Memorial Day Weekend

It's Memorial Day weekend, and my "duties' are finished. So, now I'm just home with the dog. DOG??!!?? Yes, this large elderly and extremely ugly brown dog has been living under my deck all day. I discovered him this morning when I went down to do the litter box. He was nice enough to lie beside the hostas instead of on top of them. Of course, feeling sorry for him in the heat, I gave him a pan of water. We don't have an animal control officer on duty on the week-end, so I can't get him removed. By tonight I was feeling more sorry for him, so I fed him. At this rate, I'm thinking he'll be living under the deck until Tuesday when Cindy the dog catching lady is back on duty.

Toby spotted him through the window, and was not too happy about the new visitor. Mom and I went to Fredonia to do the cemeteries yesterday. It was a nice day for a drive, and we saw lots of "amber waves of grain."

It was quite windy, but we got the flowers stuck in the ground well enough that I don't think any blew away.

Those of you who have been on the expedition will remember the huge old screwdrive that Grandma used to make holes in the dirt for the flowers. Somehow, it didn't get moved with her. That being my fault, of course, I had to come up with a new hole poking implement. My solution was a tent stake and mallet. It worked pretty well except when I pounded the stake in so well it wouldn't come out. Took a bit of effort those times.

The flags in the Fredonia cemetery were beautiful as always.

And we had to look until we found Grandpa's flag.

While we were at Farmington cemetery, I thought I'd document the source of our bright yellow lilies. No wonder there's such a huge bed of them there. Mr. Stevens having died in 1910, they may have been blooming and propagating for 100 years of more! Mine bloomed beautifully this year, but have been gone for a while now.

I was at church conference in Hutchinson Wednesday through Friday, Fredonia yesterday, and today was church in the morning and a 90th birthday celebration for Icel Lee Russell. Now I'm done. Hope you all are enjoying your long weekend.