Friday, March 17, 2023
Letter "K" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
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| Our living room viewed from my recliner chair. The bookcase on the left is featured today. On the left are three tall windows below three more at second floor level. The front door is later, down the hall to the right. [click the picture for a larger view] |
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "K"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Kooky."
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "K": "Key" starts with "K". Key is a very hard worker, not only as the unlocking of doors type but rather in Metaphor. Key to my heart, key words, key man, etc. most any place where importance in the task is necessary.
In my picture of the right (side of the fireplace) bookcase is shown two "Keys to Understanding the Message of the Bible." The bottom Nativity wooden set we purchased in Bethlehem, Isarael. It shows the birth of Jesus Christ with the Angel standing by. There is a family story behind each of the three pieces here, the Globe, the Angel, and the Nativity.
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Above, the next shelf up this set of books comprise a set of New Testament commentaries by William Barkley. We bought those when we were selling Christian books, mainly we had out of spinner wracks in grocery stores. We had a 'distributor' franchise to do that, it also had a multilevel marketing set up but we had no others, just Mrs. Jim and me.
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Tom's suggestion, "Kooky": Luke, our former neighbor dog was glad to see us. Doesn't Luke look sad to see us leave? Kooky? He is a nice dog, he minds sooo good.
Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Another "Dog Day in Telluride" photo. Telluride, Colorado is about thirty minutes hour away from our friends' ranch.
.[Click picture for larger sized viewing]A Lagniappe: We spent the afternoon here, Lake Maggiore at Stresa, Italy (for last week's letter), the mountains across the lake are in Switzerland. We haven't been to any of the five countries beginning with "K", Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, and Kuwait and probably won't.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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).
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Labels: Books, Colorado 2011, Dogs, Italy, Reflections
Friday, March 10, 2023
Letter "J" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "J"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Junk."
Starts with "J": 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.
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
- I would like for you to see my last week's post if you haven't already. I posted late and several missed it. Please click here when you are finished with the J's here. It has a picture of Mrs. Jim and I standing behind the cake for our Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.
Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: From my "Dog days in Telluride" 2008 post, URL. That is Mrs. Jim in the green pants petting this dog, there are other dogs also on the posting.
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Starts with "J": 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.
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 in El Paso.
Mount Franklin overlooked El Paso and was easy to climb. I would climb up and take the cable car down.
Mount Franklin overlooked El Paso and was easy to climb. I would climb up and take the cable car down.
Tom's suggestion, "Junk": Junk Mail. We get plenty of it. I wonder if this New Zealander's box gets any of it. About a fourth of the mail boxes in NZ seem to have some admonition note left for the mail carrier to not leave junk mail in their boxes. I hope it works for them.
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A Favorite: Notice the Junk Mail now sorted out into the sack on the upper right. A nice bundle of mail was left at our doorstep, and we found it that Saturday night when got home around eleven. That's it in the pictured bucket, labeled United States Postal Service, and it was full. I don't know where we'd been, that was around the middle of April, 2006.
A Lagniappe: Our "J" Countries visited are Jamaica, Japan, and Jordan.
The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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).
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Labels: Animals, Cars, Dogs, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, Reflections, Travel
Saturday, March 04, 2023
Letter "I" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "I"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Individual."
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "I": "Ice Cream" will be my "I" word pair this go-round. Blue Bell Light Homemade Vanilla is our favorite Ice Cream, it is made in Brenham Texas where the contented cows live. Now it may be out of production, our Kroger store has discontinued selling it.
We have visited the Blue Bell plant several Brother-in-law, Jim W came with my sister Lois here also.
This old truck was the 'modern' Blue Bell Creamery delivery in 1932 (it's a '32 Ford Model B delivery truck)
A Favorite: This is the neighborhood Gelato Mio store in St. John's Wood, London, U.K. (link) The store is on High Street, like the U.S. "Main Street", for St. John's Wood, this town in Westminster, is home for Paul McCartney now and was the old London Stomping ground for the Beatles.
