(C) A Favorite: A pair of Corn Dog Lunches that I made. The drink is Diet Coke, the pickle slices are Dill. I have made a lot of the noon lunches since our 'lock-in'.
(D) Reflections: Burial grounds for Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales. It is in England northwest of London quite a ways, at the family "Althorpe" Mansion and Gardens.
I wrote my short poem in tribute of her and the burial cover for Wednesday's NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Writing Month, Day 14. https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2020/04/day-14-of-naplpowrimo-2020-tribute-poem.html
(E) Lagniappe: "P" is also for Pretty. This is a pretty little bouquet made from some pretty small flowers that I have picked on our daily 30-minute walks.
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My Two Questions (you can answer just one if you wish).
(1) What comes to mind when you think of pairs? Mine is two Pairs of Docker sandals that I bought when on sale from Penny's. Also my firstborn children are a pair, twins.
(2) When is the last time you had a bouquet of pretty flowers? I don't remember, Mrs. Jim and I both from time to time make up a bouquet, Mrs. Jim will occasionally buy some at the Kroger grocery strore.
Bonus Questions:
(1) what is your favorite "P" word? This time it will be "Peace" I will be so glad when we can have peace in the world like years not too far back. The Bible says we will always have wars and rumors of wars.
(2) Do you have any pictures of cars you owned in the past, perhaps they are old cars of interest now? I don't have pictures of cars I have owned, especially ones before this Mercury and some after as most ofd our early pictures were ruined when ouer house flooded. I wish I had a few of those now.
(3) Have you been on a lot of walks now that we are confined. Tell about it if so, PLEASE. Mrs. Jim and I have started walking for at least 30 minutes each day, doctors' orders. Each of our doctors requested separately that we do this, on the same day. And those doctors probably aren't acquainted. Almost makes on think this was Provedential.
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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, (click here for his Reflections Photos).
(THE SIXTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES)
- the Letter "P" Prompts are:
(A) Starts with the Letter "P";
(B) "Pair" (Tom's choice);
(C) A Favorite;
(D) Reflections.
Again this month, April 2020, I am participating in the National Poetry Writing Month daily posting of a poem of sorts. Mine are here, NaPoWri Mo 2020, for this year.
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(A) Starts with the Letter "P": "Park" starts with "P". Here I was parked on the early slopes of Mt. Franklin in El Paso (Texas). I was age 21 and stationed there at the Fort Bliss U.S. Army post. This was for five years and three kids born at the William Beaumont U.S. Army Hospital. One other, our oldest daughter was born at a civilian hospital.
The car is my 1950 Jimmy Dean Mercury 2-Door. I traded it for my equity in my 1956 Ford Sunliner Convertible after I was drafted into the Army. That car was about a year old, I had purchased it new and my monthly payments were more than a Private's pay, married and two kids.
Mount Franklin overlooked El Paso and was easy to climb. I would climb up and take the cable car down.
(B) "Pair" (Tom's choice): The bird ponders a pair of pairs walking, separated about six feet apart, Governor's orders.
(C) A Favorite: A pair of Corn Dog Lunches that I made. The drink is Diet Coke, the pickle slices are Dill. I have made a lot of the noon lunches since our 'lock-in'.
(D) Reflections: Burial grounds for Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales. It is in England northwest of London quite a ways, at the family "Althorpe" Mansion and Gardens. I wrote my short poem in tribute of her and the burial cover for Wednesday's NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Writing Month, Day 14. https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2020/04/day-14-of-naplpowrimo-2020-tribute-poem.html
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My Two Questions (you can answer just one if you wish).
(1) What comes to mind when you think of pairs? Mine is two Pairs of Docker sandals that I bought when on sale from Penny's. Also my firstborn children are a pair, twins.
(2) When is the last time you had a bouquet of pretty flowers? I don't remember, Mrs. Jim and I both from time to time make up a bouquet, Mrs. Jim will occasionally buy some at the Kroger grocery strore.
Bonus Questions:
(1) what is your favorite "P" word? This time it will be "Peace" I will be so glad when we can have peace in the world like years not too far back. The Bible says we will always have wars and rumors of wars.
(2) Do you have any pictures of cars you owned in the past, perhaps they are old cars of interest now? I don't have pictures of cars I have owned, especially ones before this Mercury and some after as most ofd our early pictures were ruined when ouer house flooded. I wish I had a few of those now.
(3) Have you been on a lot of walks now that we are confined. Tell about it if so, PLEASE. Mrs. Jim and I have started walking for at least 30 minutes each day, doctors' orders. Each of our doctors requested separately that we do this, on the same day. And those doctors probably aren't acquainted. Almost makes on think this was Provedential.
