Friday, June 14, 2024
Letter "X" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Has an "X"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "Xword" and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Has an "X": Her name is Marceline (after the "l" I guessed).
Our new great great niece is Extra cute, Extra small, and Extra happy. For the picture she was just newborn. At birth she weighed 4 lbs 13 oz and was 17 inches long.
Tom's request, an"Xword": Before my knee joint replacement surgery I'm having a bunch of X-rays. Soon after that I hope not to need this wrist band.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: I can't remember the port our ship was pulling into or could be leaving. Overseas for sure.
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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. ..
Labels: Doctoring, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Grandchildren, Reflections, Travel
Friday, June 07, 2024
Letter "W" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "W"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "Weather" and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "W": Write starts with a "W".
I write for my readers more than for myself.
For this reason, I still do the alphabet, but I'm thinking not after we reach the letter "Z" here.
Most of the four or so that respond to Tom don't return my comment left after reading theirs. I like comments from them. As I write this on Sunday night there have been NO COMMENTS left here on this blog for the last two weeks.
But most of my faithful readers are friends and relatives of whom I don't expect comments, not many at least. That said, I intend to keep on writing on weekends, kind of a report on the things that our family and I are doing. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, you friends and relatives.
And Tom, I thank you very much too for supporting us faithful ones who respond. I may switch to another of your blogs.
A Favorite and Street/Candid Captures: Waiting for her ride, granddaughter.
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| Window view from my recliner. |
Tom's request, "Weather": Sunshine after the rain. Cooled it down, 87F now, it was 96F before.
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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. ..
Labels: Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Grandchildren, granddaughter, Kids, Reflections, StreetPhoto, Weather
Saturday, June 01, 2024
Letter "V" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "V"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "Various and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "V": "Victory" starts with "V". Player and Rooters, hoping for a win.
Tom's request, "Various": A couple of my various toy cars. My 1:18 scale model car collection is in the 30s, most are still in moving boxes from our move nine years ago to Katy to be near our daughter's family.
More than half are ones similar to the various Fords that I owned or wanted to own. My school car was for a few days a 1937 Ford until Dad traded it in for his 1948 Ford pickup which I drove to school my last two years. I always wanted a 1964 Ford Convertible.
A Lagniappe: I did give myself my 1998 Ford GT Convertible as a retirement present to myself in 2000.
It is now a Texas antique car. I drove it Monday to a car show, top down before it got too hot. After a stop at the grocery store I drove home top-down still and air conditioner on.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Adi had just finished work and she went to see her Reflections here; she loved the place. Her work, URL .
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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. ..
Labels: Walk pictures
Friday, May 24, 2024
Letter "Letter "U" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "U"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "U"nique; and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Dad's immediate family, back row, left to right: My father,
Vernon; Uncle Lester, Uncle Howard, and Uncle Chester.
In front, My Grandmother and Grandfather. (Dad's 1938 Ford Deluxe) |
Starts with "U": Uncles. I had three uncles living close by, my Father's brothers. Mom's brother lived in Oregon. My dad had as baby sister twin but she died shortly after birth. Both were premature and stayed in the oven.
A Favorite: Uncle Howard, read about him here.
A lady opened her refrigerator and saw this rabbit sitting on one of the shelves.
"What are you doing in there?" she asked.
The rabbit replied:
"This is a Westinghouse, isn't it?"
The lady replied "Yes it is."
"Well," the rabbit said,
"I'm westing."
"I hope you have a Happy
and Hoppy Easter!"
[Sent in eMail by Warren, thank you Warren]
Tom's request, "Unique": An oldie, "How do you catch a Unique Rabbit?" Highlight the empty space, from here to the next topic.
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Answer, you 'neek' up on him.
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For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. Someplace in our travels. China I think.
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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. ..
Friday, May 17, 2024
Letter "T" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "T"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "T"rio; and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "T": Trees, they fell right and left during out during our really rough thunderstorms.
