Wednesday, October 31, 2012
— My Alphabe-Thursday, Xenogamy — "X" — Things in a Row — Two Questions —
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Question: What do you get when you cross a sunflower with a moonbeam?
Answer: A very short yellowsunbeam sunset.
"X" is for Xenogamy. Xenogamy defined: "The term xenogamy (along with geitonogamy & autogamy) was first suggested by Kerner in 1876.[2] Cross-pollination involves the transfer of pollen grains from the flower of one plant to the stigma of the flower of another plant. It is also called Xenogamy (Gk.xenos=strange, gamos=marriage)." [from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenogamy
KP and BP's other grandfather John (BIL Billy's father) develops his own variety of hybrid roses by using selective cross pollination. Some he has patented. All of his roses in his garden are beautiful.
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My Sunset picture: It was a pretty sunset over the lake with pink sky and red sun. But my camera (a Sony Cyber-shot DSC W560) red eye fixer 'fixed it'. There was such a pretty red sun that should have been in the middle of this picture when I took it from inside our friend's house at her breakfast room table.
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Pumpkin Things in a Row I found at the Waitrose Supermarket, Finchley Road, London. Mrs. Jim bought one of the small pumpkins for £.99 to make the jack-o-lantern in the picture below. We have been using it as a center piece on the dining table now for a week.
The middle picture was the candy row dedicated to Halloween and the one on the right was a fireworks for sale display shelf. I haven't heard many fireworks on Halloween night. I think they are more for Guy Fawkes Day celebrating. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night]
This is supposed to be for a November 5 holiday but friends have invited us to celebrate with their bonfire Saturday night. There might be fireworks then too.
Posted in respect for Aphabe- Thursday's Letter "X"
Question: What do you get when you cross a sunflower with a moonbeam?
Answer: A very short yellow
"X" is for Xenogamy. Xenogamy defined: "The term xenogamy (along with geitonogamy & autogamy) was first suggested by Kerner in 1876.[2] Cross-pollination involves the transfer of pollen grains from the flower of one plant to the stigma of the flower of another plant. It is also called Xenogamy (Gk.xenos=strange, gamos=marriage)." [from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenogamy
KP and BP's other grandfather John (BIL Billy's father) develops his own variety of hybrid roses by using selective cross pollination. Some he has patented. All of his roses in his garden are beautiful.
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My Sunset picture: It was a pretty sunset over the lake with pink sky and red sun. But my camera (a Sony Cyber-shot DSC W560) red eye fixer 'fixed it'. There was such a pretty red sun that should have been in the middle of this picture when I took it from inside our friend's house at her breakfast room table.
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Pumpkin Things in a Row I found at the Waitrose Supermarket, Finchley Road, London. Mrs. Jim bought one of the small pumpkins for £.99 to make the jack-o-lantern in the picture below. We have been using it as a center piece on the dining table now for a week.
The middle picture was the candy row dedicated to Halloween and the one on the right was a fireworks for sale display shelf. I haven't heard many fireworks on Halloween night. I think they are more for Guy Fawkes Day celebrating. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night]
This is supposed to be for a November 5 holiday but friends have invited us to celebrate with their bonfire Saturday night. There might be fireworks then too.
Here are KP and BP helping with more of my birthday celebrating. This was after trick or treating was finished. KP got a lot of candy from the kind neighbors who love for the children to come. For us after our children left the roost our favorite Halloween thing to do was to see the costumes and to watch them ask for and give a thank you for the candy they got from us.
KP helped Mrs. Jim make and frost this cake. There were no birthday candles in Karen's flat so KP and I decided we could do a little make believe using this pink highlighter marker. You should have seen it being lit and them watching me to blow out the candle. It all worked very well.
KP helped Mrs. Jim make and frost this cake. There were no birthday candles in Karen's flat so KP and I decided we could do a little make believe using this pink highlighter marker. You should have seen it being lit and them watching me to blow out the candle. It all worked very well.
See more of my birthday celebrating here.
Trivia: The favorite candy folks like to give out is Tootsie Roll candies. The most unliked candy the kids get is Tootsie Roll candies.
Trivia: The favorite candy folks like to give out is Tootsie Roll candies. The most unliked candy the kids get is Tootsie Roll candies.
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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
I really enjoyed your responses to my Wagon post of last week
Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
I really enjoyed your responses to my Wagon post of last week
My Two
Questions for this week (you can
answer just one if you wish):
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1. Do your children or grandchildren help you with cooking and baking projects? If so, what all do you have them do?
