Round Robin - Shoes

Below is the photo challenge from the Round Robin's for Feb. 23, 2008. The subject was shoes. Just shoes. These are the shoes that I have been in for over the last week (excepting those times when I left the house for job interviews...lol).

These are not my favorite slippers. My favorite slippers died a terrible death after only 4 years. I thought I would be economical this time. Not next time. Next time, I am buying my favorite slippers again. I did not take the picture below but if you run across these - Sandra by Hush Puppies in a 10 for less than $50, please call me immediately. Thank you very much.

Note: for all you lovely people who are posting utilizing AOL, I have tried to retrieve my password, I have tried to set up a new account, I have tried to leave comments for you. I have failed and I am sorry.

Round Robin - Vegetables

When I first signed up for this challenge, I intended to photograph fresh, lovely, vibrant, succulent vegetables. I even had them arranged in my head according to color; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet - all the colors of the rainbow.

I was overtaken by life.

Ash Wednesday rolled around and I began to think of what to cook for dinner, meatless of course. I used to make vegetarian chili on the truck when my husband and I were cross-country truck drivers. I made this, not because we are vegetarians, but because of refrigeration issues.

Here it is; beans, tomatoes, onions, garlic, corn, bell peppers, green chili peppers and chili powder.

Here it is finished, served with, you guessed it - corn bread! We did not get to have the cornbread on the truck, though.

Just a side note. For those of you who use AOL Journal. I am unable to comment. But I do stop by and check out your photos. Thank you to all that stop over for a visit.

Round Robin - Landmarks

This week's Round Robin challenge is "Landmarks". This was indeed a challenge for me. Oh, I could have gone 50 miles up the road to the Cadillac Ranch or 50 miles east to the Palo Duro Canyon but I tried to stay in my home town. Any guesses what we do here?
Our town's population is somewhere right around 15,000. Our feedyards' population is somewhere right around 1,500,000.

Our high school teams are named after cattle - the official name is the Whitefaces.

Our movie theatre is named (sort of) after cows.

We know who we are!

**just to note I have tried to comment on those who have AOL journal and am unable to comment. Sorry. But they all look great.

Round Robin - Madame Queen

This is my first week participating in the Round Robin of Photographs. I got here via the Nekkid Lizards (how many lizards do you know that wear clothes?) and because of the topic.

Trains. My husband loves trains. Me? Not so much. But I love my husband. I also just happen to have some photos of a really cool train move.

The "Madame Queen" is an AT&SF 5000. She was the prototype and was built in 1930, converted from coal to fuel-oil in 1940 and was retired in 1953. She has been on display in Amarillo, TX since 1957.

In 2005, the City of Amarillo and the Railroad Artifacts Preservation Society arranged to have her moved to a permanent display by Messer Construction of Hereford, TX. This move was filmed by the History Channel as part of their MegaMovers series.

Here are some pictures of the move.

Below is my favorite picture. It shows how they "Leapfrogged" the track. The crew from Messer Construction would lay a section of track on the street, they would move the Queen down the track, pick up the track behind her, move it in front of her and so on. Just amazing. The Queen did not move under her own power but with the assistance of some heavy duty construction equipment. No trains were damaged in the making of this blog. Good job, guys!