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.
_ _ _ _
(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
_ _ _ _
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.
_ _ _
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, September 15, 2017
~~ Friday’s Hunt v.4.11 -- "K" is for ...
Friday's Hunt topics for the week of September 15th:
(1) Starts with K; (2) Stinky; and (3) Old.
(1) Starts with "K": "K" is for Kids. Since Sunday was Grandparents Day our third-grader kid's classes hosted their Grandparents for lunch. We went to KP's school, armed with a Chic-fil-A kid's meal, a chocolate milk shake, a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, a Diet Coke, and two small bags of chips, and had lunch with her.
This is our 4th year to attend, their having been back from living in London (U.K.) five years, again for now a fourth year of elementary school observation.
"K" for kid's grandparents also has the kid's learning about cataract surgery. Mrs. Jim had hers this Wednesday.
And the Kids too worked with crews to dry houses after Hurricane Harvey. Our help varied, mainly Mrs. Jim and I helped coordinate activities in our Sunday school class in providing prayer support for the victims, for the houses, and for the crews themselves, especially in the area of safety as far as electrical shock, cutting, fatigue, and overheating.
Additionally all three of us, Mrs. Jim, KP--we have been keeping KP for the last ten days, there was no school until Monday--and I one afternoon was spent repackaging and grading diapers into paper sacks holding 20 diapers. Another afternoon, Mrs. Jim did wheelbarrow duty, hauling wallboard, wet insulation, and carpeting to the curbs at a house that needed drying.
Drying prepares a home for contractor work rebuilding. (In 1979 when our home flooded with 33 inches of water the Flood Insurance Program paid us $36,000 to rebuild outs. Building costs have more than doubled now, and only 17-20% of Houston homes were covered by flood insurance as the price had gone way up.)
Below is a day's agenda for 12 crews to clean and dry 15 houses. We are just about finished, there were 618 homes that were appealed to our church needing flood help according to the last figures given us to have our class pray for. Additionally, "All work and no play makes Mrs. Jim a dull lady" works for certain at our home. Her she is planning another cruise and looking at last year's which left from Los Angels and went around Cape Horn and back up to Rio de Janeiro.
(2) Stinky: Stinky Feet. But our daughter and I do not have stinky feet, they smell like STRAWBERRIES. Have ever since Karen was a little girl.
(3) Old: My old Ford. I've had several, but this was my last one, being hauled away to be with it's new owner. A 1950 Ford Tudor. That doesn't count Mom's 1974 Ford Mustang II Ghia of which I have had since Mom died back in 1999. It is classified as a forty-three-year-old Classic here in Texas.
Well, anyway, here is a picture of it up on the flatbed auto hauler. It does drive, but I never did except around the block when I bought it. But I did drive it when I visited the new owner, even the overdrive worked. I think it had 102K miles on it and was all original. I hauled it back from Nebraska in 2007 but then I didn't know much of it's history. Neither did the fellow I bought it from.
Note: I have had another 1950 Ford Tudor, black like this on back in 1965. It was sort of my hobby car, not club or anything like this time. It also was original except for the dual exhausts. A list of all my cars, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-political-call-last-night-eight.html, at the end of the post.
Here is Mom's 1974 Mustang II Ghia. I was the first owner, Mom wanted me to buy her a stick shift from the lease cars turned in for the Spring of 1975. I worked for Ford Aerospace at NASA Houston then and some of our executives were encouraged to lease a new Ford every year.
Mom didn't trust the automatic transmission in the car Dad had purchased as she couldn't tell what gear it was in and was afraid it might be choosing the wrong gear at times. This Mustang II and a hot rod Ford Torino were the only Fords that year with standard transmission. She said, "Yes, get it for me" of the little down-sized Mustang. That was the first year of downsizing for it. It was built on a Ford Pinto chassis (we had a yellow 1972 model Pinto for our driver car--it was lost in our 1979 flood along with two other cars and a motorcycle).
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The Fine Print: - m
- Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running this meme, Friday's Hunt. Her rules are: "Welcome to linkup for Friday’s Hunt. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The signing in link opens at 7pm Friday Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm." You can read others' posts there any time.
(1) Starts with K; (2) Stinky; and (3) Old.
This is our 4th year to attend, their having been back from living in London (U.K.) five years, again for now a fourth year of elementary school observation.
"K" for kid's grandparents also has the kid's learning about cataract surgery. Mrs. Jim had hers this Wednesday.
And the Kids too worked with crews to dry houses after Hurricane Harvey. Our help varied, mainly Mrs. Jim and I helped coordinate activities in our Sunday school class in providing prayer support for the victims, for the houses, and for the crews themselves, especially in the area of safety as far as electrical shock, cutting, fatigue, and overheating.
Additionally all three of us, Mrs. Jim, KP--we have been keeping KP for the last ten days, there was no school until Monday--and I one afternoon was spent repackaging and grading diapers into paper sacks holding 20 diapers. Another afternoon, Mrs. Jim did wheelbarrow duty, hauling wallboard, wet insulation, and carpeting to the curbs at a house that needed drying.