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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, (click here for his Reflections Photos).
Labels: Cars, Flowers-buds-plants, Friday's Weekend Roundup 05, Reflections, Travel, Travel 2, travel 20, Travel 2019, Travel 4, Travel 6, Travel 7, Travel 8, Travel3, Walk pictures
Friday, November 30, 2018
Weekend Roundup -- 22 -18(b) (for letter "V")
The 48th issue of Weekend Roundup for this year..
The week's prompts: (1) Starts with "V"; (2) A Favorite; (3) Vast
(1) Starts with "V": Vacation starts with "V". When I was teaching I would say that the best part of teaching was Vacation. First Summer Vacation, then Christmas Break, Spring Break, followed by the U.S. Postal Holidays.
The picture above is of Mrs. Jim and another lady finishing up our room for Third Grade Vacation Bible School, aka "VBS". We had five ladies, two teenage boys, a teen girl, and me for as leaders for four mornings. Our class had 21 kids, some classes had more or less. They were lettered from "A" to "J", if they averaged 21 per class that would be 210 third graders enrolled.
The Yellow Things on the wall are paper plates representing windows on our Pirate Ship (the theme of the VBS this year). Every plate had a child or teacher's picture, as if looking out the boat. My picture is at right [click any for larger size].
Our church is the 1463 Campus of the Second Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. We have six campuses plus a TV Campus.
(2) A Favorite:
I call this Very Pretty picture "Sunrise on the Prairie." It is a drawing by one of our third grade girls. Picasso, eat your heart out. You can give it a name, please. After naming it you can highlight the area between my apostrophes to see my thoughts. It is not yet a final decision.
I may frame a larger size picture for my study. It would be a nice remembrance of VBS, perhaps also Mrs. Jim's and my yellow paper plates with our pictures still glued in.
(3) Vast: This View taken tonight from the bow of the Sun Princess shows the Vastness of the Tasman Sea.
We sailed this sea in January, 2014, going to Sydney, Australia, via Wellborn after visiting Tasmania. Our cruise started in Auckland, New Zealand, and visited on the Eastern Shore, then headed to Tasmania. [ https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/search?q=Kangaroo The first picture should be of Mrs. Jim feeding a Kangaroo. ]
You can see the view by the bridge camera of each Princess ship by clicking here, https://www.princess.com/bridgecams/?shipCode=pa
The week's prompts: (1) Starts with "V"; (2) A Favorite; (3) Vast
The picture above is of Mrs. Jim and another lady finishing up our room for Third Grade Vacation Bible School, aka "VBS". We had five ladies, two teenage boys, a teen girl, and me for as leaders for four mornings. Our class had 21 kids, some classes had more or less. They were lettered from "A" to "J", if they averaged 21 per class that would be 210 third graders enrolled.
The Yellow Things on the wall are paper plates representing windows on our Pirate Ship (the theme of the VBS this year). Every plate had a child or teacher's picture, as if looking out the boat. My picture is at right [click any for larger size].
Our church is the 1463 Campus of the Second Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. We have six campuses plus a TV Campus.
I call this Very Pretty picture "Sunrise on the Prairie." It is a drawing by one of our third grade girls. Picasso, eat your heart out. You can give it a name, please. After naming it you can highlight the area between my apostrophes to see my thoughts. It is not yet a final decision.
I may frame a larger size picture for my study. It would be a nice remembrance of VBS, perhaps also Mrs. Jim's and my yellow paper plates with our pictures still glued in.
We sailed this sea in January, 2014, going to Sydney, Australia, via Wellborn after visiting Tasmania. Our cruise started in Auckland, New Zealand, and visited on the Eastern Shore, then headed to Tasmania. [ https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/search?q=Kangaroo The first picture should be of Mrs. Jim feeding a Kangaroo. ]
You can see the view by the bridge camera of each Princess ship by clicking here, https://www.princess.com/bridgecams/?shipCode=pa
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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.
- I am also linked this week with James at Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ for my Reflections Photo.
- Photos and Poem Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2018, All Rights Reserved
- Click on any picture to make it "full screen" sized. Click on your "Back" button to get back here.
- 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/ for my Reflections Photo.
- Photos and Poem Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2018, All Rights Reserved
- Click on any picture to make it "full screen" sized. Click on your "Back" button to get back here.
