Photo Blogging Challenge (March 2020): Seven

Wow, this month has ended quite a bit different than we started! The theme for this month is Seven. Let's go on and get started.

Baylor University is celebrating 175 years, it was chartered before Texas was a state. This is Judge Baylor. He has a pink nose thanks to the Noze Brothers paying a visit.


After the social distancing guidelines came about, we have tried to find some out of the way parks to walk the dogs. This one has a disc golf course. It was advertised as 9 holes, but it appears they are up to 18, sharing baskets. How fortunate that hole 7 is shared with hole 1(+)6.


How's about seven cows standing in a field?


We have a Jeep CJ7 that needs some work. John loves it but it just got to be too unreliable once he moved off campus. It's waiting for summer for school to let out so John can get back to troubleshooting.


I finished up the month with a 8K trail run/hike that was turned into a virtual. I had the course directions so went out and hiked it alone Sunday morning. I made a wrong turn or two and that added to my mileage. And then I dropped signal on the GPSr just shy of seven miles, that drives me crazy! But it still has a seven in it.


That's five. Let's see what the April challenge brings. Thanks for visiting.

Food Photo Challenge (March 2020): Lunch

A Jamaican restaurant opened late last year. What a great time to be trying to make a restaurant go, eh? Many places are doing curb side take out and family meals trying to stay open as long as they can while we are social distancing. Tru Jamaica is good! We've been once to dine in when they were just opened. They were having oven problems so we didn't get a meat patty. I was happy to find them available and even happier that they taste just like the islands. The plate is rounded out with some jerk chicken, plantains, roasted veggies and peas and rice. So tasty! And it was a lovely day so we at outside.

Vernal Equinox 2020 - COVID-19 Edition

Picked up some BBQ for dinner and a sandwich for lunch. Supporting our locals, Curb side pick up. Stopped in the park for lunch.


HonkyTonk Kid Rye Melt. Chopped brisket and cheese for days on a marble rye!

Short walk to stretch my legs. Social distancing was observed.


A friend was waiting when I got home.



Old Sadie was dragging today so Amy and Rosie went on and we took the circle. Lots of sniffs.


Can you see the bee?


HonkyTonk Kid brisket and sausage along with some Dr Pepper baked beans. The beans may have been a tad too sweet!


Laid outside by the pond a bit. Taking some time to notice what's around me.

Ended the day with music. Willie Nelson's Luck Family Reunion was cancelled but it didn't stop the music. A night of Skype and Facetime sets from the performers.

Will and I saw Paul at last year's Old Settler's which has also been postponed due to the COVID19.

Food Photo Challenge (February 2020): Breakfast

I'm not a big breakfast eater. I like to sleep until the last possible second and scramble to rush out the door. I get my good breakfast eating in on the weekends but just not much during the week. I love breakfast foods. Breakfast for Dinner is the greatest.

I couldn't pass up when my friend, The HonkyTonk Kid, announced a special BBQ sandwich using waffles for the bread. He baked the waffles with those little sugar balls so they got all good and carmelized. You had your choice of meats, I did chopped beef. It also come with 2 strips bacon, Muenster and colby jack cheese, and a choice of sauces. I chose the Strawberry Chipotle.

I present the My Liege’s Sandwich!




It was so good. It came with a little side of fruit and yogurt to cool things down. Also, his place is the only place I ever drink Mountain Dew. I really stay away from sodas for the most part. I would totally eat this for breakfast!

Photo Blogging Challenge – Money (February 2020)

I got to tell you, I've been really busy at work and I just didn't think about this project until this weekend. I pulled up the prompt and took a look at what I had shot and nothing was particularly good for the theme. I was digging around in  a closet and found some boxes. One contained a bunch of stuff I had saved from a trip to Europe in the summer of 1987. Among that stuff, some film containers with coins from some of the countries we visited. So, like my kids cramming for a final, I laid the coins out and did what I could with the iPhone. I'm not proud of them; but I didn't get a zero either! :)

So here's a small collection of coins. I need to get those cool little clip on lenses! These are from Czechoslovakia, pre-Czech Republic. We weren't supposed to take any money out so 18 year old me was terrified when we were stopped at the border.

The 500 Lira coins were my favorite. I keep some in my golf bag, I like to use them as markers.

I had a bunch of coins from Austria for some reason.

A few from England.

And we'll wrap it up with some Swiss francs.

I'll start working on next month right now so I don't have to cram!