Friday, April 26, 2024
Letter "Q" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "Q." A Favorite. For Tom, "Q"uite". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "Q": This Canaille was quietly getting ready for blooming. It is the first flower this spring where a plant that has been cut to the ground has blossoms.
The rabbits living around here have nibbled on some ends when they were more tender.
A Favorite: The Canaille is my Favorite because my father had canailles all around his converted office up in Nebraska.
Those are his canailles around the smaller building. It was converted from a baby chicken brooding house into an office for his seed corn business. There is a yard light on top of the pole, yes there is not a street, it was sitting in our farmyard. I slept on the front porch behind the hedge.
I grew up in the house sitting in the back. It was a two bedroom, four room, two structure built around 1900 and moved to our family farm in 1920. The new owner had bulldozed it down and has burned the rubble.
Read more about that here.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: The Guadalpe River is great for rafting. I'm not sure why the picture came out so striated.
For Tom, "Quite": This is one is a spot where the river runs Quite smoothly but there are rapids along its route at other places. You can read more about the house and my growing up here.
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The fine print:
- [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.
- 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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Labels: Animals, Flowers-buds-plants, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Jim's old home, Jim's old home place, Reflections
Friday, March 29, 2024
Letter "M" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
Letter "M" - This Week's Prompts: Starts with "M." A Favorite. For Tom, "M"ild". For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: Mother and daughter. Now what?
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Starts with "M": Milk is my "M" word for this go round. This picture is a Brown Swiss Milk Cow with the same features as my FFA, Future Farmers of America, project for my junior and senior Ag activity and class.
We took her home from a calf auction when she was small, just a few months old. That was for my sophomore year, I fed and cared for her, she was a pretty young heifer at summer break time. By graduation time next spring she was a good Milk Cow. We separated her from her little calf the day it was born, and she joined our small Milk Herd.
All school FFA animals at our school must have been named. Guess the name I gave the calf. Now highlight the next blank space to see if you guessed right.
I named her "Brownie".
The cream we separated away from the Milk and sold it to the local creamery. My cow's Milk was rich with cream.
A Favorite: Monster Jam (we didn't get to see)
For Tom, "Mild": 1947, who all can remember, Pall Mall cigarettes slogan, ". . . and they are "Mild." I do.
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The fine print
- [Click on most any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods 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 unless noted otherwise and their rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine unless noted otherwise and their rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Labels: Animals, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Kids, Quiz, Race, Reflections, School, Walk pictures
Friday, January 05, 2024
Letter "A" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
We are at the beginning of the alphabet one more time, this
will be Number 12 (six years) writing with Tom and James.
For James: Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: The moon is shingling brightly in its Reflection in the pool. Shining through the slat fence is the neighbor's bright Christmas lighting. I took this a few nights ago but I have a similar and much better photo here, as shown to the right.
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Starts with "A": In my latest AARP magazine is featured Ringo Star. Can you guess his age now? Please highlight the blank area below to see the answer.
Ringo Star is 83 years old.
Adi was retiring from Pet Partners
She and I were a registered Pet Therapy Team
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Tom's pick, ""A" "Favorite": Adi was my Favorite dog. She was a Beagle purebred without papers. (To read more about Adi, click here)
"A"round: The Axle is Round on this Round wooden wagon wheel. Seen at Central Park, NYC, New York. (to read more about Central Park, click here)
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The fine print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods 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.
- 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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Labels: Adi, Animals, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, New York City, Quiz, Reflections
Friday, December 22, 2023
Letter "Y" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts Starts with "Y." A Favorite. "Y"ak. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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It's time for my Christmas tree blog again this year. Today will be the sevententh when I post it, I started December 05, a Tuesday. Click here to see them for 2023-2 (part 2) and Here for 2023-1 (part 1).
Starts with "Y": Yummy stuff, a gift from a nice neighbor.
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A Favorite: This is Mrs. Jim's favorite decoration for the season, he is her Santa's helper. Her college was LSU but it is hard to get LSU stuff here around Houston.
He stays either under our tree or on the hearth. We got him a few years ago at an After Christmas sale in Houston. One side of his sales tag says "Handmade" and the other's said "Made in China".
Tom's suggestion, "Yak": The Coasters, Yakety Yak. This song was an original hit in 1958. It was one of my favorites.