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2. What all transpired around your home for Halloween? Do you celebrate Guy Fawkes Day?.
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1. Do your children or grandchildren help you with cooking and baking projects? If so, what all do you have them do?
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2. What all transpired around your home for Halloween? Do you celebrate Guy Fawkes Day?.
Bonus Question:
What is your favorite "X"
word?.
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— I posted the above for Alphabe-Thursday
'X' assignments with
Miss Jenny at the head of the
class. You can find her by clicking right here.
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Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Grandchildren, Jim Birthday, Jim's Birthdays, KP, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Thursday, October 25, 2012
— My Alphabe-Thursday, Wagons and White — "W" — Things in a Row — Two Questions —
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"W" is for Wagon. This picture of me sitting in the old Radio Flyer (I think that is what it is) has been my Blogger profile picture for quite a while now. There were a few others earlier but this one I like and so I will keep it. I still have me with the old Ford in the Canadian Yukon Territory for my facebook picture though.
The picture was taken at the The Antique Rose Emporium at Brenham, Texas. It is one of many wagons there to be used by customer to haul their plant selections up to the registers for check out.
Next we have "W" is for White showing in some of my pictures that you have not seen yet. This display is down the street from our house. I like the White rocks lining the flower bed. This month the bed is decorated for Halloween.
On the left is another house, White, down the street from us. They do not have any grass in the front yard, only these plants. Most are flowering plants and many are wild flowers.
On the right are two White bags of golf balls that our son, Mike, gave us. He finds a lot of these while playing. They are balls that others have lost. Also some are balls that he no longer plays with as he has hit them too many times.
The White truck above makes grocery store deliveries on Karen and Billy's street. The delivery charges are very reasonable. And then our White dog, Katrin, has had a shampoo, nail job, and a haircut at the groomers. Can you see the Halloween decorations on the ear ribbons? She has been "outside" and now is wanting in.
In the White sack are Adi's ashes back from the crematorium. The White angel beside the bag has made some rounds. It once helped remind our dying friend, Katrin's 'mother', that the Lord had angels watching over her bed.
The White sign is at a local golf course. I did not see any snakes but did see a couple of alligators over there.
We saw the lady walking with the White flowered basket on her head walking alongside the highway in Guatemala. I don't have the slightest idea who she was, where she came from, or where she was going.
Below is our granddaughter, KP, helping us to find the Bloomsberry Central Baptist Church in London this Sunday. She had the map (White) and was really a big help.
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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
I really enjoyed your responses to my Velocipede post of last week
Jim sitting in an old Wagon
Posted in respect for Aphabe- Thursday's Letter "W"
"W" is for Wagon. This picture of me sitting in the old Radio Flyer (I think that is what it is) has been my Blogger profile picture for quite a while now. There were a few others earlier but this one I like and so I will keep it. I still have me with the old Ford in the Canadian Yukon Territory for my facebook picture though.
The picture was taken at the The Antique Rose Emporium at Brenham, Texas. It is one of many wagons there to be used by customer to haul their plant selections up to the registers for check out.
Next we have "W" is for White showing in some of my pictures that you have not seen yet. This display is down the street from our house. I like the White rocks lining the flower bed. This month the bed is decorated for Halloween.
Make any picture larger by clicking on it.
On the left is another house, White, down the street from us. They do not have any grass in the front yard, only these plants. Most are flowering plants and many are wild flowers.
On the right are two White bags of golf balls that our son, Mike, gave us. He finds a lot of these while playing. They are balls that others have lost. Also some are balls that he no longer plays with as he has hit them too many times.
The White truck above makes grocery store deliveries on Karen and Billy's street. The delivery charges are very reasonable. And then our White dog, Katrin, has had a shampoo, nail job, and a haircut at the groomers. Can you see the Halloween decorations on the ear ribbons? She has been "outside" and now is wanting in.
In the White sack are Adi's ashes back from the crematorium. The White angel beside the bag has made some rounds. It once helped remind our dying friend, Katrin's 'mother', that the Lord had angels watching over her bed.
The White sign is at a local golf course. I did not see any snakes but did see a couple of alligators over there.
We saw the lady walking with the White flowered basket on her head walking alongside the highway in Guatemala. I don't have the slightest idea who she was, where she came from, or where she was going.Below is our granddaughter, KP, helping us to find the Bloomsberry Central Baptist Church in London this Sunday. She had the map (White) and was really a big help.
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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
I really enjoyed your responses to my Velocipede post of last week
My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. Do you have a Wagon in your garage, yard, or in the house someplace to talk about? Are there any stories about a Wagon in your life that you'd like to tell about ?
