Friday, April 12, 2024
Letter "O" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
Letter "O" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "O." A Favorite. For Tom, "O"ver". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "O": O.J.Simpson died yesterday from having cancer. I watched his get away chase real time, it went on and on, about 27 minutes. He was driving a white Bronco Ford. The world was surprised that he was found not guilty of murder of his wife.
See the chase here,
https://youtu.be/0WF_NeBgm-o?si=f0I7f3cUNQmR6DrY
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| Open Door to our hallway bath |
A Favorite: Open Door, I don't know why. I guess because it's there.
For Tom, "Over": It's the song, a Golden Oldie, a 60's or 70's. The Dave Clark group singing "Over and Over", you might remember.
Listen, watch the chase, here:
https://youtu.be/9ji1MMXoAVk?si=Cq2iw7MIfJ-XOzr9
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Our Only great grandson, the other grandkids are all girls. He is in the second grade. There is one great great grandson, also a great great granddaughter.
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The fine print
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- I am linked with Tom of "Back
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- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine unless noted otherwise and their 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 unless noted otherwise and their rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law
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Friday, April 05, 2024
Letter "N" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
Letter "N" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "N." A Favorite. For Tom, "N"ice". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Adi is posing with her aunt and uncle for a goodbye picture. We enjoyed staying with Lois and Jim (my sister and bro-in-law). You have seen most of our local tours. From August 2, 2006 post,
James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Seems I might have posted before. Not sure where is located but feel it's close to our home, southwest of our home. Sorry 'bout that.
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.Adi is posing with her aunt and uncle for a goodbye picture. We enjoyed staying with Lois and Jim (my sister and bro-in-law). You have seen most of our local tours. From August 2, 2006 post,
Starts with "N": Now soon I need to see my sister, haven't seen or visited with her, other that messages on the cell phone for probably nine years when she came here. Next should be my turn.
But I may have waited too long, the ladies in my life think I am too old at 90 to drive that far anymore. Southwest is having a $39 per flight sale now close like Memphis, $80 to Iowa where Lois lives. But I wouldn't drive straight through all the way one, up or down, but would and stop and see/visit my cousin in Arkansas who is a couple of years later than my age.
A Favorite: New Driver of my latest Antique? Car that I got back in 2000 for my retirement present. I would retire in 2001. This is our younger granddaughter, now a high school freshman.
CSU April hurricane forecasts FOX Weather©
For Tom, "Nice": Nice to know information, especially for us along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
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The fine print
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- I am linked with Tom of "Back
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- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine unless noted otherwise and their 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).
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Labels: Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Grandchildren, granddaughter, Iowa, KP, KP driving, Lois, Mustang, Reflections, Sister, Weather
Friday, March 29, 2024
Letter "M" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
Letter "M" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "M." A Favorite. For Tom, "M"ild". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Mother and daughter. Now what?
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Starts with "M": Milk is my "M" word for this go round. This picture is a Brown Swiss Milk Cow with the same features as my FFA, Future Farmers of America, project for my junior and senior Ag activity and class.
We took her home from a calf auction when she was small, just a few months old. That was for my sophomore year, I fed and cared for her, she was a pretty young heifer at summer break time. By graduation time next spring she was a good Milk Cow. We separated her from her little calf the day it was born, and she joined our small Milk Herd.
All school FFA animals at our school must have been named. Guess the name I gave the calf. Now highlight the next blank space to see if you guessed right.
I named her "Brownie".
The cream we separated away from the Milk and sold it to the local creamery. My cow's Milk was rich with cream.
A Favorite: Monster Jam (we didn't get to see)
For Tom, "Mild": 1947, who all can remember, Pall Mall cigarettes slogan, ". . . and they are "Mild." I do.
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The fine print
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- I am linked with Tom of "Back
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- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine unless noted otherwise and their 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).
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Labels: Animals, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Kids, Quiz, Race, Reflections, School, Walk pictures
Friday, March 22, 2024
Letter "L" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid
HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!!
He is risen!!
He is risen indeed!!!
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Captures
Letter "L" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "K." A Favorite.
For Tom, "L"ake".
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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| "Get up close with Animals at Louisiana Global Wildlife Center," "Only in Your State" magazine, 3/22/2024, Louisiana issue (URL) |
Starts with "L": Love starts with "L". Is there such a thing as Parental Love?
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| Texas Bluebonnets are the Texas State Flower |
A Favorite: Lady Bird Johnson was my Favorite First Lady. 284 acres of The Johnson Texas farm was made into an open to the public, Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center. It is now a state botanic garden and arboretum with over 10,000 different species of wildflowers from all over Texas. It was featured on the March 2024 issue of the Southern Living Magazine, page 88 and ff.
