Memorial Day Flag Planting

It's my husband, Jeff's tradition to go to the Veteran's cemetery and plant the flags on the graves in time for Memorial Day. So today was the day for his volunteer group (the GE employees veteran network) to do the task. In past years Jeff has taken our granddaughter, Chloe with him. As a toddler, she rode along in her wagon and handed her grandpa the flags. This year was very different.

Chloe is a fast study.  She watched her grandpa put his heel up against the headstone, then make the hole for the flag at the end of his toes using the length of his foot as a measure to make all the flags in the row look uniform.  Chloe wanted to do this task for him.  So she stuck her toes up against the headstone to measure and put the flag at the length of her foot. Grandpa had a difficult time explaining to her that his foot was a little bit longer than hers thus lacking the uniformity as intended.  Oh well.

Chloe's little sister, Avery had to help too. She sat in the wagon and handed Chloe the flags. So it was a very cooperative operation and we got all the flags planted in our rows in no time.

Baby Ducks

When I saw the babies they were right outside my patio door. Unfortunately, they saw me as well and instantly started scooting away excorted by their mother and 4 males. By the time I got my camera out they were heading back to the creek. At least I got this shot.

Jury Duty

I have to say, I really wanted to figure out a way to get out of it. In  fact, I probably could have gotten my doctor to write me an excuse, However, I decided to do my duty and get it over with.  I worried about what would happen if I actually got on a case, but I was never called out of the pool of jurors. So in the end, I'm glad I went and glad that I am done.