The Coasters Yakety Yak singing Lyrics 👇
Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spendin' cash
If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
Just finish cleanin' up your room
Let's see that dust fly with that broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don't go out Friday night
Yakety yak (Don't talk back)
You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doin' that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yackety yack (Don't talk back)
Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip, he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friend outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yackety yack (Don't talk back)
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Courtesy of The Oldies Zone
Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: The top photo has the "banked" turtles reflection in the water. Not to brag about, the water was rippling.
The lower picture shows the heads of three buddy turtles swimming. Can you see them? There might be another two or more.
The turtles hang out around the bridge was standing on, it's our favorite walking path.
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The fine print:
- [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.
- 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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Labels: Animals, Christmas, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Toys, Walk pictures
Friday, August 04, 2023
Letter "E" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's this Week's Prompts: Starts with "E." A Favorite. "E"arly.
We both were watching the little tugboat move our ship away from the dock where we boarded.
But Mrs. Jim (here) caught me taking her picture. Most time she humors me and doesn't complain. Mostly, when I'm driving she isn't real keen on that, me taking pictures.
- James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures."
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Starts with "E": Egret starts with an "E". You can read more about this one here (she/he got killed--on the bridge never more). Some of you probably have read about it in poem form. I won't forget this bird.
A Favorite: This little rabbit and his little brother were side by side under a tree Eating, nibbling on some grass. By the time I was ready to get for picture taking they had separated so that I could only get one. I chose the closer of the two, big brother.
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Tom's suggestion, "Early": Early to Bed wasn't the issue here, back in 2011. (Katrin, still asleep here, died in 2013.)
"Katrin had a perfectly good bed. But when we went over to pick her up after our return from visiting Karen's in London there was no bed for her. The lady who keeps her was out and her husband could not find the bed.
That was not a problem for the moment although I helped him look for it we both gave up on finding it. When the lady came home she called Mrs. Jim per instructions as the husband had given us too low a figure for her keep.
After settling on the fee, Mrs. Jim asked about the bed. She said to come on over. When Mrs. Jim got there this new bed was waiting in the utility room for us. Of course, it wasn't Katrin's bed, not the one we had brought.
Then the lady fessed up. Another dog that she had named (neither of us can remember that dog's name) had attacked the bed and chewed it up until it was in pieces of foam rubber scattered on the floor.
We don't know who paid for this new bed. Mrs. Jim knows the dog's owner. Either the owner or the keeper lady paid for it. We don't care who. And Katrin is happy so all is well.
Oh yes, we think Katrin had brought a toy, a little stuffed chipmunk. We think we are ahead so the toy wasn't made an issue."
We both were watching the little tugboat move our ship away from the dock where we boarded.
But Mrs. Jim (here) caught me taking her picture. Most time she humors me and doesn't complain. Mostly, when I'm driving she isn't real keen on that, me taking pictures.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on some pictures 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 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, Birds, Dogs, Driving Pictures, Eating, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Katrin, Reflections
Friday, July 28, 2023
Letter "D" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's This Week's Prompts are Starts with "D." A Favorite. "D"ark.
"D" for Dark (Tom's choice): Here at right is the picture of The International Dateline that I took from the flight attendants' window on our way home from Sydney, Australia. It was at night, Dark, and my camera did not pick up a good photo. But having a photo of an invisible object is better than not seeing it at all. (Read more here...)
- James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures."
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Our Guest
She spends her mornings in our front yard
That's where the shade is in the mornings
Where the shade is in the afternoons
In the afternoons this duck's across the street
She's across the street where the shade is then
She drinks sprinkler water from the street
I worry about the water in the street
Has washed fertilizer from the soil
Fertilizer from the soil tastes not good
She drinks it anyway that's all she's got
All she's got but needs it for her eggs
She'll hatch them in a shadow box nest
Her chicks after they're born will leave the nest
She'll spend her mornings in our front yard again
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( Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved)
(I originally posted this poem here using the Duplex poetry form. Same words.)
Starts with 'D': Duck starts with "D". One Muscovy Duck hen has left her flock along running water stream to make a nest up here in our neighbor's second story shadow box above their garage.
I don't know if she'll try for 14 to 18 baby ducks to hatch or not. The neighbor said there are only two eggs, that was three, but he found a third smashed on the pavement below.
Do you know the incubation period for Muscovy Duck eggs is 35 days instead of all other ducks whose are about 28? Muscovy duck's eggs are also larger.
A Favorite: A 1984 Dodge 600 Convertible. One like this was my play car but it had a sad ending. I had it for several years, I bought it used, about six or eight years old, from the local dealers used car lot, and paid six or eight hundred dollars for it. It was in fairly low mileage and in good condition and had the 4-cylinder engine, with the Mitsubishi-built 2.6 L 4-cylinder which was available as an option. We drove it a lot, kind of all over the eastern third of Texas.