More than 240,000 visitors have been coming every year. Mrs. Jim and I took my parents from Nebraska there in the 1980's, They, retired former farmers, were thoroughly impressed. I think my dad, generally a Republican voted for him, same as our family here in Texas.
A Lagniappe: Two Love Birds
A Sad Update!! A squirrel has eaten these birds' eggs, robbed from their nest; so they have no reason to stay here. They are headed further north in their migratory journey up from Central America.
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The fine print
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- 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.
Labels: Birds, Flowers-buds-plants, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Louisiana, Reflections, Texas
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Letter "K" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
Letter "J" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "K." A Favorite.
For Tom, "K"ing".
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "K": These cute little Kids were on TV, likely an article on the Today show of NBC stations. But I am not sure, only sure that the picture is of the TV screen, as is the one below.
Little Kids are always cute, older Kids are smart, and older kids are smart alics for a while. But at any age our kids are generally the most precious part of our lives. We have five kids, all grown with jobs or retired already.
For Tom, "King": The lady with these children is Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales. She is Prince William's wife. William is next in line for King of England.
A Favorite: The Royal family is one of Mrs. Jim's Favorite history in making item. She knows lineage of the past royalties and who marries to who. We have been to the Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the King and Queen. We have been to several of the ten royal palaces in London during our many visits there, over a dozen times. https://www.londonhut.com/p/10-royal-palaces-of-london
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| This is the Japanese Garden at Powers Court, Ireland. |
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: I will finish with another picture from Powerscourt in Ireland. https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/search?q=Powerscourt+in+Ireland
Steps to the garden were the ones that I fell on and broke my kneecap. I also was bloody from head to toe. I learned that that the ER, hospitals in Ireland, are free for seniors over 70.
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The fine print
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- I am linked with Tom of "Back
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- 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).
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Labels: Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, garden, Kids, kids-1, London, Reflections
Friday, March 08, 2024
Letter "J" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "J." A Favorite. 
For Tom, "J"am".
For James, Reflections andor Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "J": Jeep starts with "J". I found my favorite in Key West, Florida. I think its looks make the vehicle. This one was also in my "Jeep post" of 2017 found here.
A Favorite: I found this one Thursday parked in front of Wendy's. I call it a Ford Jeep although Ford wouldn't like to hear me call it like that. It is in a fairly new line of Ford's called "Bronco". Probably the Jeep folk wouldn't either.
(Note: Some will remember that I worked for Ford, Ford Aerospace as an Aerospace Engineer at New Hampshire and NASA Houston for 19 years. And now I get a tiny retirement check(in 1980 $Dollars, no COLA) from that every month. So I'm a little partial to them.)
For Tom, "Jam": As you might surmise, Strawberry Jam is a favorite at our house. Immediately above is Mrs. Jim's Favorite, her blood relatives came directly from France, the other half from the British Isles.
I like Aldi's Jam better although as you see here, I do fortify its taste by adding some of Burger King or McDonald's Jam to help the strawberry effect come out.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: I found my Dream Spot, to live [under that thick clump of tall trees] and it was for sale back in 2007 when I took this picture. It might have been in Louisiana but I cannot remember for sure.
A Lagniappe: My son has a Jeep, I have not seen it for a long time. Must call him very soon to talk cars. The last time I saw it I think it was looking about like this. It is a 1970's issue to the best of my recollection.
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The fine print
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- I am linked with Tom of "Back
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- 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).
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Friday, March 01, 2024
Letter "I" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "I." A Favorite.
For Tom, "I"ce".
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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| You can see the frost build up and it was defrosted a couple of weeks ago. |
Starts with "I": Our small freezer is beginning to be an Icebox, as it fills with frost way too fast. I think perhaps the door seal has worn. Icebox starts with the letter "I". Read here, in Wikipedia, about the early iceboxes, "the non-mechanical refrigeration appliance". I don't remember ever seeing one, as we lived on a farm and didn't get electricity until 1938. At the same time the folks purchased a refrigerator.
A Favorite: These are a couple of Ivory Carvings the Mrs. Jim inherited from a retired military officer's wife. They sit on a bookcase shelf in our living room now. Ivory cuttings are the death of the elephant many times because the illegal hunters kill for them. [I may take another picture in the morning with better light.]
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For Tom, the word, "Ice": Ain't she cute! We got down to 22°F that night in 2007 shown here, so we dripped the outside faucets. [Adi was our Beagle dog, she died in 2012.]
Look closely for the icicles. The piece of Ice you see sitting on the pipe was from a big icicle about 18 inches long that fell from the faucet and broke. I have a piece of it sitting on the sprinkler pipe. The other icicles are on that weed to Adi's left, your right.