Labels: Aus-NZ, Church, Travel 8, Weekend Roundup 02
Friday, October 12, 2018
Weekend Roundup -- 15-18(b) (for letter "O") -- Reflections too
The 41st issue of Weekend Roundup for this year...
The week's prompts:
(1) Starts with "O"; (2) A Favorite; (3) Open; and (4) Reflections
(1) Starts with "O": Oldsmobile starts with "O". Here in the lower left is the bumper of a 1981 Olds Cutlass. We had one of these and after we used it for many, many miles we sold it for $200 to a young couple. It was exactly, color scheme and all, like the one pictured on the right, here is linked a source for more, (since we've had two more Olds, later models)(Oldsmobile is no more, it was killed during General Motors Bankruptcy proceedings), "https://www.wallpaperup.com/571084/1981_Oldsmobile_Cutlass_Calais.html ".
(2) A Favorite: One favorite sandwich is an Oyster Poboy. This is half my order of an Oyster Poboy and Onion Rings. These are cooked Louisiana style in Alexandria, Louisiana, where we went last weekend for Mrs. Jim's family reunion. Mrs. Jim and I shared the order, there were eleven fairly large fried oysters on the whole thing.
Another of my favorites is the Fried Onion Rings but I hardly ever eat them now. I just eat the rings raw. Same fiber and nutrition without the fat in the frying.
(3) Open: "Open" these doors, please. I want to see what lies behind. (There is an open upper window in the yellow house.)
These house were around the corner from Pablo Neruda's home at Valparaiso, Chile. We shared a taxi with another lady and drove all over town, for a whole afternoon [for that afternoon go to (4) in my last season's post, click here].
(4) Reflections: This Reflection is sort of rippley, it was taken at the Harbor at La Serenta, Chile. Some went from there to excursions at Coquimbo but we stayed at the Harbor town and did not go on. I loved the Overturned boat, now a day resting place for the BTW, this is the Atlantic Ocean nestling in at the cove.
- - - - - The end, that's all for tonight
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.
- I am also linked this week with Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ for my Reflections Photo.
- Photos and Poem Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2018, All Rights Reserved
- Click on any picture to make it "full screen" sized. Click on your "Back" button to get back here
- I am also linked this week with Weekend Reflections, http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/ for my Reflections Photo.
- Photos and Poem Copyright, © Jimmiehov 2018, All Rights Reserved
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Labels: Cars, Eating, Food, Reflections, Travel, Travel 8, Weekend Roundup 02
Friday, January 26, 2018
Weekend Roundup -- 04-18 (for letter "D")
Weekend Roundup
Starts with "D" ~~ A Favorite ~~ Details
(1) Starts with "D": Dinosaur and Dragon start with "D". We found this little fellow at Puntarenas, our seaport in Costa Rica.
https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGHP_enUS574US574&q=Costa+Rica:
Our itinerary is pictured below with "Details"
Actually it is a friendly Iguana that roams the streets in town. We saw two, both were in the grass over by our ship. We did not go on an excursion here, we had done that before, an afternoon trip into the rain forest.
[click on a picture for larger viewing]
Our favorite stop was at the Falkland Islands where we took a trip through the marshes out to the Penguin Preserve. It was wonderful, a 31 day trip. We had a balcony, it was needed to keep from feeling cooped up. (Pictures 1)(Pictures 2)(Google Pictures)
(3) Details: Details of our 31 day cruise are summarized (can you summarize details? Oxymoron?) by reading our Itinerary in conjunction with viewing the accompanying maps.
4.a. Lagniappe: Datsun pickup. I had two Datsun pickups similar to this one. One was a 1973 and the other a blue 1975. I drove them to work and when I got the '75 I gave the '73 to my Daughter, Susie. Later I obtained the grill from the '73 and have it hanging in the garage. 4.b. Lagniappe: Datsun emblem (Starts with "D". It was found at http://www.car-logos.net/
4.c. Lagniappe: Donuguan. That food was on this sign in front of a restaurant up the street. All I know is that it should be Filipino Food as the sign says.
According to Wikipedia (read more), "Dinuguan is a Filipino savory stew of pork offal (typically lungs, kidneys, intestines, ears, heart and snout) and/or meat simmered in a rich, spicy dark gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili (most often siling mahaba), and vinegar ..." We might call it "blood stew."
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The fine print:
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link )
- The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- Click on any picture to make it "full screen" sized. Click on your "Back" button to get back here.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link )
- The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- Click on any picture to make it "full screen" sized. Click on your "Back" button to get back here.
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Labels: Animals, Cars, Food, Travel 7, Travel 8, Weekend Roundup 01
