Letter "P" -- Weekend Roundup and Street/Reflections

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

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We see here a Model A Ford Phaeton fiberglass replica. It might be the real thing but I don't know the owner to ask. There were a couple of older cars to come. Just to show you, there were a lot of golf carts. And of course we had pretty girls walking and riding. 

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Kids, kids, and more kids. First you see a couple being pushed in their toy John Deere Gator by an older fellow, likely a brother. Several were little and were entirely pulled or pushed and guided by a parent. Last here was the only foot propelled scooter I saw.

(A) Starts with the Letter "P":   This is" a Parade, a Golf Cart Parade" with other items too.   Decorated carts Rule!!  We moved to Katy,  Texas, from this Golfing community, three courses open year round.  There the Parade was an annual Independence Day affair, usually on or around  July 4.  You can read more here, https://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-i-spent-4th-of-july-midweek-blues.html?m=1

(B)  Purple (Tom's Choice):  This is the first Louisiana Purple Iris bloom of the season.  We had brought some bulbs with us from Bentwater when we moved to Katy and made this little bed for them.   

Seems all the flowers are looking great to make up for the poor weathering of the other foliage, i.e. the trees.

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(C) A Favorite:   My (for today) Pink Car find while at Key West, Florida a few years ago. 

(D) Street/Reflections:   This made headlines!!  Photo courtesy of Houston T V -- C h a n n e l   1 1.  

Reminds me of the riddle, what is it that is Yellow and has screams from all over?

Hint, highlight the area between here - - It is a School Bus laying on its side - - and here.

(E) A Lagniappe.  A repeat text from above, it seems all the flowers are looking great to make up for the poor weathering of the other foliage, i.e. the trees and bushes.  

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 - I am attempting to write at least one poem a day for the National Poem Writing Month.  Today is Day Sixteen of the 30, you can see my progress here, NaPoWriMo 2021.

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Bonus Questions: 

 

(1)  Tell us about any dealings you have had with Nasty Weather.   We  have been dealing with the unexpected Southeast Gulf Coast area cold snap.  We were running the pool pump non-stop to keep it and the pool from freezing. When the lights went out the pump stopped and the pipes and one valve froze and broke.  We had no heat in the house and it got down into the very low 40's inside.  Good thing we had blankets.  The car?  The windshield cracked, that was about all.  Two Blueberry bushes and three hedges died, as did our pretty Hibiscus, and the Orange tree probably also.  Our Palm tree is supposed to be cold tolerant but so far it isn't looking good either. 

(2) What is your favorite Word starting with "P"?  Mine today will be  "Pollution", because with Pollution we are slowly but increasingly ruining our Climate.   In our lifetime things will get hotter in the summers and colder in the winters but we will survive.  A future generation will have to be living in a man made environment.  It won't be made of plastics because we will have run out of petroleum materials to make it.      

(3) Anything else you were reminded of here that you would like to tell about? 

My going blogs: 

For all of Jim's NaPoWriMo 2021 post click 

 http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/search/label/NaPoWriMo%202021

Jim's Little Blog, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/

Jim's Little Photo and Picture Place, http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/

Jim's little Christmas tree farm,  http://jimmiehov7.blogspot.com/, and  

Ask Dr. Jim (blog), http://jimmiehov8.blogspot.com/ (seldom newly posted)

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 Fine print stuff: 

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 - 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 Reflections Photos).

 - The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.