"HOUSTON (AP) — Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday, after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city, knocking out electricity to nearly 1 million homes and businesses in the region, blowing out windows on downtown high rises and flipping vehicles.
The National Weather Service said it confirmed a tornado with peak winds of 110 mph (177 kph) touched down near the northwest Houston suburb of Cyprus in Harris County.
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the county’s top elected official, said crews were still trying to determine the extent of the damage and the number of casualties from Thursday’s storms. Houston Mayor John Whitmire said four people, and possibly five, had died.
“It was fierce. It was intense. It was quick, and most Houstonians didn’t have time to place themselves out of harms way,” Whitmire said at a news conference."
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A fine "Trio", Me (Jim), Ado. and Mrs. Jim [A trio of three make for a pair. Two Pet therapy teams.]
Tom's request, "T"rio: This is a picture of our dog, Adi with Mrs. Jim and I in 2005. She was a purebred female tri-color beagle.
Adi was our younger daughter's dog. She had thought her new apartment allowed dogs but then she found that they did not allow beagles. So Adi had to come to live with us. That is me, Jim, on the right, and Mrs. Jim on the left. All three of us had just passed our therapy dog examinations. Whew! This is Montgomery Intermediate school, where all three of us would tutor sixth grade reading students. That year Adi and I also visited folks in an assisted living home on Tuesday afternoons. She was well liked there. We heard a lot of dog tales (worked to be a pun here) from these residents, mainly about dogs that had to stay at their former homes or were in their earlier lives.
A Favorite: Adi is retiring from Pet Partners . 
. Dear Jim,
Thank you for notifying us. We will be sure to honor Adi's past contribution to our Pet Partners Therapy Animal Program in our Interactions Magazine, and "Pet Partners, Retired" on our web page.
Warm Regards,
Kelly Schnitzmeier
-----Original Message-----
From: (Jim and Mrs. Jim)
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 6:56 PM
To: Info (Pet Partners Headquarters)
Subject: Retirement Information Request
To whom it might concern:
My dog and I will not be renewing our certification this year.
Adi, the dog, is now 16 years old and has two major problems which make it hard for her to visit. First, she is VERY hard of hearing. Second, she has severe arthritis in her back legs.
I would like to have her classified as being retired if that is possible for us.
Dog: Adi
Breed: Tri-color Beagle, a female
Age: 16
Co-team member: James Hov... (me)
ID #: 51...
When we first started my wife, (Mrs. Jim) was also certified with Adi. Due to her having many other volunteer responsibilities she was unable to continue with Pet Partners. She was active though, while a member. Mostly she and Adi tutored reading students who needed help.
Wife, former co-team member: (Mrs. Jim -- ID # 51...)
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Additionally, I do thank you for the certificate you sent of in appreciation of our work together, Adi and me. It was for nine years of service. Thank you very much.
Jim |
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Conversation like buddy, buddies
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- 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. ..
Labels: Adi, Adi Can, By Adi, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Reflections, Weather
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Letter "S" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "S"; A Favorite; Tom's request, "S"top; and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "S": Sore starts with "S". I have been doctoring for a Sore Knee, partly from a fall this Thursday, got to see my Orthopedic Doctor Yesterday (excuse for being late for this Friday's post??). Nothing broken. I cannot get on either knee, formerly broken kneecaps.
I fell, tripping over my cane just after I had gotten up for the Bathroom at 4AM. The muscle behind my right knee is hurting and won't let the leg hold me up. My son-in-law and a Neighbor came and helped me to get up.
Other parts of the knee are sore as well. The knee had been hurting anyway from a dead knee joint bearing. The tissue had worn down so that the upper bone is rubbing against the bone. I have replaced the Left Knee joint with an artificial joint one back in 2011. It works wonderfully.
That may be the fix for this one now, seems the injection series did not help the noise and pain one bit. Today the doctor gave me a steroid shot into the kneecap area, it has helped somewhat. This would be parodically needed for the rest of my life, very likely.
