MEMORIAL DAY 2010

My dad and brother are buried in Sandy City cemetery - about 50 minutes from where I live. I didn't actually get there on Memorial Day, because I knew I'd be going up that way later in the week. This cemetery doesn't have an actual injunction against plastic flowers, but 95 % of the flowers in these pictures are real. It looked almost gaudy, because there were so many flowers. Apparently this year, they didn't put flags on the veteran's graves, either.(looking east from Dad's grave)

(looking north from Dad's grave)

This is Dad and Jeff's grave marker. I brought the flamingo in the top center. I think this is the first time in 8+ years I haven't cried at the cemetery.

That made me feel like crying.

No matter how many toys and play things...

. . . . every once in awhile, a girl just has to run, and run; back and forth.

Note how bare the tree is. This was taken April 10. We've had about 4" more snow since then.

Springtime in the Rockies - Happy Easter!

Yes, it is April 4 and this is what we woke up to. It was probably 3" of heavy, wet snow. At least we didn't have to shovel any, since the ground is somewhat warmer. They are predicting more tomorrow and the day after.

Notice that the mountains are completely hidden by snow/fog. There was another close up picture of our flowers covered in snow, but it was hard to tell what you are looking at. Only a few daffodils and the snow crocuses have come up.

I am tired of cold, snowy, overcast days.

SPRING??? WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU??