#17 - 17th Christmas Tree post, Store Colection

Our Walmart Christmas tree section 
[click picture for a MUCH larger view]

Did you buy a tree here, one of Walmart's Christmas sections?  We've had our current tree when we moved here nine years ago.  We bought an 'on sale' pre-lighted seven-footer (much shorter than our former--there we had 19-foot living room ceiling, here it is 23 feet, tree at XXX Department store near us in Katy, Texas.  So far all of its white lights still burn. 

We are greeted at the front door of our Walmart store by this huge blow-up Santa. It is over nine years old; it was here when we came.  

Blow up yard decorations, someone stole our younger daughter's Rudolph from their front yard.  Could it be the ones who stole our wheeled green garbage recycle can sever years ago.

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#14 - 14th Christmas Tree - 2023 - Our Tree

Our Burger King's 2023 Christmas tree

Yesterday Mrs. Jim and I had breakfast at our local Burger King fast food restaurant.  We each had a egg, meat, and cheese in a croissant sandwich with coffee and a shared order of fried potato tots.  Mine was sausage, hers was deli ham.  

We used a coupon.  Mrs. Jim's coffee was senior priced, fifty cents, the rest was coupon priced at $5.99.  We have more, they will all expire at midnight on December 31. 

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Library Tree Find ~~ Christmas Trees for 2021 -- Number Five of ???

 MERRY CHRISTMAS 

This is the tree that greeted us yesterday upon entering our library.  

It is the Cinco Ranch Library, one of several in the Fort Bend County (of Texas) Library system.  (The 12 branch libraries, click here).  

All the libraries share their books with each other.   When we reserve a book it doesn't matter which library has the book, every day a book shuttle moves the book to the desired branch, either to where the person checking it out will pick it up or back to where it will be reshelved or where someone will be to check it out.

Reservations are made online, the procedure is very easy.  One can also just take books off the shelf in person and present them for checking out.  Some magazine issues are also available for checking out.  Others, more desirable must remain in the library. 

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I will be posting Christmas trees and other Christmas decorations here as I take pictures to show.  

The blog is mostly Christmas oriented but also has recipes and other items that I don't put on my other blogs.

Jim's Little Blog 

Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place 

Ask Dr. Jim (blog) 

Jim's Little Happy Place 

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• Those are my main blogs, there are others if you can find them.  Only the first two of the above are regularly posted weekly. 

I will post pictures of readers or their photo finds if you will email them to me at " jhovendic at yahoo.com ".  I will give you credit by name and/or URL of your blog or other if have these where you wish my readers to read. 

Please do not be anonymous.  

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Photo Challenge, Rectangles

Rectangles everywhere!  Here are a couple.  Remember, SQUARES are a rectangle with all four sides of equal length.  But if you wish to measure, you will find this first photo is not an exact square.

I like old pickups, the older they are the better I like them. I have been trying to trade my pristine 1974 Ford Mustang II Ghia for a 1950 Ford F-1 Pickup.  The fellow who wants the Mustang is willing, of course we haven't finished bargaining. 

There is a problem with this however, the pickup belongs to his wife and she does not wish to trade.

Another old"Toyota Truck" that we found on the island of Bonaire.   "Bonaire (is) an island municipality of the Netherlands (which) lies off Venezuela’s coast in the southern Caribbean. (Google search, "Bonaire") 


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Photos and Blog Entry Copyright, Jimmiehov 2019, All Rights Reserved
I'm linked with jansenphoto at Tuesday Photo Challenge. https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2019/07/30/tuesday-photo-challenge-rectangles/  The topic this week is "RECTANGLES." #fpj-photo-challenge

Through the Marshes at South Louisiana

Day Twenty-six of March Spiky Squares!

[where Becky of Winchester's other entries are]

 

 

On our last week end holiday jaunt we took a side trip on our way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  It went South before Lake Charles and came back to I-10 after Lake Charles.  Basically it was going to and driving along the South Louisiana shore of the Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico.

 

We drove through the marshes there, saw wild life and lottts of water.   Then on the way back up and out we had a nice Ferry Boat ride across the Inter Coastal Canal, we took a bridge coming down, and ended up at Cameron, La.  You may have heard or will hear of the hurricanes coming to or near this town.

 

 [click picture for a larger size view]

At Cameron we stopped to have a very nice Fried Shrimp Oyster Poboy sandwich.  It was about the best I have ever had.  You can see more about our little trip and the poboy's restaurant source here.

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Becky is the keeper of the Square stuff.  March is Spiky Squares.  The picture has to be square.  Mine is "CD Cover" squared according to Picasa 3, my photo helper app but discontinued. Becky's posts can be seen at the link above.

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Rabbit Ears at the Card Shop

Day Twenty-five of March Spiky Squares!

[where Becky of Winchester's other entries are]

 

 

Becky is the keeper of the Square stuff.  March is Spiky Squares. 

