Friday, October 05, 2007
An encounter -- Update on the sardine and cheese sandwich
The original 'encounter' tale is posted below. Please read it.
After the tale, Jim showed a picture of his sardine and cheese sandwich.
This blog post shows an improvement update for the sandwich.
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After the tale, Jim showed a picture of his sardine and cheese sandwich.
This blog post shows an improvement update for the sandwich.
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This was my lunch yesterday. It is a sardine on whole wheat with Swiss today. The previous sandwich edition used no-fat cheese. Also I used a whole wheat hoagie bun instead of the whole wheat regular bread. And the pickles were on the side.
It tasted good, but was a little on the dry side. Next time in addition to the mustard I will blather it with no- or low-fat mayo.
Technically, this is a po-boy as sardines are fish. The excerpt below is from the History of Hoagies, Submarine Sandwiches, Po' Boys Sandwiches, Dagwood Sandwiches, & Italian Sandwiches Web site (link): [fish emphasis is mine]
"Po' Boy (poo-boy) - Also know as Oyster Loaves. Po' Boy is the generic name for the standard New Orleans sandwich made with French bread. They are considered a New Orleans institution. Also called poor boy. Always made with French bread, Po' boys can be filled with fried oysters, shrimp, fish, soft-shelled crabs, crawfish, roast beef and gravy, roast pork, meatballs, smoked sausage and more."
In addition, the article tells of the beginning of the po-boy, or poor-boy sandwich, in New Orleans. And it tells this reason for the name. Thesandwich, on a hoagie bun, was filled with scrap meat and sold for a nickel or given to the poor. Those 'poor boys really appreciated their po-boy sandwich.
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In addition to my sardine sandwich, I had this for dessert. Cantalope with Blue Bell Light Homemade Vanilla ice cream. Yummy!
Blue Bell ice cream Blue Bell Jim Bunch Jim Bunch eats
Labels: Eating, Food, Humor, Jim Does, Tales
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
Friday, October 13, 2023
Letter "O" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 11 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts Starts with "O." A Favorite. "O"ne. Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "O": Onions, they are a part of many of my recipes. I was pretty proud of this sandwich. Mrs. Jim was having eggs and grits for lunch. I opted out of those although she volunteered to hard boil an egg for me with hers if I wanted. I wanted.
Before the egg was finished I had decided that I would like an egg salad sandwich. I said that I would make her one also but she stuck with having her beloved grits. (Note: I had my first serving of grits at a Holiday Inn restaurant where I was staying when I first came to Houston from a three year duty with my company, Philco Corporation)
My Ingredients, yours may vary:
- One hard boiled egg
- One hot dog bun
- A piece of onion, One large purple plum, One teaspoon tartar sauce, Mayo as needed for consistency (I used light), One teaspoon yellow mustard if you want, I did not, Salt and Pepper, I used a couple of pinches each.(mix all these together and make the consistency suit yourself by the amount of mayo and mustard
My Ingredients, yours may vary:
- One hard boiled egg
- One hot dog bun
- A piece of onion, One large purple plum, One teaspoon tartar sauce, Mayo as needed for consistency (I used light), One teaspoon yellow mustard if you want, I did not, Salt and Pepper, I used a couple of pinches each.(mix all these together and make the consistency suit yourself by the amount of mayo and mustard
- Other items that you yourself would add to make a deviled egg or egg salad can be used
- Two fairly large Romaine lettuce leaves
I cut the center out of the hot dog bun to replace that part with my egg salad. Dice the egg and onion into fairly small pieces, the fruit into larger. Put in the lettuce, add the salad. Yummy!
- Two fairly large Romaine lettuce leaves
I cut the center out of the hot dog bun to replace that part with my egg salad. Dice the egg and onion into fairly small pieces, the fruit into larger. Put in the lettuce, add the salad. Yummy!
