The Weekend Roundup, 'E'

It's still the weekend so here are my views for Tom's always fun meme The Weekend Roundup. And away we go!

Starts with 'E' this week starts with the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris. This was captured through a bus window by our daughter on a school trip.

This was my second wheelchair van, a Ford E-150. This pic was taken recently after I took delivery in 1998. Cameron is impressed...

Here is on the Whitestone Bridge crossing the East River between Bronx and Queens in New York City.

Even. The kids had what we called a Red Rider rocker. Neither up nor down, they are on an even keel.

Favorite. Yesterday, Patti captured these geese walking in the pouring rain by Ansonia Public Works. Waterfowl and rain seem a perfect match!

The Weekend Roundup - 'V'

Friday is here, so it is time again for Tom's fun meme The Weekend Roundup.  Given my surname (Villers), this week's letter fits very well!

Starts with 'V'. Here is my dad, Ralph Villers II, in March 1970 deplaning from an early 747 flight at JFK Airport. He is carrying Voluminous flight and souvenir bags too!

How about a Villers (me) on Vacation at Cape Cod. The town of Barnstable (including Hyannis) beach lifeguards are very nice, not only assisting me into the beach wheelchair, but pushing that wheelchair onto the beach with smiles. Here is Craigville Beach on Nantucket Sound.

On another Vacation on the Cape, this seagull caught our eye. I had a proper parking permit - did he?

Another 'V' is Volkswagen. This is the best car I ever owned (before my wheelchair vans), a 1982 VW Rabbit with a manual transmission. With good tires, it was a blast to drive!

A favorite. Patti captured this on Memorial Day, The Derby CT Public Library. Opened in 1902 and expanded in the same style in 2000, it is a favorite of mine.

Violet. Here is a violet sunset out of the back window of our Ansonia home last November. Another great set of prompts Tom!

The Weekend Roundup 'K'

It is Saturday and time again for Tom's fun meme, The Weekend Roundup. The letter 'K' is featured this week and now I'm reminiscing...

'K' is for Kids and on he left is the first day of school 1995. Our son Cameron was in Kindergarten and his sister Allegra was the (sort of :) older and wiser going into second grade. This is a sentimental favorite...to the right is nine years later and the sentimental parents asked if they could reprise the pic as it was the first day of high school, she (again) the more experienced one going into eleventh grade. Little or big, Kids bring cute memories...

Another (but not unexpected) 'K' is Kitty, and here is our fluffy and furry family feline, Linus McDonald, in the usual places and activities...in a box and fast asleep. Nothing new here!

The favorite this week is the cool view captured The always lovely Patti at Witek Park in Derby CT. It is a great illusory pic that includes the side view mirror looking up. Does the water reflect the sky...or is it the other way around?

Friday Hunt 2017.2.16

It has been interesting week with our son in Brooklyn having a major operation to repaired fractured his hip in a bicycling accident and will be convalescing back home (he already works from home with a company supplied laptop and phone).

So happily, reality can be swept aside and I can enjoy this week’s great Meme, Friday Hunt, kindly hosted by Teresa. On to the prompts…

Starts with P. This letter has lots of possibilities. On Top, the always lovely Patti as a passenger taking a photograph. In the middle, the iconic Eiffel Tower in the city of light, Paris. Our daughter Allegra captured this on a tour bus when on a school trip. Finally, we are grilling Portuguese Bread along with Pork and dining on our Patio. This is a Pretty good selection of the letter P :)

Surprise. I did have to look around and this looks like surprise to me anyway - and to Allegra at her second birthday party with her mom adding to the surprise. Or not, perhaps this is the first time she had to blow out the candles…

Looking up. Well, true to my blogging namesake, it would be in the air. Both pics were scanned from prints from decades ago - and they are planes (another ‘p’), First is from 1983 a USAF C5-A approaching Runway 24 at Bradley International (Hartford CT). Below that was at an air show in 1985, and it is a wing walker. Naturally, I had to look up to catch movement in the sky. Great prompts this week Teresa!

Friday Hunt 2017.2.2

The change in weather from hot and humid yesterday to cool and rainy today was noticeable, yet it is perfect day for another post in Teresa's fun meme Friday Hunt. The prompts await...

Starts with 'B'. I thought that Beach was a perfect 'B', and here are three pics from a family vacation on Cape Cod, at two beaches in the town of Barnstable at (Craigville and Kalmus). Warm days along Nantucket Sound with warm waters for New England (73°F) / 23°C). I am in a beach chair, the children are in and out of the water - I'd still give the Cape beaches a tip of the hat today...

Out of Balance. I think, anyway. These BMX riders are at a program at a school in neighboring Seymour. I think they are moving as they are with speed and inertia. They landed well each time even if a bit unbalanced

Door. Here is another look back. It is August 2001 and we were at a static display of two WWII era bombers, a B-17 and a B-24. Here, Allegra took a pic of Cameron and myself through the bomb bay doors. A unique perspective!

Friday Hunt, 2017.1.16

It is a rainy Friday on the East Coast, a perfect time for Teresa's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt. Here is my look at this week's clues:

Starts with P. First is the Keystone State Pennsylvania, here being the old US-22 entering from Weirton WV. Next is a Packard, a gorgeous restored 1955 Packard Clipper Constellation Panama (really :) and the final 'P' is Patti's 2005 capture of the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty on the Seine in Paris, a great look at two iconic sites 

Week's Favorite. This is a view of Ansonia CT looking downtown from the Ansonia Armory. here we see from on high an old church, old fire station and two old factories on a Spring day. An old mill town here looking as if likely did a century ago...

Foot/feet. This was taken at a wedding in 2004, and I attempted to capture Patti and three of her colleagues at the event. Except I must have mis-aimed the camera while sitting in my wheelchair...and their heads are missing here - a mishap that made for a great capture anyway as we see their feet almost perfectly. Lovely ladies all, Patti is the one in blue :)