Saturday, February 20, 2021

Letter "H" -- Weekend Roundup and Reflections

Day after, out our front window 

We are safe and warm now.  Things got pretty cold here, even in the house our nose and ears got cold.  We lost power, heat, and water here for 48 hours straight and then on and off for a couple of more days. 
Casualties here in Katy, Texas, are that our older daughter slipped on ice and broke her hip (she is mended now and is home from the hospital now) and our pool pump and pipes suffered.
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The eighth issue this week of my 2021 WEEKEND ROUNDUP postings. 
(THE EIGHTH LETTER FOR THIS SERIES) - the Letter "H" Prompts are: (A) Starts with the Letter "H"; (B) "Heavy" (Tom's Choice); (C) A Favorite; (D) Reflections; and (E) A Lagniappe. 
  
   
from my "Jim1Jim1" YouTube collection,
https://www.youtube.com/user/Jim1Jim1 

(A) Starts with the Letter "H":   Happy starts with "H".  Adi, our Beagle dog, was always happy, I never saw her frown.  As a Pet Therapy partner with me, she loved visiting with the Alzheimer residents at our local assisted living home.  

Above is a YouTube recording I made of her welcoming her true owner, our younger daughter who lives in Houston, on a visit with Adi and us.  


(B) "Heavy" (Tom's Choice):   Doing some Heavy Thinking.  She had spent a half day at the Houston Zoo.  Sort of tired, now mulling over all the new and strange things she had seen.  Age one and a half, our youngest grandchild.  She is eleven now. 
Our Houston Zoo Day, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2018/02/weekend-roundup-07-18-for-letter-g.html


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(C) A Favorite:   Above is Adi after working with the Assisted Living Home residents.   Adi died in 2012 at age 16.
Adi's Retirement, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2012/08/adis-retirement-six-word-saturday.html


(D) Reflections:   From near the entrance to the Houston Zoo.  In the center of the photo is our Youngest Granddaughter at about a year and a half. [click on the picture for larger viewing.  If a + shows on your cursor click again for larger still] 


(E) A Lagniappe.   Three Happy Guys and a not so Happy Lady.  They are a part of a toy village that our younger daughter had when little.  They are about 40 years old.
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Bonus Questions: 
 
(1)  Tell about your experience with going to a Zoo.  Who all was with you?   We used to go to the zoo a lot when it was free.  Now ticket prices are outrageous.  

(2) What is your favorite Word starting with  "H"?   Mine today will be "Happy".   I've used it a lot here today.  An old saying, "If the wife isn't happy then nobody is."

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

My going blogs:

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/ 

Cars I have owned (32 including the Golf Car)  http://jimmiehov3.blogspot.com/2021/01/cars-i-have-owned-toy-cars-not-listed.html 

Adi Pictures and Information.   Click here, Link to Adi's Meme   Adi died in 2012.

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 Fine print stuff: 

 - [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. 

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Friday, February 16, 2018

Weekend Roundup -- 07-18 (for letter "G")

This week's (February 16) prompts 
Starts with "G";  A Favorite; and Green
 

Starts with "G":  Giraffe starts with "G".  Today I'm posting some pictures when we took our youngest granddaughter, KP,  to the Houston (Texas) Zoo.  We had purchased some giraffe food but she was not yet two at that time and didn't want to be in the giraffe's nose.

 

Favorite:  After reviewing KP at museum. We once more fell in love with KP at that visit. Here she is sizing up a lamb at the petting yard.  Today she won't pet a dog, let alone pull a sheep's ear.



Something Green:  Had hoped to find some green at the zoo. But since I didn't how about this green grasshopper that I found in Tennessee.

Any idea of what this grasshopper eats?
 
Langnape:  The GMC logo (link).  I wasn't familiar with the GMC until 1954.  That was when we blew an engine in our 1934 Ford Coupe modified stock racing car.  Our sponsor decided not to spend anymore big money on our car so we punted.

We did lay our hand on a 1936, could have been 1937, Chevy Coupe and put a GMC engine in it.  Our race rules limit on engines was 300 cubic inches (ci) so we put in a GMC 302 engine, bored and stroked to about 375 ci.  A GMC 270 head fit right on so we never were subject to a tear down of the engine.
A 1936 Chevy Coupe model 
Google found it but they said
the source was unknown.

The car wasn't nearly as fast around the corners as our little Ford.  This was because of the side location of the intake manifold, at the side of the engine, and the effect of gravity (a "G" word) pulling on the fuel.  Electric fuel pumps did not remedy this, it was also the fuel mainly in the carburetor but clinging to the outside while the engine was inside (Ford carburetors were located on top, in the center of the engine). 

So it always stayed in the "B" Feature final race and sometimes would win.  But it never made, or could make the "A" Feature.

Day at the Zoo with an eighteen-month-old grandchild in a nutshell:.

 


We played with the goats in the petting zoo

We fed the giraffes then gazed at them for a bit

We rode the merry-go-round

We ate a nice lunch from Grandma's bag

We took pictures a zillion times

The elephants were to KP the most amazing. They were huge!


http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2011/01/day-at-houston-zoo-yesterday-midweek.html


Mrs. Jim, KP, and I visited the Houston Zoo on November 1, 2011.  KP, here peeking around and through the bridge, was one and a half at the time and really enjoyed seeing the animals and fishes.