A Favorite: This little Hibiscus has been having a pretty bloom about one every other day, all spring and all summer. Once in a while it has two blooms at the same time. I took this picture from right our back door window, it is full length.
Growing in the box are seven little volunteer Vinca flowering plants that I rescued from being covered with the new mulch put on our flower beds. BTW, rabbits do not eat vinca plants or blooms.
Tom's choice, "One": One good great sandwich.
This was our supper the other night. Almost a sandwich, for the picture, Mrs. Jim had hers open faced, for mine I completed with a covering slice of toast to complete its being a sandwich. The French would call hers a "Croque Monsieur" with ham and cheese.
Ingredients: (makes two)
Two eggs
Four slices of deli ham
Four slices of cheddar cheese
Four slices of bread (Mrs. Jim's used only one)
Cooking and assembling:
Cook the eggs one at a time;
Open and stir the egg in a square bread slice sized microwaveable Pyrex type bowel (I should add to spray the vessel with vegetable oil, and cover the egg with a paper towel as it will likely pop a little-that doesn't hurt a thing)
Microwave 75 seconds at 60% power
(This was my supper the other night. Almost, the Mrs. has hers open faced as shown in the picture; I completed mine with a covering slice of toast to make the sandwich.
It takes about ten minutes to make for two.)
Flip them upside down
Layer the ham, then the cheese
Turn them right side up so that the pretty egg is on the top.
(I put a little ketchup on each bite when I cut it. For me, ketchup goes on a lot of things.)
Pronto!!
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Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: My son, Tim, took this photo back in 2016 while at his work. He is a Boatman and had just untied this ship from the dock five minutes before.
The ship, leaving the Houston Ship Channel with its cargo, struck an obstruction in the water, leaking gallons and gallons of flammable liquid. Somehow the liquid floating on top of the water caught fire. Causes and damages are still under investigation when he gave me the photo. No life was lost.
The fine print:
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- 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. This photo in 2016, February 8, was formerly posted by me, at
- 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. This photo in 2016, February 8, was formerly posted by me, at
and was posted today again on my other active blog at http://jimmiehov6.blogspot.com/2023/10/i-have-this-fear-poem-now-for-friday.html
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Labels: Food, Food-breakfast, Friday's Weekend Roundup 11, Recipes, Reflections
Thursday, June 21, 2012
My Alphabe-Thursday -- "E" -- Things in a Row -- Two Questions
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Eggs in Cartons, the above picture, show how nutty the grocery pricing is. The upper carton of a dozen we got first at our local Kroger Grocery store the week before last. Then last week the one and a half dozen were priced at $1.00 for the 18 eggs. Someone miscalculated here or else last week the eggs were loss leaders for the week.
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The Eggs in Carton picture is also fitting for my Thursday Things in a Row post.
My Elephant Ear plants were making out fine this year. They come up wild in our left side back yard bed. They don't even start to come up until after the azaleas there have finished blooming.
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I am not sure they are Elephant Ears as Mrs. Jim says the tops will bloom after the little ones at the bottom are finished. I slightly remember a bright red blooming affair coming from these large leaves.
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They are growing in a row. It started with just one plant from a funeral. But now? It may take over the world. First though, it must do service as a Things in a Row picture post.
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I think the little tree at the left is an Elephant Ear plant. It is in a neighbor's yard but Adi wanted to rest from her walk on this warm Texas morning.
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"E" is for Eggs in Cartons, Egg Sandwiches, and Elephant Ears.
. Eggs in Cartons, the above picture, show how nutty the grocery pricing is. The upper carton of a dozen we got first at our local Kroger Grocery store the week before last. Then last week the one and a half dozen were priced at $1.00 for the 18 eggs. Someone miscalculated here or else last week the eggs were loss leaders for the week.
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The Eggs in Carton picture is also fitting for my Thursday Things in a Row post.