Their first recording studio was on Abbey Road there, and only a block from our Daughter, KP, and SIL, who lived in London for five years, all but the last two months in St. John's Wood.
While we were in London, staying with the kids, we would make a visit to Gelato Mia more often than once a week, i.e., we were 'regulars'. The ice cream, European Gelato, was to die for. My favorite was Raspberry Amaretto in a Waffle cone.
Now for the ice creams that we eat here at home:
Tom's suggestion, "Individual": Two Happy Individuals. We brought this sheet cake to our Sunday morning Bible class to share.
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| [more ducks on the other side of the pond - click to enlarge any photo] |
Reflections and /or Street Photos/Candid Captures: I took these pictures out the back yard of our local County Library. Sometimes I will bring a lunch and eat on one of the benches here.
A Langniappe: The Isle of Man isn't a country so I'll have to take it off my country list that we've visited. It is a self-governing British 'Crown dependency,' not a country. (Wikipedia link) It is located off the coast of Britain. Though there is a ferry that goes there, we flew. My Mom's side-grandfather's family came from the Isle of Man. We visited it in September 2007 (prior blog posts).
The main thing we did in the Isle of Man was to go out North and South from Douglas, the capital city in the middle, where we stayed up to the north by train and then go to the south end via bus. Lots of site seeing. We did see evidence of the Corkhill family having been there. One lady at the Information center in Douglas informed us that her maiden name was Corkhill.
Another Langiappe: A Fairy Bridge, and Fairy Garden are on the road to the Iceland airport from Douglas. It is customary to say hello and goodbye to the Fairy as you pass. That brings good luck.
You can stop there to post a letter to the Fairy. Just leave it in his garden. Chances are (not) if the letter contains a wish, the Fairy will make it come true.
My list of "I" countries: (URL)
Iceland India Ireland (Isle of Man, not a country)
Note: I've been ailing but this finished now, a little later than I had planned. I think I'm on the upturn, fingers crossed.
Israel Italy
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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).
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Labels: Birds, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, Isle of Man, Reflections
Friday, February 24, 2023
Letter "H" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
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| The Tin Rooster and his Friends, Lady Hens, for your garden |
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "H"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Heavy."
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "H": A Quiz, "What is going on here? (starts with'H'") You could make in a few words in the comments a story to tell us what you think.
A help, highlight the blank area from here to
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Partial help: A man is hiding behind a tree.
"Hide" starts with "H."
as does "Hiding".
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to here. When you've developed your story, compare it with mine.
I'd be delighted to have you tell us about your version in the comments below.
Note: I have opened my comment section to "Anonymous readers" so anyone can leave a comment. If you don't mind I would love for you to share your version there. Remember, I'm pledging mine to be fairly true. I originally posted this in 2009, linked below.
Tom's suggestion, "Heavy": This Brown Bear is too Heavy to be sitting on the little fellow behind him.
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| The Tin Rooster and his Friends, Lady Hens, for your garden |
A Favorite: A rooster and a couple of his Hen Chickens found in the Garden Section of our "one mile-away" H.E.B. Grocery Store. You can read more about him Here.
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| "Grass Cutting Day", at the county premises |
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| [my Photo, more 'Tin Chickens"] |
A Lagniappe: Some of the other H.E.B. Chickens.
Another Lagniappe: My "H" Countries I've visited are Hong Kong and Hungary (I may remove Hong Kong, the Winter Olympics counted them as still being a country entry.) (my country list, click its URL)
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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).
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Labels: Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, garden, Reflections, Toys, tree(s)
Friday, February 17, 2023
Letter "G" - Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "G"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Group".
Grenada: No, this isn't San Francisco. Nor is it Kokomo or Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahama, Key Largo, or Montego either.
For my Midweek Blues I picked this picture I took of back in 2009 as we pulled into port at Granada. [Queen Mary 2 Cruise posts]
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Giant sinkhole swallows trees in Assumption Parish, Louisiana - Truthloader"
Starts with "G": "G" will be for Giraffe today. We were visiting the Houston Zoo and KP was a year and a half old. These were taken in 2011, see more of that day here. (see all of my posted ones here)
Tom's suggestion, "Group": Golfing Group -- Play day is over, all are in from Golf, driving the club's Green Golf carts. Three Red Shirted Fellows and eight of us others will now go on to Incredible Pizza who is having 'all you can eat' senior lunch for $4.50 plus tax for the 19th hole eating.
