Friday, December 29, 2023
Letter "Z" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts Has a "Z." A Favorite. Looks like a "Z."
This also will be the end post of my "Friday's Weekend Roundup Series # 11" (five years, six months). 
Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Caught my greatgrandchildren playing their game, "Turns at the Microphone." Their father, my grandson-in-law is the on stage refere/audience, the rest of us were sitting on the sofa and chairs. This was an impromptu performance by the kids, not in our plans.
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Has a "Z": This is a 1969 Chevy Z28. It is for sale asking $119,999, to read about it, click here. I had deeded my boys, twins, to my opening clothtop 1962 VW Beatle but they blew the minivan larger engine. They had let it run dry on oil.
So each of them bought themselves Chevy Camaros, one a 1968 Z28, the other top of the line 1969. They took good care of these because they were making payments from their ice cream store jobs.
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| New this year, may come to life again |
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| Also new this year, may come to life again I know this one didn't get watered in our summer drought weather |
 My all-time favorite -- posted several times from a distance/ below up closer |
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A Favorite: A Zombie Tree
Looks like a "Z": A page from my saved Web sites. I have way too many.
They get me to places like this and more
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| A microphone game the kids like to play If there are rules then I don't know them |
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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 "Back
woods 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 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: trees
Friday, November 17, 2023
Letter "T" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "T." A Favorite. "T"ree. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
The front one is my favorite. Hot Rodders use them to make "T-bucket" hot rods. Most of the originals have been either restored or used up for hot rods. A new fiberglass reproduction body can be had for several thousand dollars.
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In 1927 the Model T had wire wheels standard equipment, in 1926 they were optional. Before that the T's used wooden spoke wheels. I was surprised and delighted with the find. The last time John had talked with the owner they were not for sale.
Times and circumstances since have changed now. He doesn't know if they could be bought. I suggested that he offer to pay $1000 for cleaning the shed out if he could have the cars and whatever else the family did not want. That means work but John has some grandsons who would really like to help grandpa in his quest for more old cars.
The one on the right is for sale at a moderate price, $9,950 . It has been restored but before the restoration I imagine it looked very similar to the one John found in the back of the shed.
Note: Our visit was in 2009 and I blogged of the visit with this post back then.
Since then, John has died. He bought another Model T instead of either of these.
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A Favorite: The Zombie Tree, my Favorite Tree
| [Bing's find for a "Cherry Tree" search-$219.95, read more] |
Tom's choice, "Tree": When I was growing up my parents bought as Cherry Tree and planted it inside the backyard next to the washing shed. I was suckered into taking care of it as they named it "Jim's Cherry Tree". The duty increased as the tree grew. I didn't mind though, when it started growing fruit as I ate my share out there from the Tree.
Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Our back yard, the flowers are Roses (behind, right and left). Depending on the harshness of our winter, these and others might be in blossom all winter long. We do have an oak and a xx tree, they will keep their leaves all winter long.
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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 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 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: Cars, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Reflections, tree(s), trees
Friday, December 30, 2022
Letter "Z" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "Z"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Z".
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Happy New Year !!!
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Photo is of the Cover of the magazine, M a t u r e F o c u s, December 2022 issue. |
Picture is the Artwork of
Angela Trotta Thomas
titled "Loading the Truck"
(more is on the picture at the
side, click on it for larger size).
This old Packard pickup? I am
guessing it is from1938 to 1940.
I've not seen one, they are rather
Tom's suggestion, A Lagniappe: The Day After Christmas; Sales and putting things in order for 2023, read above. I previously posted this in my "jim's little Christmas tree farm" blog on December 26. 
Has a "Z": Zombie tree. I wrote "a poem" about a tree like this last year, https://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2021/08/weekly-scribblings-tree-of-different.html?m=1
A Favorite: My first real post on this blog, December 04, 2005:
"I liked best the article about the human yardstick and I’ll relate a little.
SMOOTS - A Boston Tradition
If you have walked along the Harvard Bridge that connects Boston and Cambridge, no doubt you have encountered the Smoot markings along the way. These markings have helped millions of area residents and tourists measure their progress along the bridge as they walk or bike to their destination.
Question:
How long is the bridge in Smoots?
Answer: 364.4 Smoots plus 1 ear
That makes the bridge over a half mile (roughly 2763.37 feet) that these poof college students had to cross to get to their campus. That was in 1958. Of course these that was only half the walk I had back in 1951 at Lincoln, having to walk a mile to classes from my rental room. Up hill, sometimes in the rain and snow. Dad did loan me his pickup when I broke my foot-another whole story.
SMOOTS - A Boston Tradition
If you have walked along the Harvard Bridge that connects Boston and Cambridge, no doubt you have encountered the Smoot markings along the way. These markings have helped millions of area residents and tourists measure their progress along the bridge as they walk or bike to their destination.
Question:
How long is the bridge in Smoots?
Answer: 364.4 Smoots plus 1 ear
That makes the bridge over a half mile (roughly 2763.37 feet) that these poof college students had to cross to get to their campus. That was in 1958. Of course these that was only half the walk I had back in 1951 at Lincoln, having to walk a mile to classes from my rental room. Up hill, sometimes in the rain and snow. Dad did loan me his pickup when I broke my foot-another whole story.
The students decided "in a unique way to tell how much bridge they had left to cross. So they decided to make the pledges use one of their own to measure the bridge." Smoot was the shortest, 5'7", so his measure would produce the highest number.
Oliver Smoot is now 65 (in 2005) and ready for retirement. He had been on the board and vice president of the American National Standards Institute. Right up his alley from college days. The bridge has also become known as The Smoot Bridge."
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A Notice: Now that Christmas has past, I am slowing on posting, th next post is planned for New Year's Day, my Christmas Trees on my Christmas Tree Farm blog. See it at
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- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (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.
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Labels: Cars, First Times, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, trees