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2. What can you tell us about White around you?.
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1. Do you have a Wagon in your garage, yard, or in the house someplace to talk about? Are there any stories about a Wagon in your life that you'd like to tell about ?
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2. What can you tell us about White around you?.
Bonus Question: What is your favorite "W" word?.
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— I posted the above for Alphabe-Thursday 'W' assignments with Miss Jenny at the head of the class. You can find her by clicking right here.
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—My post is also for Pat's Thursday Things in a Row. The rocks in the flower bed, the pumpkins planted there and a couple-three of short twosome rows, the golf ball sacks, Adi's ashes and the angel, and me and the Tin Man are placed in neat little rows. .
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Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Driving Pictures, Guatemala, Katrin, KP, London, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Thursday, October 18, 2012
— My Alphabe-Thursday, Velocipede and Vehicles — "V" — Things in a Row — Two Questions —
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"V" is for Velocipede and for Vehicle
in respect for Alphebe- Thursday
This Vehicle is a nice Chevy truck that Karen (a neighbor) takes us to the airport in. It is holiday decorated for Halloween. Lots of ghosts, goblins, pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, and cobwebs inside too. We left Tuesday for London, U.K.
In this picture you cannot see the velocipede as it is under some of my garage 'stuff.' I think it is next to the two old green Raleigh bicycles (also velocipedes) but I couldn't see it and I don't think you can either.
The major vehicle in this picture is my black 1950 Ford Tudor Deluxe Custom. This car has 102 K miles on it but back with the 50's models anything over 100 thousand is gravy.
Dad always retired his cars when they hit 100 K. Then when Lois (my sister [link]) or I needed a car Dad would give us his old one. I was first with his 1951 Ford Deluxe Tudor.
This was during my Army days and I had worn out my 1950 Jimmy Dean Mercury Tudor. That old Mercury had served me well. One time in the middle of the night coming through New Mexico back home to El Paso the generator bracket broke.
This was a time when our twins, then babies, Mike and Mitch, were with us (of course). We would coast down hills and drive up using the engine power. We were taking U.S. Highway 54 and some of those hills were little mountains. Since the water pumps and the cooling fan were inoperative I knew that we could not make it back to El Paso.
I have looked and looked on the maps and can not figure out for sure which town we stopped at. The train station master (??) let us come inside by his fire to keep warm that night. The next morning was Saturday and the repair facility was closed. Even if he was open there would not have been a new bracket in town for us. But a kindly welder welded the bracket back together again for us with no charge.
People are generally nice to soldiers, because they are terribly underpaid and most all of the enlisted men are very poor. We were so poor that on a Private First Class pay having two kids we PAID NO INCOME TAX. Governor Romney would have written us off as not voting for him for sure, being one of the '47 per centers'.
At any rate my '50 Ford will be a fine ride for our Montgomery Country Early Ford V8 Club rides when, if ever, I get it back on the road. Mostly now it needs tires but also a few other fixes would make it better.
The velocipede? It is a nice pretty one, all pink with white seats, handlebars, and wheels. It was our Karen's when she was small.
Well, we will dig it out for KP (her latest pictures) to ride. She might be big enough to ride it this December when she comes from London for her Christmas visit to Mimi and Papa. BTW, do you think my garage is messy?
Oh yes, a velocipede here, on this post, is another name for a tricycle. Actually according to Wikipedia the word velocipede means any human powered vehicle with one or more wheels.
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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
I really enjoyed your responses to my Umbrellas and Fruit Trees post last week. Thank you for coming by.
My Two
Questions for this week (you can
answer just one if you wish):
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1. How does your vehicle or velocipede life go? Are there any stories you'd like to tell about your vehicle or velocipede experiences?
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2. What can you tell us about being messy? In yourself or other family members?
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1. How does your vehicle or velocipede life go? Are there any stories you'd like to tell about your vehicle or velocipede experiences?
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2. What can you tell us about being messy? In yourself or other family members?
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Bonus Question:
What is your favorite "V"
word?
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— I posted the above for Alphabe-Thursday
'V' assignments with
Miss Jenny at the head of the
class. You can find her by clicking right here.
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—My post is also
for Pat's Thursday Things in a
Row. The stuff in the garage, some of it, is placed in neat little rows. Also Karen's truck decorations are in a free handed row.
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Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Cars, Jim's Life, KP, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Thursday, October 11, 2012
— My Alphabe-Thursday, Three Umbrellas — "U" — Things in a Row — Two Questions —
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"U" is for Umbrella. Here we have three.