A Favorite: Strawberrys and Raspberrys in a cake. Love them!! Our younger daughter brought them over, saving for herself a piece, as she is the only one in her family who eats this desert.
Tom's request, "S"top: Stopped to ask, "Who Gets the Straw?"
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Skating guy is amazed at what he is seeing. At night, the New York City Winter Ice Skating Rink. NBC photo.
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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. ..
Labels: Cartoons, Doctoring, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Kneecap, Reflections
Saturday, May 04, 2024
Bop introduction - a Poem for dVerse Bop MTB
My small box
My little smal box
Came crackers inside
Ate all the crackers
Over six months
Breakfast lunch or sup
Kitchen on one wall
I found a box and put a room inside
In soup or a snack
Parties and our meals
Graduation kids
Loved those brown sweeties
Cornered caps and gowns
Poems they'd learned
Sweated and written
Porches 'nother wall
I found a box and put a room inside
Guests had left their marks
Floor scattered around
Erasers not found
Classes dropped before
Was no sweeping floor
Walls memories swabbed
I found a box and put a room inside
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- Photos and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2024, All Rights Reserved
- I'm linked with Lara at dVerse MTB
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Friday, May 03, 2024
Letter "R" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts Starts with "R." A Favorite. Tom's request, "R"epeat. and For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures _ _ _ _
Starts with "R": "Return" starts with "R". Giant Panda Bears will return to a U.S. zoo this summer.
"Yun Chuan is almost 5 years old and is the grandson of Bai Yun, who lived at the San Diego Zoo for 23 years, the zoo said in a news release. His name is a combination of his grandmother's and the province where he came from, Chuan.
Xin Bao is almost four years old and, like Yun Chuan, was born at China's Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base. The name Xin Bao means "new treasure of prosperity and abundance," and the zoo describes her as "a gentle and witty introvert with a sweet round face and big ears."
They will be coming in mid-summer to the San Diego Zoo on loan, as they all we had that we had sent back to China.
Coutessy CBS News, read more by clicking the link below:
Starts with "R": Revolve and Revolving start with "R". I know Walmart does not have Revolving doors, theirs are Automatic. Target has Revolving doors.
A Favorite: A few years ago Mrs. Jim and I drove down to the 445-acre (1.80 km²) Herman Park (link 01)(link 02). Everyone was proud of the new Railroad installation, the Herman Park Train. We hadn't ridden this one but sure did ride the other one, a lot. Kids and grandkids all liked it when they were young. Mrs. Jim and BP rode that old one just once.
Tom's request, "Repeat": This single picture comic strip Repeatedly comes up with something funny but this one is in poor taste besides being ridiculous.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Not sure where we were, seems very familiar as we walked the arc street above.
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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. ..
Friday, April 26, 2024
Letter "Q" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "Q." A Favorite. For Tom, "Q"uite". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures. _ _ _ _
Starts with "Q": This Canaille was quietly getting ready for blooming. It is the first flower this spring where a plant that has been cut to the ground has blossoms.
The rabbits living around here have nibbled on some ends when they were more tender.
A Favorite: The Canaille is my Favorite because my father had canailles all around his converted office up in Nebraska.
Those are his canailles around the smaller building. It was converted from a baby chicken brooding house into an office for his seed corn business. There is a yard light on top of the pole, yes there is not a street, it was sitting in our farmyard. I slept on the front porch behind the hedge.
I grew up in the house sitting in the back. It was a two bedroom, four room, two structure built around 1900 and moved to our family farm in 1920. The new owner had bulldozed it down and has burned the rubble.
Read more about that here.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: The Guadalpe River is great for rafting. I'm not sure why the picture came out so striated.
For Tom, "Quite": This is one is a spot where the river runs Quite smoothly but there are rapids along its route at other places. You can read more about the house and my growing up here. _ _ _
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. ..
Labels: Animals, Flowers-buds-plants, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Jim's old home, Jim's old home place, Reflections
