The Weekend Roundup, 'Z'

It is the Friday eve so again time for a favored meme, The Weekend Roundup, hosted by Tom. The 26th letter is featured, and I see it in the beginning - and within a word or two. So let's begin!

To start with 'Z', I have chosen Zois Pizza in Seymour , CT.

A 'Z' located within is the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge in Boston. I love the wishbone towers and its style is amazing!

And buried further within, I chose Blizzard. This was the biggest I've ever seen in Southern CT and here is the aftermath of the Feb. 8, 2013 storm. The kids were ready for a few sleepy Zzz's after clearing 40 inches of snow...

Zany. I took a picture of myself in my 'Director's Chair' along the flanks of a 1964 Chevy El Camino. And if it's not zany, it is at least unique!

The Weekend Roundup 'M'

It is Saturday and time again for Toms most excellent meme, The Weekend Roundup. The letter "M" is featured, and I had a Merry time finding this weeks's examples :)

I'll begin with the New York City borough of Manhattan. Here is the magnificent Freedom Tower in lower Manhattan, captured from Brooklyn in 2013.

And here is a classic skyline of Manhattan, captured by my grandfather while on the Staten Island Ferry in 1957. The skyline has changed substantially since then!

And here is a restored 1965 Milk Truck.....from Meadowbrook Farms. And of course, the cow says 'Moo'

This week's Favorite is my new Quickie Pulse wheelchair. It was delivered on Monday and needs a couple of tweaks / adjustments before daily use. Have a happy week!

Friday Hunt 2017.2.7

Friday arrives as does an excellent meme, Friday Hunt, hosted by Teresa. The prompts this week compelled me to go to the archives - so now I am ready :)

Starts with 'G'. I thought and thought and found what works: Graduate. I was looking at graduates I have known that spanned the decades. The top row left is my Dad as a Graduate, Ohio's Bowling Green State University, 1950, with my mom, his intended bride alongside. To the right is son Cameron, University of Hartford, 2013.

Allegra graduates Ansonia High School in 2006 with a rainbow overhead, a perfect metaphor to a bright future. At the other end is Cameron 'graduating' from Small World Nursery school, age 4, 1995. 

Bottom row is myself graduating Franciscan University in 1977 (one can guess my age :) and Allegra graduating the U of Hartford in 2010. Plenty of Graduates here!

Candy. Halloween, in my experience, is the place to start looking for candy. Here are the kids after going out for Halloween, Allegra and Cameron examine their largesse after their trick-or-treating in 2004. Looks delicious if unfriendly should someone be carb averse, although for the two teenagers in our home then, it was not a problem...

Latch. This door is at a local BBQ restaurant, House of Bones in Derby, CT. It is in an old building along a rail siding, and this is the door at the old train dock. I think there is a latch somewhere on this massive century old steel door. Great prompts this week! 

Friday Hunt 2017.2.5

Friday is here as is Teresa's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt. She provides the prompts and we happily seek same...

Starts with 'F'. After perusing my files, I found three that ought to work :) On top, my father was a reporter for UPI and gad the opportunity to be a passenger on a USAF fighter, more specifically, a Republic F-105, and write about it. Dad is on the right. I don't know who the pilot was, but his handle was obviously 'The Texan'. I believe this to be in 1960 at Nellis AFB near Las Vegas. I'd love to find that article in print...

Next is a car I saw in a local parade in 2014. It is an original Fiat 500 Cinquecento, the cute and tiny two-cylinder air-cooled postwar Fiat. It looks friendly and even flashy in its brilliant red paint. Today's Fiat 500L looks small, but is actually 23 in (58 mm) longer. Cute is as cute does...

This is at a food-truck festival in Shelton CT last year. And, this one is from Fryborg who sells unique tasty french-fries and sandwiches. Two years ago I ordered special Fries covered with andoule sausage, pickles and a spicy Creolaise sauce evoking New Orleans. Fabulous! If you want this truck at your event in southern CT, you have to order it months in advance - it is that popular. Carb laden comfort food :)

New. I had to think about it a bit, but chose New York City. Patti captured both in 2013 as a passenger seat along the infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in 2013. We see this new Freedom Tower and a classic look at the famous Manhattan skyline that make us think of NYC. 

Self portrait. This was taken in 2010, but my features are not all that different today. All but my hair that is...way more gray today. Thanks Teresa!