First is our KP with here 'rainy day protector.' She is so happy with it mainly because she likes Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
No one told her that it is bad luck to open an umbrella in the house. But both in London and in Houston we always carry our umbrellas because we never know when the weather will turn to rain.
Next are two of mine. The top one in the picture obviously came from Bloomingdales but I did not buy it there. Like many of our umbrellas it just showed up in my collection. It is quite old judged by the mechanism being non-push button.
The lower one, still in the store casing, is to replace it. I purchased one like it at our local Academy store but it only lasted one rainstorm. Then it came apart just like it's predecessor from Bloomingdales did.
I took it back to the store wanting a replacement. I did not have my receipt but there was a warning on the package of the one in the store that these carried a 'lifetime' warranty.
Sure enough, they did replace it without a receipt. Please note that I did save the receipt for this one, "just in case."
Here are some wild persimmons (Google Link) that I found on my walk this morning. I was pleasantly surprised to find them.
They were not laying in rows like in this picture, I did that for my "Thursday Things in a Row" post for pat. You can go here for more "Row" posts by other bloggers.
And this then, is the tree they were growing on.
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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
Three Umbrellas
in respect for
Aphabe- Thursday.
"U" is for Umbrella. Here we have three.First is our KP with here 'rainy day protector.' She is so happy with it mainly because she likes Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
No one told her that it is bad luck to open an umbrella in the house. But both in London and in Houston we always carry our umbrellas because we never know when the weather will turn to rain.
Next are two of mine. The top one in the picture obviously came from Bloomingdales but I did not buy it there. Like many of our umbrellas it just showed up in my collection. It is quite old judged by the mechanism being non-push button.
The lower one, still in the store casing, is to replace it. I purchased one like it at our local Academy store but it only lasted one rainstorm. Then it came apart just like it's predecessor from Bloomingdales did.I took it back to the store wanting a replacement. I did not have my receipt but there was a warning on the package of the one in the store that these carried a 'lifetime' warranty.
Sure enough, they did replace it without a receipt. Please note that I did save the receipt for this one, "just in case."
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Here are some wild persimmons (Google Link) that I found on my walk this morning. I was pleasantly surprised to find them.
They were not laying in rows like in this picture, I did that for my "Thursday Things in a Row" post for pat. You can go here for more "Row" posts by other bloggers.
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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
I really enjoyed your responses to my Rockers on our back porch and places that you might have to relax and watch the world go by.
My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. How does your umbrella life go? Are there any stories you'd like to tell about your umbrella experiences?
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2. What can you tell us about fruit trees, wild or domesticated in your neighborhood?
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1. How does your umbrella life go? Are there any stories you'd like to tell about your umbrella experiences?
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2. What can you tell us about fruit trees, wild or domesticated in your neighborhood?
Bonus Question: What is your favorite "U" word?
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— I posted the above for Alphabe-Thursday 'U' assignments with Miss Jenny at the head of the class. You can find her by clicking right here.
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Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Jim Does, KP, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Thursday, October 04, 2012
— Thursday Things in a Row — Thursday Two Questions —
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Here we are ready for some fall talking, whittling, reading, or what have you. Friends who come over generally migrate to our back porch, especially the men. We can drag up some more chairs. Our back yard blends with the 11th fairway of the golf course behind our house so the scenery is pretty most of the time. Plus there are a few golfers now and then for the dogs to bark at.
Speaking of chairs, the one in the foreground is a WalMart white rocker I got three years ago. The next is one that was on Mrs. Jim's porch when she was growing up. She likes rockers getting this one from the porch and also colonial style inside rocker from the house when she moved out. Karen has that rocker for rocking Lauren when she was little and still if she will sit still.
The two white plastic resin chairs I recovered from the curb at someones house on garbage day. There were two more but they have became more or less unsafe. Perhaps they were 'rescued' by someone handy with tools and his/her hands and made whole again.
Speaking of made whole again, we have been having a Fall Bible Conference for the last four nights this week at our church. Dr. David Cates, a Houston Baptist University professor (link) lead our study as a guest lecturer.
Dr. Cates had a definition for 'Redemption', the Baptists call it being born again, that I had not heard but it makes sense. Jesus Christ, the Messiah come, died on the cross in place of God's punishment for us. That is he 'redeemed us' by paying the price for us.
