The Weekend Roundup, 'O'

It is a rainy and raw Saturday - and a perfect time to write a post for Tom's fun meme, The Weekend Roundup. The fourth vowel is featured this week and matching it took some time...

'O' is for Ohio. I believe this Ohio exhibit is at the NY Worlds Fair 1939-1940, its Opening year. My dad was almost 12 that year.

My father is older here, then in the US Army Air Forces in either 1946 or 1947. He is with Aunt Terry in Steubenville Ohio, under the Market Street Bridge that crosses the Ohio River.

Then there is Dodge Omni. My then toddler nephew Matt is running by my dad's 1979 Omni O24, my 1979 Omni (R) and if you look closely past my teal Dodge is the backside of my sister's '79 Omni O24. A trifecta of sorts...

And here is the Olympia Diner on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington, CT. Best corned beef hash I've had anywhere!

Favorite.Here are two swans floating blissfully on the still water at the Pond at Witek Park in Derby CT. All is well in this peaceful scene.

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 2017.2.10

Friday returns  as does a great meme Friday Hunt, hosted by Teresa. She provides the great prompts and we happily comply.

Starts with ‘J’. I have two pics of my niece Julie. In the first, she is at age 3 and very cute. In the second, she is a beautiful bride arm in arm with her dad, the great Bob, on her wedding day to Luis. She is very nice and a great mom too. “J’ is for Julie :)

Car. I refer to our daughter Allegra and her ‘cars’.  The first car in question is when she was nineteen months - exiting a Little Tykes Cozy Coupe - a car of sorts. Next is her current vehicle, a 1999 Chevy Malibu. Purchased in 2013 with only 77,000 miles in perfect shape, she now has 105,000 and very little rust. A real car for real :)

Outside. As we are veering toward autumn, my outside shot from 2015 is at Witek Park in neighboring Derby. It is a nice place next to reservoir, near the urban jungle - but worlds away…