The fine print:
-  I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link to Weekend Review 2/16/2018)
- The pictures are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- Click on any picture to make it "full screen" sized. Click on your "Back" button to get back here.


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# posted by Jim : 2/16/2018 06:19:00 PM  6 comments

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

We had a happy Sunday -- The Jim Bunch eats again, then we went to the City of Houston Herman Park for a while

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Son Tim e-mailed the Jim Bunch last week to have a get-together at Niko Niko's Greek Restaurant. Megan was coming home from Austin. She is graduating from the University of Texas this May with a Masters Degree in Accounting.

That is pretty good, she did it all in five years with extremely good grades. And never once did she change her major. [Her Grandpa Jim changed his three times at the University of Nebraska and three times at the University of Houston, just in getting his bachelor degree.]

At the end here, are Megan and her boy friend, James. We all like James.

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Here we have the Jim Bunch, mostly candid this time. Sorry guy, if you weren't looking at the camera.
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Missing were grandkids, Tim and Renee (live out of town) and BP (she had other places to be), then kids Karen, Billy, Mitch, Carmen, and Mike. A couple of kids were working, three were playing golf.
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After lunch, Mrs. Jim and I drove over to the 445-acre (1.80 km²) Herman Park (link 01)(link 02).

Everyone is proud of the new Herman Park Train. We haven'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 this winter.

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The Herman Park has a really nice Japanese Garden too! We didn't get to stay long there because it closes at 5:00 PM until summer time. (link)

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The bridge and pond above remind me of Monet's works at Giverny. Mrs. Jim and I want to go there before we get too old for things like that.

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That's General/President Sam Houston at the end of the reflection pool.

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We didn't rent a paddle boat but you do that.

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There is the Museum of Natural Science, the Cockrell Butterfly Center (link), a planetarium, and a very nice IMAX Theatre if you want to stay cool in the air conditioning.



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Walking to the Museum, we saw this orange flowering fruit tree in bloom (in the center of the picture).


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The steps here are in front of the Museum. They lead to a huge sun dial where there are always a bunch of kids playing something similar to hopscotch among the numbers.

What we didn't see were the 4500 animal Houston Zoo (at Herman Park)(you gotta see this link to the zoo and all other attractions at Herman Park, the Miller Outdoor Theatre, and the 18-hole Herman Park Golf Course (click here for a free round of golf).

All three of these are Houston Texas size, that means real big(!!). If you haven't been there, please visit the Wikipedia article, you will be impressed. Come visit us and I promise we can go there!

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# posted by Jim : 3/11/2008 12:45:00 AM  10 comments

Friday, October 21, 2022

Letter "P" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures


 - Tom's Requests for this Week's Prompts: 
     Starts with "W"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "P"ainting
 - James wishes for our Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures
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Starts with "P":  Today is Park for the "P" Word.  Please enjoy my Herman Park Pictures that I took here in our adjacent Houston, Texas. 

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After lunch, Mrs. Jim and I drove over to the 445-acre (1.80 km²) Herman Park (link 01)(link 02).

Everyone is proud of the new Herman Park Train. We haven'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 this winter.
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Reflections: The Herman Park has a really nice Japanese Garden too! We didn't get to stay long there because it closes at 5:00 PM until summer time. (link)

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That's General/President Sam Houston at the end of the reflection pool. 

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Lagniappe (1): There is the Museum of Natural Science, the Cockrell Butterfly Center (link), a Planetarium, and a very nice IMAX Theatre if you want to stay cool in the air conditioning. 

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The steps here are in front of the Museum. They lead to a huge sun dial where there are always a bunch of kids playing something similar to hopscotch among the numbers. 

Lagniappe (1):  What we didn't see were the 4500 animal Houston Zoo (at Herman Park)(you've gotta see this link to the zoo and all other attractions at Herman Park, the Miller Outdoor Theatre, and the 18-hole Herman Park Golf Course 
(click here for a free round of golf). 
All three of these are Houston Texas size, that means real big(!!). If you haven't been there, please visit the Wikipedia article, you will be impressed. Come visit us and I promise we can go there! 


 A Favorite:  My Pony, it's my retirement gift to me back in 2001.  A 1998 Mustang GT Convertible with 49K miles then (now 106K). 

Revelation 21:6 by Larry Dyke circa 1970's

Tom's Choice, "Painting":  The original Painting for this Print was given to President Richard Nixon on National Prayer Day, early 1970's.  Amazon has one signed by President Nixon for $199, ours is signed and numbered.  

Revelation 21:6, King James Version says, "And he said unto me, 'It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.'"  

Please Pardon the Reflections in the photo, I took it inside this afternoon where the lighting was sort of messing things up. 

A Lagniappe (2):  Panning for Gold?  We did in Alaska, got a little to take home.  But like "all the fish he had got was in his mother's pail," all the gold we got was purchased in the gift shop.

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The Fine print stuff:

 - [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.] 

 - I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link is 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 Street Folk and Reflections Photos).

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

 -The one-legged Goose photo was previously posted in April 2015 with several other photos with a slightly humorous poem I wrote, it is posted at the link below  on my other active  blog, 
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