Dr. Cates' says that the word 'Redemption' in its original form meant making something valuable again from something discarded as trash. Think of it that way helps to understand the Lords life saving (eternal life) gift to us. I always had thought of it as redeeming hocked property from a pawn shop or buying a slave's freedom.
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— The row of chairs is my entry picture for Pat's Thursday Things in a Row. You might like to see and read about other entries by clicking here.
— Here are my Thursday Two Questions (click here to read about other bloggers' two questions) for Amanda:
1. Do you have an outside gathering place that you could visit or just relax by yourself?
2. Perhaps yours is not a patio, balcony, or porch but rather a garden. Is that possible for you?
Mrs. Jim would have liked to have a backyard garden setting but that was not practical for us. I am hot able to do much of the physical work. We had a landscaper draw up a plan but that was way too expensive for us, in the $95,000 range. Instead I planted the two bushes at the edge of the porch.
Here we are ready for some fall talking, whittling, reading, or what have you. Friends who come over generally migrate to our back porch, especially the men. We can drag up some more chairs. Our back yard blends with the 11th fairway of the golf course behind our house so the scenery is pretty most of the time. Plus there are a few golfers now and then for the dogs to bark at.
Speaking of chairs, the one in the foreground is a WalMart white rocker I got three years ago. The next is one that was on Mrs. Jim's porch when she was growing up. She likes rockers getting this one from the porch and also colonial style inside rocker from the house when she moved out. Karen has that rocker for rocking Lauren when she was little and still if she will sit still.
The two white plastic resin chairs I recovered from the curb at someones house on garbage day. There were two more but they have became more or less unsafe. Perhaps they were 'rescued' by someone handy with tools and his/her hands and made whole again.
Speaking of made whole again, we have been having a Fall Bible Conference for the last four nights this week at our church. Dr. David Cates, a Houston Baptist University professor (link) lead our study as a guest lecturer.
Dr. Cates had a definition for 'Redemption', the Baptists call it being born again, that I had not heard but it makes sense. Jesus Christ, the Messiah come, died on the cross in place of God's punishment for us. That is he 'redeemed us' by paying the price for us.
Dr. Cates' says that the word 'Redemption' in its original form meant making something valuable again from something discarded as trash. Think of it that way helps to understand the Lords life saving (eternal life) gift to us. I always had thought of it as redeeming hocked property from a pawn shop or buying a slave's freedom.
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— The row of chairs is my entry picture for Pat's Thursday Things in a Row. You might like to see and read about other entries by clicking here.
— Here are my Thursday Two Questions (click here to read about other bloggers' two questions) for Amanda:
1. Do you have an outside gathering place that you could visit or just relax by yourself?
2. Perhaps yours is not a patio, balcony, or porch but rather a garden. Is that possible for you?
Mrs. Jim would have liked to have a backyard garden setting but that was not practical for us. I am hot able to do much of the physical work. We had a landscaper draw up a plan but that was way too expensive for us, in the $95,000 range. Instead I planted the two bushes at the edge of the porch.
Labels: Jim Does, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Thursday, September 27, 2012
— My Alphabe-Thursday — "S" — Things in a Row — Two Questions —
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"S" is for Sandwiches and Sauerkraut
in respect for Aphabe- Thursday.
Libby's is a good Sauerkraut. I eat it because I don't eat seeds anymore, per doctor's order.
Actually I like the taste of Bush's Best Bavarian Sauerkraut-Canned better but had to quit eating it because it contains dill seeds. Basically, Sauerkraut is Sauerkraut so it wasn't a big deal when I had to switch.
Above is my cheese dog with Sauerkraut and yellow mustard. This is probably my next to favorite sandwich. The other two here are close favorites and please note that each has Sauerkraut inside.
Click on the pictures to see how pretty they are. They are equally as yummy.
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On the left is a Rachel sandwich on rye bread. The Rachel is made like a Reuben except that is has pastrami instead of corned beef and Russian dressing instead of French dressing.
The quick Rachel's ingredients are two slices of toasted rye bread, spread them with Russian dressing, place a nice layer of pastrami on one of the slices, cover with sauerkraut, a piece or more of Swiss cheese laid over the second slice of bread. Be sure the sauerkraut is well drained, I squeezed mine a bit, so that it does not saturate the bread. Rachel sandwiches should not have soggy bread.
Place the bread on on a plate of appropriate size and heat both slices in the microwave for about 30 seconds. The Swiss cheese should be slightly melted, then stop heating. Put the Swiss cheese slice over the meat and kraut piece. If any liquid is on the plate wipe it up with a paper towel.
Cut your Rachel sandwich in two, eat and enjoy.
