JIM'S LITTLE BLOG

 Lucky Little Cat named Sugar Bear 

THE TWELTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES - The Letter "L" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "L"; (B) "Landscape" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; (D) Street/Reflections; and (E) A Lagniappe. 

(B) "Landscape" (Tom's Choice):   The beautiful (not) Landscape viewed from the rear window of the overhead railway train going from C Terminal over to B Terminal ar the Houston Bush International Airport.

(C) A Favorite:   This Lucky Little Cat is named Sugar Bear.   She was a stray and my BIL took her in when she was a stray who was camping in the back yard.

(D) Street/Reflections:   College students waiting for (___you name it___).  Taken while driving by the Vanderbilt University at Nashville, Tennessee. 

(E.1) A Lagniappe.   Lucius apples in bins for sale at our Kroger Grocery Store. 

(E.2) A Lagniappe.  A Leading cause 

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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: BP, Cats, Driving Pictures, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 07, Humor, Ireland, leprechaun, Reflections

# posted by Jim : 9/17/2021 12:30:00 AM  2 comments

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We had a very nice ride over from Killarney to Dingle.

Karen and Billy came with us this time. They rode on the Leprechaun Tour dolphin searching boat.

Another day we went to the Blarney Castle. Yes, I kissed stone again, people were saying I wasn't full enough of Blarney. Karen is doing it here. A person has to lay on her back to get her face down there to the stone.

Our last day was at Powerscourt. The garden there was where I fell and broke my kneecap the spring before. I had to come back home for more doctoring that time.

These are some 'road pictures' I took during our drive over to Powerscourt.

The food was exceptional there. We ate in the Pubs quite a bit. When mussels are the menu I generally have them. My next choice is fish and chips. The Jim Bunch doesn't miss many meals. I am not sure what Billy was eating.

One day we went to the city of Cork. Cork is fairly congested on Saturdays, the market is open that day. Billy couldn't find a parking place so he drove around the (large) block one time and we were finished cooking. For one thing we wanted to see where all the good food we had been eating came from.

I will finish with another picture from Powerscourt.
This is the Japanese Garden.

Link: to Powerscourt Web site for more

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Mary is in charge there, you can see more or post your own from there.

Labels: Holiday Posts, Ireland, Jim Bunch, Jim Bunch Eats, Jim Does, Jim's Life, leprechaun, St Patrick's Day, Travel

# posted by Jim : 3/17/2009 10:44:00 AM  13 comments

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Labels: Adi, BP, Cars, Eating, Grandchildren, June Bug, Kids, leprechaun, Mustang

# posted by Jim : 6/29/2007 12:12:00 AM  13 comments

Labels: Collection, Grandchildren, Ireland, June Bug, leprechaun, Wordless Wednesday

# posted by Jim : 6/19/2007 12:12:00 AM  15 comments

UPDATE: MY RIGHT KNEECAP WAS BROKEN!

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I'm just sitting here like a dummy, as Mema [link] used to say. And my computer typing is hunt and peck without all my fingers being able to function.

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So we were in Ireland, just finishing up there, out last visit was this, at the Powerscourt Estate Gardens.

Next was to be Sunday at the Isle of Man--my Grandpa Corkill's family was from there--for four days.

Then back to Ireland on the 23rd to Ireland and flying on to Scotland till June 3rd for touring, then five nights at the Westin Turnberry for resting and golfing three days.

Our car was in Newark as we flew from there after going to Danny's--Mrs. Jim's little brother--graduation from the Morehead Kentucky State University. He is in his fifties and decided to finish getting his B.S. degree.

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I went to a hand orthopedics doctor here yesterday, Thursday, as we got back here Wednesday evening. I made an appointment with him on the road Tuesday.

My knee orthopedic doctor will see me Wednesday if the swelling doesn't go down and the knee get a lot better by then. The hand dr is orthopedic also and has me keeping it elevated, wrapped, and iced till Wednesday.

We were able to change--no price change and the $100 change fee waived too--our flight to leave from Dublin as we were to have left from Glasgow, Scotland, where we had come in. Continental was really nice for us then!

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We are getting Adi back this afternoon from Karen. I rode over there with Mrs. Jim driving. She won't let me drive now, I did my last on Tuesday.

Dr. K. doesn't think I should drive either. The mornings here are beautiful for Mustang convertible driving so I had better get over all this soon.

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This is the young lady who helped me at Powerscourt Garden Estates. She was sitting at the top of the steps having a smoke.

She and another man saw me tumble, they both came running to help me back up. They offered help me to the first aid place but I had to find Mrs. Jim first.

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First, though, we--Mrs. Jim and I--are in agreement that it was a leprechaun that shoved me down those steps because I am still too young to be 'falling.' I did miss the step and tumble down most of the eight or so.

The fellow tried to find Mrs. Jim in the gardens but came back without her. I found her and we hobbled me back to the ticket booth. First aid to stop the bleeding and then they took me into town to the ER.

Now, here is what I sent relatives when we got back to the states:

Hi -- This will be fairly short because I am typing with hunt and peck with my right hand from a 'Sleep Inn' near Chambersburg, PA.


My left hand has the two middle fingers splinted together. I knocked my big finger out of joint in Ireland. The ER doc got it back in after a lot of pulling and pushing and eight x-rays between pulls and pushes and before and again when it popped back in.


But there is a chipped bone that needs attention so I will see my orthopedic doc when we make it back home.


My right knee is messed up and hurts bad. 800 mg ibiprofins help it some, but the doc will look at that too. Nothing is broken in the knee but other items must be messed up.


Then except for bruises on my chin and some other scratches and cuts things are ok.

We got back to Newark this afternoon and drove to here. I drove to there so [Mrs. Jim] could navigate--I don't navigate very well.


I'm thinking we will be home by Friday, I hope my doc can see me then. I will call his office tomorrow. The ER doc said I shouldn't put seeing an orthopedic doc until June, and not to drive or even chip or putt.

So we left this morning from Dublin. We didn't get to the Isle of Man or Turnberry at all. Just landed in Glasgow a week ago and caught another plane right to Dublin.

The Turnberry lady was real nice and extended out time through the end of the year so we will go back shortly when I get patched up correctly.

All for now, we will leave pretty early in the morning, but check will e-mail on the way out. We may not find another computer 'til we get home.

Labels: Ireland, Kneecap, leprechaun, Travel

# posted by Jim : 5/26/2007 12:12:00 AM  16 comments