My car ended in repair shop, I'd taken it in for a leaking water pump and an overdue timing belt replacement. All done, the mechanic took it out for the evening. Drunk, coming home he totaled it out. He was jailed and didn't know us. The next morning I had a call seeing if my car was still own by me or was it stolen. The driver, the mechanic, was suspected of stealing it.
"D" for Dark (Tom's choice): Here at right is the picture of The International Dateline that I took from the flight attendants' window on our way home from Sydney, Australia. It was at night, Dark, and my camera did not pick up a good photo. But having a photo of an invisible object is better than not seeing it at all. (Read more here...) (Oh yes, the attendants had the exact time that we would be crossing so finding it was no problem, it was right below. Dah.)
Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: The white glob in the window is an unwanted Reflection.
I was in the waiting room in my doctor's office taking a picture of I-10 feeder road, west out of Houston across the pond and didn't know of the glob until later. The water reflection was not so hot either because of ripples caused by the breeze.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on some pictures 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 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, Birds, Cars, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Jim's Life, Reflections
Friday, July 07, 2023
Letter "A" ~~ Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
Boo!! There should be a photo, my first one, pasted below and with my first Letter "A" photo. It may not show up on your face book, not here or below but is the one you just clicked on to get here if you came using that path. Sorry, I can't get it fixed to show correctly.
Welcome to my starting post to Roundup and Reflections 11, I hope to finish one for most every Friday's goodies.
- James' request, "Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures."
- We are starting my 11th series of Blogging through the Alphabet with Tom.
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My photos and Writings are of "A" words, "Ahead", "Along", and "After", as seen in these photos taken through a vehicle's (tour bus) window.
Starts with "A": Ahead starts with "A". Ahead of us on Main Street of a small town, on our way to Corleone, Italy, was this heard of sheep being driven through town.
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Tom's choice, '"A"long': Along the road, beside the road, were these vultures gathered here to visit a deer that was killed by a car.
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"A" Favorite: After we had gone and now came back, this Heron was sitting no more. Only a pile of feathers and perhaps some bones remained for us to see when we returned a few days later.
I dabble in writing poems, many are posted on my other active blog, a few are here. This poem was my tribute to this brave creature:
The Friend I Miss
We met there on the bridge one early morn
Admired your beauty always when I passed
Always thinking of the hard life you had
Friend my dear I miss you now very much
You've gone away I'm guessing in the morn
You were laying there lifeless on the side
Brave, you died a death you never deserved
Each time I pass I pause and wonder why
I miss the sight, you watching for a bite
Did you have a family I'll never know
No grave no flowers just a few will mourn
Count me one to ponder each time I pass
Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2011 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
- - - - - - - - Prompt word, Miss (Long for), suggested by Harshad Meta
We met there on the bridge one early morn
Admired your beauty always when I passed
Always thinking of the hard life you had
Friend my dear I miss you now very much
You've gone away I'm guessing in the morn
You were laying there lifeless on the side
Brave, you died a death you never deserved
Each time I pass I pause and wonder why
I miss the sight, you watching for a bite
Did you have a family I'll never know
No grave no flowers just a few will mourn
Count me one to ponder each time I pass
Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2011 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved
- - - - - - - - Prompt word, Miss (Long for), suggested by Harshad Meta
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Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Another "men's restroom" photo, this one was taken at our doctor's office building. It is totally touch free, no pun intended. All is operated by the nearness of a human. Got to touch the water and the towels though to get washed of. Haha.
From left to right:
The urinal flushes when the fellow moves away;
(not pictured to the left, so does the sitting place);
The soap dispenser operates when the hand is near;
The water faucet squirts when body is close;
Another soap dispenser for the other sink;
The towel dispenser when the hand is near; and finally,
The door opens when a hand is waved near this trigger.
Not mentioned is the selfie of me in the left side of the mirror Reflection. The photo is tilted, sorry but to straighten it the door activator gets cut off. I only took this one picture.
Without a doubt I'm giving this Rest Room a grade of five plus (5+). You can see my other Rest Rooms Ratings, by clicking here. (Not real good, I must get busy and do some others. Promise,)
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The Fine Print:
Welcome again to my starting post to Reflections 11, I hope to finish one for most every Friday's goodies. And I hope you liked (most maybe?) of this first one.
- [Click on some pictures 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).
- 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, Birds, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Poem, Reflections, Restroom Rating, Selfies