That four-fifty includes pizza, other entree foods, salad, drinks, and desert. Alcohol is not served there. (BTW, about the time we were moving this Golf course closed, not to be reopened. It was my favorite and the least expensive, $22.00 for Seniors including 1/2 cart.) (from a search of my blog for the word Golf, click here)
A Favorite: These are the Countries I've visited that start with "G".
Germany Great Britain Greece Grenada Guat emala (Photos)
Grenada: No, this isn't San Francisco. Nor is it Kokomo or Aruba, Jamaica, Bermuda, Bahama, Key Largo, or Montego either.
For my Midweek Blues I picked this picture I took of back in 2009 as we pulled into port at Granada. [Queen Mary 2 Cruise posts]
Greece: In the summer of 2013 we took a Pacific Princess Ship cruise from Venice to Istanbul to Yalta, Ukraine, and then back to Athens Greece. And of course we stopped along the way, almost every day of the way.
Our first Greece stop was at Volos for the day. There we visited a couple of old monasteries high atop little mountains. Our pictures are below:
Our first Greece stop was at Volos for the day. There we visited a couple of old monasteries high atop little mountains. Our pictures are below:
[The last picture shows where we were.]
[Click picture to enlarge. Back Button returns]
Our cruise ended in Athens, Greece. We had been there before. Back then we had a nice tour of Athens, but that was long ago, it was nice to take one again. Our tour conveniently ended at the airport. We try to do that instead of waiting long at the airport for our flight home.
A Lagniappe: This is Mrs. Jim and BP, our next youngest Granddaughter, riding in our Golf Cart in our former subdivision's annual July 4th Golf Cart Parade. BP was about Eight then, now she has graduated from College with a Master's degree and has a fine job, out of town. (some parade posts from my blog here)
The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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).
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Friday, February 10, 2023
Letter "F" - Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "F"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Field".
Reflections: Taken at a canal near Northampton, England, U.K. In 2016 I used it here,
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "F": Fleet, for my fleets of cars is my "F" word for this week. I have three Fleets, three different sizes of toy scale model cars.
This week I added to the fleet a Purple 1984 Ford Mustang Coupe. It is Matchbook car size, about 1:64 ratio, or smaller, to the real thing. I have four Mustang models now, the other three are convertibles. Two Red 1966 and a 2003(??) cast iron 1:18 scale make the others. The Matchbox size cars that are unpacked are all lined up abreast horse race fashion waiting for the starting flag, ready to race.
I also have two real Mustangs, a 1974 Green Ghia Sedan and my driver, a Pretty Black 1998 GT. Both are now Clasics by Texas definition, plainly "25 years and older."
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| Two of my toys, Farmall MTA Tractor was Dad's until he died and Pig was to me from our Vet when I was a small boy |
A Favorite: This is my toy Farmall Tractor, one of two. The actual tractors were manufactured by International Harvester in the USA, Dad's was a Model MTA like this one, my other is a Model H like my uncles had. My dad kept it on his desk, pulling a toy John Deere green grain wagon. My sister, Lois, has this and I have the tractor. We "drew straws", not literally but we each have what we wanted most.
Tom's suggestion: "Field": This is my youngest Granddaughter, KP, and me out on Dad's Farm in the Corn Field. She is now teenager and lacks a few inches of being as tall as I am. She was eight in the picture, now she is 13. Originally here in 2017
Do you remember the TV program, "He Haw"? The folks in the Corn Field popping up to sing was my Favorite Part.
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| Mama Duck has her little ducks in a row |
A Lagniappe 1: This is the Fleet before the Mustang. The Mustang will run between the light blue Jeepster and the Orange machine.
A Lagniappe 2: Countries I've visited that start with "F",
Finland and France
The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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).
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- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (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).
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