Egg Sandwiches in progress is what you see above and the first picture below to the left. Most of the ingredients are shown on the left above. We see an onion, whole wheat sliced bread, two eggs, Romaine lettuce heart, picante sauce, mayo, and ketchup. Not show but you see it above is some cooked packaged Canadian bacon.
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Finely chop some onion and put it in a tad of water in a Pammed (sprayed with Pam) 4 X 6 inch baking dish. Microwave on high for a minute or two or three until the onions are soft. I might have added some green or other color peppers in for flavor but I didn't have any.
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Use one egg for a single sandwich or two for two sandwiches. I made me one and also a half sandwich for Mrs. Jim so I used two eggs.
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Separate the yolk from one egg and place the white and the other egg in a measuring cup. Put a teaspoon or two picante sauce and the softened onion pieces and any remaining water in with the eggs. Beat with a fork or whisp until slightly frothy.
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Make sure your baking dish is coated with Pam. This prevents sticking and will make dish washing much easier.
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Place the egg mixture in the baking dish. Cover with a paper towel and bake on HIGH for two minutes. The eggs will puff up over the baking dish but the bottoms won't be cooked then so continue cooking for the full two minutes. When done they will look like the picture on the left, below.
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Place the sliced cheese, I use American no fat, on the warmed cooked egg. Put the egg on your bread which you should have toasted while the micro wave was running. One side for mine has mayo and the top side has ketchup. This is your preference, Mrs. Jim will have hers open faced and will put mayo on her bread.
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Don't put the lettuce on until you have melted the cheese. Put the sandwich open faced back in the oven and heat until the cheese slightly melts. This will be around 20 seconds and will help rewarm the eggs and bacon which I ha also microwaved for twenty or so seconds until it looked slightly recooked.
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Remove from the microwave and cover with the top slice of toast. Notice that I had precut sliced the bottom part to making cutting in half easier when you finish.
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I served this with watermelon and cottage cheese and Diet coke. Coffee would go good for breakfast but this was made for lunch. Mrs. Jim would finish assembling her sandwich after she came home from playing golf.
My Elephant Ear plants were making out fine this year. They come up wild in our left side back yard bed. They don't even start to come up until after the azaleas there have finished blooming..
I am not sure they are Elephant Ears as Mrs. Jim says the tops will bloom after the little ones at the bottom are finished. I slightly remember a bright red blooming affair coming from these large leaves.
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They are growing in a row. It started with just one plant from a funeral. But now? It may take over the world. First though, it must do service as a Things in a Row picture post.
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I think the little tree at the left is an Elephant Ear plant. It is in a neighbor's yard but Adi wanted to rest from her walk on this warm Texas morning.
"Someone's been sleeping in my bed!" exclaimed Baby bear.
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You can check out more Alphabe-Thursday 'E' assignments with Miss Jenny at the head of the class. You can find her here. You might even like to join us as we go through the alphabet, one letter per week.
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For more things in a row please visit Pat's Things in a Row post. You might like to post your own 'Things in a Row.'
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And now for my Thursday Two Questions: (See Thursday Two Questions by Self Sagacity for more reading. You could also make your own by checking in at this link.)
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Last week 's post was about eating with friends and public transportation. The responses were very interesting.
My Two Questions for this week:
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1. How much cooking does the man in your family do. Do problems arise?
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I like to cook. Mostly what I make is pretty simple like sandwiches. But they always are just a little bit off from the normal. I have been known for my excellent chili and also making pizza from scratch, even the crusts.
You can check out more Alphabe-Thursday 'E' assignments with Miss Jenny at the head of the class. You can find her here. You might even like to join us as we go through the alphabet, one letter per week.
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For more things in a row please visit Pat's Things in a Row post. You might like to post your own 'Things in a Row.'
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And now for my Thursday Two Questions: (See Thursday Two Questions by Self Sagacity for more reading. You could also make your own by checking in at this link.)
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Last week 's post was about eating with friends and public transportation. The responses were very interesting.