On the left is a Canadian bacon, microwaved egg, American cheese, and sauerkraut sandwich on rye bread that I made for breakfast. This is pretty self explanatory, except for the microwaved egg I whipped it in a cup, placed it in a spray oiled small bread sized dish, covered it with a paper towel piece, and cooked it on high for one minute.
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For Thursday Things in a Row I had to stretch things a bit. Do two half sandwiches laying side by side count as being in a row?
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I really enjoyed your responses to my Guatemala City pictures and food delivery questions last week.
My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. How keen are you about sauerkraut? Do you like it on a sandwich and if you don't, might you try? Why or why not?
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Besides liking my sauerkraut on sandwiches and hot dogs I also like to eat sauerkraut as a vegetable.
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2. What can you tell us about your favorite sandwiches?
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1. How keen are you about sauerkraut? Do you like it on a sandwich and if you don't, might you try? Why or why not?
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Besides liking my sauerkraut on sandwiches and hot dogs I also like to eat sauerkraut as a vegetable.
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2. What can you tell us about your favorite sandwiches?
My favorite is a Philly cheese steak sandwich. I judge in part a new to me restaurant by how well their Philly cheese steak sandwich it. In my home town the City Cafe made delicious Philly cheese steak sandwiches. They were bought out so I ordered one to check on the new owners. The taste was good but the quantity of filling was very low.
For conversation I asked the cook if she made them all from scratch. She very proudly said no, they came in a pouch that she opened to fill the roll. I should have suggested that she put two pouches into each sandwich to make it passable. But I was nice and said that the pouches made her work easy.
Bonus Question: How often do you make sandwiches for a meal?
I make sandwiches at the drop of a hat. That liking came from my midlife bachelor days.
Substitute Bonus Question: What is your favorite "S" word?
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— I posted the above for Alphabe-Thursday 'S' assignments with Miss Jenny at the head of the class. You can find her by clicking right here.
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Rest in Peace, dear Adi
Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Food, Jim Does, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Thursday, September 20, 2012
A Quiz — My Alphabe-Thursday — "R" — Things in a Row — Two Questions —
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"R" is for RED in respect for Aphabe- Thursday.
Question: What else do these three pictures have in common besides having red color?
Picture # 1:
Picture # 2:
Picture # 3:
GIVE UP? Then highlight the area below for the answer.
Answer: they are all food related.
Picture # 3 of course, a McDonald's Meal Deal delivery in Guatemala City.
Picture # 1 is a small bowl of sweet and sour sauce with two frozen strawberries trying to swim. This photo I took at a Chinese restaurant and the strawberries were in my Blue Bell strawberry ice cream.
Picture # 2 is the bottom of the drink dump bucket at church last night. Evidently most people had the red juice drink that they didn't like so that was dumped the most.
For Thursday Things in a Row I had to stretch things a bit. Do two strawberries laying side by side count as being in a row? Of course all the motorcycles at McDonald's were parked in a row but I didn't get a picture of them.
Now my Thursday Two Questions:
I really enjoyed your responses to my Quebec City pictures last week. My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. Have you ever been to Guatemala City? If your answer was yes, what special place of interest did you like to see or do? If it was no, then what might you like to do do when and if you could go?
"R" is for RED in respect for Aphabe- Thursday.
Question: What else do these three pictures have in common besides having red color?
Picture # 1:
Picture # 3:GIVE UP? Then highlight the area below for the answer.
Answer: they are all food related.
Picture # 3 of course, a McDonald's Meal Deal delivery in Guatemala City.
Picture # 1 is a small bowl of sweet and sour sauce with two frozen strawberries trying to swim. This photo I took at a Chinese restaurant and the strawberries were in my Blue Bell strawberry ice cream.
Picture # 2 is the bottom of the drink dump bucket at church last night. Evidently most people had the red juice drink that they didn't like so that was dumped the most.
For Thursday Things in a Row I had to stretch things a bit. Do two strawberries laying side by side count as being in a row? Of course all the motorcycles at McDonald's were parked in a row but I didn't get a picture of them.
Now my Thursday Two Questions:
I really enjoyed your responses to my Quebec City pictures last week. My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. Have you ever been to Guatemala City? If your answer was yes, what special place of interest did you like to see or do? If it was no, then what might you like to do do when and if you could go?
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Most of my time in Guatamala City was spent at the airport or in a bus heading up the Trans American Highway to Hue Hue Tenango. This was on a mission trip to an orphanage where we helped to upgrade their facilities. I was good at painting and playing with the kids.