The picture has to be square.  Mine is "CD Cover" squared according
to Picasa 3, my photo helper app but discontinued by Google. 

Becky's posts can be seen at the link above.
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Rabbit ears of the card shop
Real pointy, sharp, but they're soft 
Don't let them see you coming
They're peeking out of their box
 

Six Word Saturdy with a Spiky Square picture

My Six Words:

Our Pool Cleaner Basket Going Wild
 

Day Twenty-three of March Spiky Squares!

[go there to see Becky of Winchester's other entries]

 [My square picture for Spiky Squares]

Six more words:

Real Thing,  L i t t l e  B O Y   P E E I N G   Statue

The statue of the Manneken Pis is located in Brussels, Denmark. You can read more about it here.   Or view our pool here (in Spring) and here (in Winter).  Note 1: we only have snow about every ten years, the snow picture was taken last year.  The other one a few weeks ago. 

Debbie Smyth hosts Six Word Saturday  - Today at https://travelwithintent.com/2019/03/23/lady-in-red-strides-across-madrid/ 

 - and for all her Six Word posts at she is at https://travelwithintent.com/tag/6ws/ 

Note 2, the top picture with the Spike may not look square but Picasa 3 adjusted it to be square when I was cropping with it.  Click on it to see it like it is before I posted.
#SixWordSaturday, #SixWordSaturday,  and #6WS

Day Fifteen of March Spiky Squares!

[go there to see other entries]

 

 

It is full of spiky antenna like rods sticking up in the air.  Real Spiky. For sure a landlubber I don't know what kind of ship this is.  A large fishing boat?  A patrol boat?  Not a tug boat?  I duno.

 

Here is the original before I 'narrowed it down.'

 

 

I hope this picture will help you figure out what it is for me.

 

It was riding on the Texas Gulf Coast section of the Intercostal Canal about to go in front of us who were waiting for the ferry boat to arrive.  We would go from the marshes over to the town of Cameron, Louisiana.

 

Note:  I will post other SPIKY SQUARES posts for this month of March.  But not everyday, I have other things to do besides Blogging and being Retired.

 

Day Four of March Spiky Squares!

[go there to see other entries]

These iris bloom late, they always have even at our other place, for 19 years 

#SpikySquare #SpikySquares

click picture below for larger viewing (Original Photo)

We moved from Montgoery (Texas) to over here at Katy (Texas) and brought some of these iris plants for here.  The little Iris Patch in our back yard garden is SQUARE. 

We had talked of moving a few ginger roots but they have to be managed carefully or they tend to take over the whole place.  I just love those blooms in the spring, they are purple pink in color. 

For a long time we didn't know what they were, we transplanted a potted  plant from Mrs. Jim's mother's funeral.  A friend identified them for us.  I will post a picture of them when they are SPIKY.

Note:  I will post other SPIKY SQUARES posts for this month of March.  But not everyday, I have other things to do besides Blogging and being Retired.

my Zombie Tree find

[Larger sized view link]

[Photos Copyright, Jimmiehov 2019, All Rights Reserved]

 

#4 ~~ Texas Toad Stool, found

 

#4 ~~ Texas Toad Stool, found

Was in our front yard under a tree

Pictures from an outing at The Galleria (Houston, Texas)

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The above two may help you decide what the bottom picture on my little quiz over here is.

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Please leave our quiz answer at the other blog.

Link 1: The Galleria, Houston, Texas

Link 2: Wikipedia, Houston Galleria

Lions at our door

We have a couple of lions at our door.

They are about two feet high

and are made of concrete.

A better look.

The Chinese commonly have a pair of lions at their doorstep. One, the female, is holding a baby, the other, the male, has a ball under his right foot.

Why do they put them out, Wikipedia tells the history?

This is Katrin, our attack dog, looking out.

You had better stay clear of her.

A twenty-five (25) question Meme -- The questions

A twenty-five (25) question Meme (I found/stole it here)
[If you must, I guess you can steal it from here like I did up there.]

1. How old do you look?

2. Where do you live?

3. Are you waiting for something?

4. What’s one pet peeve of yours that is not common?

5. Do you want/have kids?

6. Have you ever thought about converting your religion?

7. Last shocking news you heard?

8. What was the last thing you drank?

9. Who do you most look like in your family?

10. If you could have something right now, anything, what would it be?

11. Where does most of your family live?

12. Where did you grow up?

13. Where do you want to go on vacation?

14. Have you ever had a panic attack?

15. What can’t you wait for?

16. When’s the last time you told someone you loved him or her and meant it?

17. Have your parents ever smoked pot?

18. Want someone back in your life?

19. What do you order at the bar?

20. When was the last time you cried really, really hard?

21. Ever licked someone’s cheek?

22. What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?

23. Where were you on July 4th, 2008?

24. What are your nicknames?

25. If you could go back in time, how far back would you go?