My Two Questions for this week:
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1. How much cooking does the man in your family do. Do problems arise?
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I like to cook. Mostly what I make is pretty simple like sandwiches. But they always are just a little bit off from the normal. I have been known for my excellent chili and also making pizza from scratch, even the crusts.
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Problems, if any might arise from washing my dishes. I pick up really good, mostly things are back where they belong before we eat.
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2. What kind of plants do you have that you don't know what they are? Does it bother much that you don't know? .
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2. What kind of plants do you have that you don't know what they are? Does it bother much that you don't know? .
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(As you read in my post, it really doesn't matter very much to me that I don't know.)
Labels: Alphabe-Thursday, Flowers-buds-plants, Food, Food-breakfast, Jim Does, Recipes, Things-in-a-row, Thursday-Two-Questions
Friday, May 05, 2023
Letter "R" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "R"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "R"obust.
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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| Houston Chronicle page D7, March 24, 2023 |
Starts with "R": "Rhyme" starts with "R". This Comic, "RHYMES WITH ORANGE", is one of the ones I have on my 'Read Daily' list, the others are: FAMILY CIRCUS; ZIGGY; PEANUTS; F-MINUS, ARGYLE SWEATER, MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM, HAGAR THE HORRIBLE; BEETLY BAILEY; B.C.; and BLONDIE. Some days I also read BIZARRO; none is top on the list unless it's BEETLE BAILEY because I have pity on his life as I was in the U.S. Army for five years.
The Army did however merit a job, me a college dropout, with Ford Aerospace Engineer using my Army 43-week schooling in their NIKE Missile Fire Control Systems Maintenance School. There I was third in my class of 47 students. I used that job for 19 years, ending as a Senior Aerospace Engineer at the NASA Houston Johnson Space Center; that was until I changed careers to be a College Business Professor.
A Favorite: Recipes would be my favorite today. I have them scattered on my various blogs, both in use and mostly dormant now. These links will get a few of my favorites,
Do that with my other blogs as well. Some have a "Label" for "recipe". Here for this blog:
And for another blog still. My favorite Recipe here is the "Jim's Quick and Easy Apple Pie".
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Being a "mid-term bachelor", i.e. single, for three years, I developed as many shortcuts as I could to save my precious time between work, sometimes 50 or 60 hours a week, during astronaut time in space, and other. (I worked in the "Mission Control Center" at the NASA Houston facility.)
You may run into a Recipe for Jim's Easy Stuffed Bell Peppers when you are viewing the others. I made that yesterday for a noon lunch, they turned out really good. There are some pictures I took too, for when I put that on 'again'.
A Lagniappe: So I developed a "Quick and Easy" method of cooking. One example is my microwave cooked egg. James thought that sounded good. Here is my recipe for "Egg and cheese sandwiches":
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These are the Last two pieces of my egg and cheese sandwich.
I cook the egg in the microwave in a sprayed dish of bread slice size (if it's a lot smaller, you can slice the cooked egg through the middle and make thinner pieces to fit the bread). Cook the egg for 66 seconds at 60 percent power.
Stir the egg a bit before until the yolk and the whites are in close proximity throughout. (If you just wish to eat an egg fast cooked, don't stir, leave the yolk be in the middle and cook for 56 seconds.)
Cover either way while cooking as it may "pop" one time, or more.
Use one slice of toasted bread for open face, two for a regular sandwich.
When finished cooking lay a slice of American cheese on top while still hot in the dish.
Remove it and lay it down on the cheese (I use one slice of American cheese) on the prepared toast.
Then, or earlier, prepare the bottom slice with low fat mayo, the top with a couple of restaurant packs of catsup. Slice into two pieces.
Voilà!! A wonderful sandwich in less than 10 minutes preparation, even for two. You could embellish with a slice or two ham, chicken, or even a sausage patty. They are good on a biscuit if you have some.