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2. How much do you use food delivery service?
Most of my time in Guatamala City was spent at the airport or in a bus heading up the Trans American Highway to Hue Hue Tenango. This was on a mission trip to an orphanage where we helped to upgrade their facilities. I was good at painting and playing with the kids.
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2. How much do you use food delivery service?
Once in a while we get a pizza from Dominoes. Trouble is that Dominoes and Little Ceasars are so close that we just call ahead and stop there on the way home from someplace.
Bonus Question: What is your favorite "R" word?
My favorite "R" word is 'rev' for 'rev it up' or 'rev your engine up.' I like mine while driving, I love to go fast. The fastest I have ever driven is just a bit over 150 mph (240 kph) on the German Autobahn (or was it 200 mph?).
v.intr.
v.intr.
1. To operate at an increased speed: heard the motors revving.
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I posted the above for Alphabe-Thursday
'R' assignments with Miss
Jenny at the head
of the class. You can find her by clicking
right here.
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Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Jim Does, Jim's Life, Quiz, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Thursday, September 13, 2012
— My Alphabe-Thursday — "Q" — Things in a Row — Two Questions —
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"Q" was going to be for Quebec City, Canada. Mrs. Jim and I spent four nights and three days there in two different Bed and Breakfast Hotels. We flew to Quebec City from Houston, Texas and then rented a car. After Quebec City we drove to Montreal, Canada, for a three night stay in a luxury resort that Mrs. Jim bid on and won. Then we drove back to Quebec City and flew home to Houston.
I say "Q" was going to be for Quebec City and that is right. All of my pictures were on my Gateway computer that crashed. I thought that I had all my picture files backed up but that file is missing. I do have the original flash memory card for the camera but I can't find it very quickly. Besides this picture I have a few more in the two blogs that I wrote about our Quebec City holiday (link).
So now, "Q" is for Quack. 'Quack' like the language that ducks talk in. Quack is one of the first words that children learn when they are learning animals and sounds is 'Quack' for ducks or 'duckies'.
These two ducks are headed for a treat that KP and Mrs. Jim are going to feed them. They have oodles of bread to make large bread crumbs for the ducks and the 'fishies'.
Below is a picture I took of KP and Mrs. Jim calling the ducks for for their treats. I hear them now, "Quack quack quack quack! Here Ducks."
My sister Lois (link) and I used to Quack to the ducks to get them to talk ('quack') back at us. We still do this. I didn't know until one day she barked at a dog we met. I stared laughing and she guessed that I also bark at the dogs. It turned out that we both try to get all of the animals we meet to talk back with us.
Besides the ducks and the fish a herd of turtles also came to eat bread pieces. I caught them in a Row here which will work out really good for my Thursday Things in a Row post. You can click on any picture to make it full screen. Click it again to get extra large sized.
"Q" for Quack is also Quack for the doctors who really don't know the first thing about what they are doing. My sister Lois (link) has a doctor aptly named for an act that doctors should not be doing to their patients. This is a family flog that I keep so be assured that this act is not obscene or vulgar. But I wouldn't want to go to a doctor with that name unless he or she had an excellent reputation concerning his medical knowledge and skills.
The Quilt was made for sale by the Auxiliary, the volunteer guys and ladies pushing the wheel chairs and sitting at the public relations desks. This particular auxiliary unit was from the Herman Memorial Woodlands Hospital. In turn, the Woodlands mall bought it for a part of a display in their Food Court. Just remember that good doctors and Quacks alike work at the hospitals and in the surrounding offices.
The Quilt hanging will also will work out really good for my today's Thursday Things in a Row post.
Mrs. Jim standing on the balcony of our first B&B in Quebec City
(Please notice all of the windows and balconies in a row.)
(Please notice all of the windows and balconies in a row.)
"Q" was going to be for Quebec City, Canada. Mrs. Jim and I spent four nights and three days there in two different Bed and Breakfast Hotels. We flew to Quebec City from Houston, Texas and then rented a car. After Quebec City we drove to Montreal, Canada, for a three night stay in a luxury resort that Mrs. Jim bid on and won. Then we drove back to Quebec City and flew home to Houston.
I say "Q" was going to be for Quebec City and that is right. All of my pictures were on my Gateway computer that crashed. I thought that I had all my picture files backed up but that file is missing. I do have the original flash memory card for the camera but I can't find it very quickly. Besides this picture I have a few more in the two blogs that I wrote about our Quebec City holiday (link).