Drying prepares a home for contractor work rebuilding. (In 1979 when our home flooded with 33 inches of water the Flood Insurance Program paid us $36,000 to rebuild outs. Building costs have more than doubled now, and only 17-20% of Houston homes were covered by flood insurance as the price had gone way up.)
Below is a day's agenda for 12 crews to clean and dry 15 houses. We are just about finished, there were 618 homes that were appealed to our church needing flood help according to the last figures given us to have our class pray for. Additionally, "All work and no play makes Mrs. Jim a dull lady" works for certain at our home. Her she is planning another cruise and looking at last year's which left from Los Angels and went around Cape Horn and back up to Rio de Janeiro.
(2) Stinky: Stinky Feet. But our daughter and I do not have stinky feet, they smell like STRAWBERRIES. Have ever since Karen was a little girl.
My sister's feet, my feet, and my old sandals. Ugly foot contest?
(3) Old: My old Ford. I've had several, but this was my last one, being hauled away to be with it's new owner. A 1950 Ford Tudor. That doesn't count Mom's 1974 Ford Mustang II Ghia of which I have had since Mom died back in 1999. It is classified as a forty-three-year-old Classic here in Texas.
Note: I have had another 1950 Ford Tudor, black like this on back in 1965. It was sort of my hobby car, not club or anything like this time. It also was original except for the dual exhausts. A list of all my cars, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-political-call-last-night-eight.html, at the end of the post.
Here is Mom's 1974 Mustang II Ghia. I was the first owner, Mom wanted me to buy her a stick shift from the lease cars turned in for the Spring of 1975. I worked for Ford Aerospace at NASA Houston then and some of our executives were encouraged to lease a new Ford every year.
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The Fine Print: - m
- Teresa of Eden Hills, (click) is running this meme, Friday's Hunt. Her rules are: "Welcome to linkup for Friday’s Hunt. It’s very simple. Anyone can participate. The signing in link opens at 7pm Friday Central time and will close Sunday at 7pm." You can read others' posts there any time.
Labels: Cars, Feet, Foot, Friday’s Hunt # 04 - 2017, KP, Mustang, Travel, Travel 2, Travel 4, Travel 6, Travel 7, Travel3
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Warm Heart Wednesday ~~ No. 004 ~~ We Travel, # 001
When we travel, some things make my heart warm. Generally I take a picture on the spot, some I will review, blog, and Warm My Heart again.
Warm Heart Wednesday for the week of December 11 through December 18. Click here, http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/ for links of others or for directions to join with a post of your own. Ms. Jenny there is our teacher.
In 200 Mrs. Jim and I visited England. Our kids, Karen, KP, and Bill lived there in London then, for five years. We stayed with them for quite a while but would travel on side trips while we were on the Continent.
We visited our friends, Graham and Marian who live in Northamptonshire. That involved a short train ride up to Milton Keynes from London, where our friends picked us up.
One of the things we did there was to visit the Spencer mansion at Althorp. (link) Althorp is where Princess Diana of Wales grew up. Now, after her death in 1997, Princes Diana is buried in a small lake in the top picture. [You may click on any picture to make it larger. The back button will return you here.]
Pictures taken on our Princess cruise from Venus to Istanbul,
over to the Black Sea, and back past Istanbul over to Athens, Greece
Top row: Three generation picture. KP and Karen came with us, BP in the picture taken before we left was already starting school. She graduated last spring and now is in college.
KP loved the ship and the ship activities. Food too, pizza was her favorite. Even for breakfast. KP single photo, left, was taken in The Ukraine at the mansion where the Yalta Conference (link) was held in 1945.
Dogs were everywhere, especially in Istanbul. Mark Twain remarked about them in his letters back to California while on his European cruise, from New York city and back (my prior blog). Back then it was Constantinople.
Monks still live in these mountain top monasteries. We visited two of them on our way back to Athens.
Cars, three in the U.K.
Top: Left, a part of a boutique display in a London Market. Right, this little car was parked on the street near Paul McCartney's home. I don't know its make. Other London cars appearing on my blog (link).
Bottom: This old Morgan belonged to some visitors at Althorp (above). We parked near it when we came but it was gone when we left.
Labels: 2013-Venice-to-Athens-via-the-Black-Sea, Kids, KP, Travel, Travel 2, Travel3, Warm Heart Wednesday
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Six Word Saturday ~~ Jim Bunch's Status Update
my Six Words:
second Six Words:
Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words for Six Word Saturday. Click the box at right to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate is the boss at Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.
At Heathrow - Be home soon now
Got robbed once: Heathrow Coke machine
Six Words Saturday fine print:
Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words for Six Word Saturday. Click the box at right to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate is the boss at Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.
Note: Picture is of a pretty Norway fjiord
Labels: Six Word Saturday, Travel3