Tom's suggestion, "Robust": "Seven Extremely Robust Car Brands and Why You Should Buy Them" URL . These Seven Extremely Robust Car Brands are
1. Toyota
2. Subaru
3. Ford
4. Chevy
5. Dodge
6. Jeep
7. (Seems that Mr. Gordon only had six in his list
but had seven in his title and writing???)
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| Our younger daughter lives across the street from these houses |
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| Looking to the west, we live about a half mile deeper than what you see |
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| Before there were homes here it was cultivated rice fields--these are 12 and 13 years old |
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Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: I thought I'd share some of our walk pictures with you. Over three miles. Both Mrs. Jim's and my doctor's orders, not known to each other, are to walk a half hour and to do those five days a week.
Guess we doubled up this time because this walk took well over the doc's half hour. That might be a bit far for some of you but we are getting in practice 'in case' we go more traveling this summer.
All this and more walking trails are within a three-mile radius our home.
Not only our hearts got warmed but our entire body.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture 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).
- 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).
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Labels: Cars, Cartoons, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 10, Recipes, Reflections, Walk pictures
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Ides of February — Ruby (Red) Tuesday — Red excitment in fifteen days
Today (February 15, post dated the 16th) I'm running a sampling of the red in my life since February 1. This is my great niece, Mandi holding our youngest grandchild, KP (link), who is seven months old this Tuesday. My sister, Lois from Iowa, is visiting us and this is her daughter. For the particular, one of the kitchen staff in the background has a red hat.
I never blogged about Mandi and Chris's wedding because we didn't go. They opted to be married in Hawaii and that holiday didn't fit our summer schedule that year. We did go to Mandi's mom's wedding way back when, in Iowa.
When the newly weds Mandi and Chris returned from Hawaii they had a very nice reception for family and friends. (February 14)
[large picture] [extra large]Not a real big deal, but the 2010 edition of my favorite phone book, pictured on the right, is out.
Nice features are the numbers for the local SS office and for our post office. Most have only 1-800 ones for these. There are coupons in the back, mostly for restaurant. We don't use many of those. (February 12)
[large picture] [extra large]"I'll have a small chocolate Frosty and a crispy chicken sandwich without mayonnaise, please."
The Frosty came in the medium size and the sandwich had more mayo than the law allowed. It did make my senior discount, ten percent, come to four cents more.
Note that I put barbecue sauce on the normally dry sandwich. Much better and less calories than the mayo. (February 1)
[large picture] [extra large]We attended the Conroe Symphony performance. It really wasn't dedicated to Valentine's Day which I had supposed. The theme was movie and stage production songs. From the movie series, Pirates of the Caribbean (link), they played the theme by Klause Dadelt.
The director was surprised to see the percussion section wearing their red pirate head dress. Two them are pictured here, one had sneaked in his parrot. (February 8)
[large picture] [extra large]Lois and husband, Jim W, stayed at our house a week ago Sunday and Monday nights.
Mrs. Jim cooked a really nice breakfast on Monday morning. For Tuesday we all went up to the club for a breakfast brunch buffet.
It runs in the family, neither Lois nor I hardly ever miss a meal. Left to right, Mrs. Jim (red sweater), Lois, Jim W, and me (Jim H). (February 9)
[large picture] [extra large]The last picture's story is in the Black and White, Texas State Highway Patrol, act of stopping this truck on the Interstate (I-45) for a violation. The red is in the red and blue flashing emergency light.
Most likely it was stopped for driving in the left hand lane. In Texas the left hand lane is for driving, the right is for passing. If traffic is real heavy those going about 60 mph drive in the left lane, the right is for 80 mph and higher. (February 10)
So be careful when you come to Texas.
Click the Ruby Tuesday button for Mary's Ruby Tuesday post list
of other interesting RED finds today.
Mary is in charge there, you can see more or post your own from there.
Labels: Driving Pictures, Eating, Family, Jim Bunch Eats, KP, Ruby Tuesday, Texas