So now, "Q" is for Quack. 'Quack' like the language that ducks talk in. Quack is one of the first words that children learn when they are learning animals and sounds is 'Quack' for ducks or 'duckies'.These two ducks are headed for a treat that KP and Mrs. Jim are going to feed them. They have oodles of bread to make large bread crumbs for the ducks and the 'fishies'.
Below is a picture I took of KP and Mrs. Jim calling the ducks for for their treats. I hear them now, "Quack quack quack quack! Here Ducks."
My sister Lois (link) and I used to Quack to the ducks to get them to talk ('quack') back at us. We still do this. I didn't know until one day she barked at a dog we met. I stared laughing and she guessed that I also bark at the dogs. It turned out that we both try to get all of the animals we meet to talk back with us.
Besides the ducks and the fish a herd of turtles also came to eat bread pieces. I caught them in a Row here which will work out really good for my Thursday Things in a Row post. You can click on any picture to make it full screen. Click it again to get extra large sized.
"Q" for Quack is also Quack for the doctors who really don't know the first thing about what they are doing. My sister Lois (link) has a doctor aptly named for an act that doctors should not be doing to their patients. This is a family flog that I keep so be assured that this act is not obscene or vulgar. But I wouldn't want to go to a doctor with that name unless he or she had an excellent reputation concerning his medical knowledge and skills.
The Quilt was made for sale by the Auxiliary, the volunteer guys and ladies pushing the wheel chairs and sitting at the public relations desks. This particular auxiliary unit was from the Herman Memorial Woodlands Hospital. In turn, the Woodlands mall bought it for a part of a display in their Food Court. Just remember that good doctors and Quacks alike work at the hospitals and in the surrounding offices.
The Quilt hanging will also will work out really good for my today's Thursday Things in a Row post.
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I posted the above for Alphabe-Thursday 'Q' assignments with Miss Jenny at
the head of the class. You can find her by clicking
right here.
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—My post is
also for Pat's
Thursday Things in a Row. You can find the things in the row in a couple of my pictures here, especially in the balconies and windows, the turtle picture, and squares imbedded in the quilt. You may find other rows.
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—Here next is my
Thursday Two
Questions post for Amanda:
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I really enjoyed your responses to my Paris pictures last week. My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. Have you ever been to Quebec City? If your answer was yes, what special place of interest did you like to see or do? If it was no, then what might you like to do do when and if you could go?
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I really enjoyed your responses to my Paris pictures last week. My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. Have you ever been to Quebec City? If your answer was yes, what special place of interest did you like to see or do? If it was no, then what might you like to do do when and if you could go?
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Again, walking around is the best. Almost as good were visiting the various museums and historical sites. My favorite was the Changing of the Guard at La Citadelle. Here is a YouTube video of this. I also took a video but like I said earlier, it was lost for now with the crashing of my Gateway lap top. The food was also excellent, you can see a picture of the half rack of ribs they served me as shown in my Quebec City posts.
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2. How much do you trust your doctor with? Have you ever had a Quack doctor?
Again, walking around is the best. Almost as good were visiting the various museums and historical sites. My favorite was the Changing of the Guard at La Citadelle. Here is a YouTube video of this. I also took a video but like I said earlier, it was lost for now with the crashing of my Gateway lap top. The food was also excellent, you can see a picture of the half rack of ribs they served me as shown in my Quebec City posts.
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2. How much do you trust your doctor with? Have you ever had a Quack doctor?
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I have had what I call a pill pusher doctor. He prescribed a pill for everything without doing tests or really knowing what my problem was. Then if the pills didn't work he would try another set of pills on me.
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Bonus Question, # 1 or # 2 or both:
I have had what I call a pill pusher doctor. He prescribed a pill for everything without doing tests or really knowing what my problem was. Then if the pills didn't work he would try another set of pills on me.
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Bonus Question, # 1 or # 2 or both:
# 1: What would be your favorite "Q"
word?
# 2: What are your experiences with quacking ducks?
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# 2 (my pick): When I was growing up on the Nebraska farm my sister Lois (link) was given two ducks one year for Easter. The ducks became pets but one died. We didn't ever see its body so either Dad was protecting us kids from that or he had brought it up to his mother, my grandma, to cook for the Christmas dinner.
One problem with having ducks for farmyard pets is that they are terribly messy fowls. By that I mean that they would poop often and everywhere. Before coming into the house we always had to check our feet to be sure they didn't have duck mess on them. Mrs. Jim would have had us taking off our shoes as a precaution I am sure.
Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Jim Does, Jim's Life, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
