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

EIGHTEENTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES - the Letter "R" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "R"; (B) "Real" or "Reality" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; (D) Street/Reflections; and (E) A Lagniappe. 

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(A) Starts with the Letter "R":   Rooster found in the Garden Section of our "mile-away"   H.E.B. Grocery Store.  You can read more about him Here.

  

These two pictures are what I call "Railroad Box Car Art" although to some it is just plain (malicious??) graffiti.  I noticed them as the train passed at the crossing where I was waiting to cross.  I was very pleased with my stop. 

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As an aside, why don't you be on the lookout

for some Box Car Art and share it here with us.

 

(B) "Real" or "Reality" (Tom's Choice):   Really is Railroad Box Car Art.  Previously posted at http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2018/01/weekend-roundup-01-18-for-letter-a.html

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 "It can't get much better than this

I was awakened this morning, Saturday, at 7:05. That doesn't sound good, but it was.

Mrs. Jim and Adi had brought me coffee and the paper and now both were sitting beside me on the bed.

Now she had gone to a luncheon, The Jingle Bell Brunch, with her fellow golfers. I get used to her going as she a very busy person, she:
golfs a couple of times a week-Tuesdays and Fridays-with the ladies and sometimes a third with me;
takes care of her 88 year old Mother who lives by herself in her apartment at Conroe, Texas-generally helping on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday;
is secretary for her garden club-sends out meeting notices, arranges for speakers, etc.;
now is also "Gourmet Dining" chairperson for the Bentwater Ladies Organization;
plays the viola in our church orchestra every other Sunday-which means practice Wednesdays. Also she is the orchestra music librarian and copies music for the players, which takes four or six hours each week;
plays bridge every other Monday;
attends Bible study Monday evenings-it has homework-they do Beth Moore studies; and
in the past here has been president of the nine hole golf ladies organization, group leader, benevolence leader in our Sunday school class, been on the personnel committee at church, and on and on.

Those are the things she does without me. Meeting people and helping are two of her favorite things to do. She is a social worker (LSU MSW), retired now. We do a lot of things together, our favorite is probably traveling. I would have loved to have gone to London again this time but it was a 'girl thing' for Mrs. Jim and our daughter.

Mrs. Jim just got back from the brunch. She has another $60 winnings from golf to add to the $73.25 she has already. She has to spend the 73 by December 31, all at the pro shop.

Got to go now. Have made a tee time, 11:00, for next Friday. There are more calls to make too, one very important for our Spring travel to Sicily and more. I'm hoping for coffee in bed tomorrow again. Jim (Previously posted by me on December 10, 2005.  http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2005/12/it-cant-get-much-better-than-this-i.html

# posted by Jim : 12/10/2005 10:16:00 AM"

(C) A Favorite:  Ready for work.  Adi and Mrs. Jim were a Registered Pet Therapy Team and so were Adi and I.  Our first assignments were a girl and a boy, to tutor them in Reading Skills so that they could pass into the Seventh Grade.   The boy I had would sprawl on the floor, stomach down, as would Adi.  The boy held his book in one hand and the other arm was around Adi.  Both of them passed their tests.  And Adi became a Reading Dog.  

  

(D) Street/Reflections:   On the Hood Reflection.  Don't you just love the spring flowers?

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(E) A Lagniappe.  Some of the other Roosting Chickens.

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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