A Lagniappe:
"Blue Bell Light Homemade Vanilla" was our favorite for a long time. Back when Blue Bell was shut down due to a bacteria run loose in their plants. Finally, this Light variety, was the last to start production, months behind the regular flavors. It was also Adi's favorite. (link). But after the COVID Blue Bell stopped making it. That was when we stopped eating Blue Bell brand altogether.  |
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For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Adi and I found this pretty pool on our walk this back in 2008.There was not a cloud in the sky that morning!
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The fine print
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- I am linked with Tom of "Back
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- 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).
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Labels: Adi, Adi Can, By Adi, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Jim's old home, Jim's old home place, Reflections, Walk pictures
Friday, February 23, 2024
Letter "H" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "H." A Favorite.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: I couldn't resist taking this shot of a couple of ducks. Wonder what's on their minds and what is transpiring here? This was on my 30 minutes a day walk, two blocks here from our house.
For Tom, "H"help.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "H": It will be the word, Heaven. When Heaven calls, I will go. Our Sunday morning Bible class now has over 150 members. In that class five of us have had a loose group with our ages of having reached a magic number 90.
This week Larry, the oldest, birthday in March, was called to Heaven before he could reach 91. His service was led by Charles, one of our class teachers. Larry had asked Charles to speak of the Lord's Prayer and to be specific on the relation of us to the Lord's kingdom coming and of the praise of God in that prayer. (Matthew 6:9-13 [click here for Wikipedia])
A Favorite: GOLFING BOOKS
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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt
Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Nike from the Rough When You Hit a Titleist from the Tee
Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker
Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance Off the Shank
Chapter 5 - When to Give the Ranger the Finger
Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings
Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management
Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9am
Chapter 9 - How to Rationalize a 6 Hour Round
Chapter 10 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the Water
Chapter 11 - Why Your Spouse Doesn‘t Care That You Birdied the 5th
Chapter 12 - How to Let a Foursome Play Through Your Twosome
Chapter 13 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three Off the Tee
Chapter 14 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent
Chapter 15 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt
Chapter 16 - When to Regrip Your Ball Retriever
Chapter 17 - Can You Purchase a Better Golf Game
Chapter 18 - Why Male Golfers Will Pay $5.00 a Beer From The Cart Girl and Give Her a $3 Tip, But Will Balk at $3.50 at the 19th Hole and Stiff the Bartender
I am writing Chapter 16 first. . .
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.BETTER GOLF: HOW TO HELP YOUR GAME--SAGE ADVICE FROM AN OLD TIMER
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I have just finished my new Christmas present book on golf that purports to give the reader valuable playing tips and insider information.
Here is some more that I have gained through years of personal experience. I'm writing my own book, Better Golf: How to Help Your Game--Sage Advice From an Old Timer. Please note, this is my book, copyright and all. *.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt
Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Nike from the Rough When You Hit a Titleist from the Tee
Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker
Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance Off the Shank
Chapter 5 - When to Give the Ranger the Finger
Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings
Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management
Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9am
Chapter 9 - How to Rationalize a 6 Hour Round
Chapter 10 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the Water
Chapter 11 - Why Your Spouse Doesn‘t Care That You Birdied the 5th
Chapter 12 - How to Let a Foursome Play Through Your Twosome
Chapter 13 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three Off the Tee
Chapter 14 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent
Chapter 15 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt
Chapter 16 - When to Regrip Your Ball Retriever
Chapter 17 - Can You Purchase a Better Golf Game
Chapter 18 - Why Male Golfers Will Pay $5.00 a Beer From The Cart Girl and Give Her a $3 Tip, But Will Balk at $3.50 at the 19th Hole and Stiff the Bartender
I am writing Chapter 16 first. . .
The above is an excerpt from Chapter 16 written as a teaser for the book, a previous blog post on that I had written on January 6, 2006. I haven't made much progress on the book yet, I am waiting until we sell this large house and move into a Senior Living Place. My readers then seemed to think it would be a great idea. You can finish the short story intro to Chapter 16 by clicking here.
For Tom's choice, "Help": This is Mrs. Jim with our daughter and granddaughter, three generations. Mrs. Jim is a very giving and concerned lady, I have given her a middle name, Help.
An example, yesterday Mrs. Jim accompanied me to a visit with my Podiatrist about a sixth toenail growing on my big toe, left foot. Numerous times she would get up and open the door for someone in a wheelchair coming or leaving. A big help to them, even when some were being pushed by someone.
Oh yes, seven years later now, the granddaughter is a freshman in high school. Also, we have moved close to them, a ten-minute walk away. And the doctor cut out the toenail our although it will grow back again (no picture here, I forgot to take one).
Also note that this shows that many of our trees stay green all winter. That is a pedestrian bridge in the back, to cross the little stream.
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The fine print
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- I am linked with Tom of "Back
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- 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: Books, Church, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Golf, Reflections
