Hubby and the four oldest were in Medford for Bella's soccer tournament this weekend. They took our friend Gabby with them, since Gabby's parents were unable to go, so Roz and I stayed home and had a nice quiet weekend.
Monday morning, I strolled Roz up to the cemetery to take care of the Keithler family graves. It was a nice misty morning, not too cold. I stopped at Albertson's and bought a little bouquet of carnations.
I heard from Mom that Uncle Gary was in Walla Walla this weekend, taking care of the graves there. If you see him, tell him we want pictures. It would be nice if we Dysart descendants all met in Walla Walla and did graves one year... heaven knows, there's enough of our people buried there to keep us busy the entire weekend.
Some "before" and "after" pictures... I didn't have Dad and Neenaw with me this year so the headstones don't look as nice, but I did what I could.
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| Uncle Haudy's grave before |
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| ...and after |
His is always easy to find and to clean, but it's missing its vase, as you can see.
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| Grandma Jennie Keithler... |
OK, next time we go, let's remember that she's buried in section D, under a clump of trees, next to the now-grass road, RIGHT NEXT to a water spigot. (I guess I'm the one who needs to remember.) And to bring a screwdriver to get her vase out. It rained the night before and those vases were hard to get out without a lever.
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| ...much better |
Uncle John's was an overgrown mess again and took me forever to find - so long that I forgot to take a "before" picture. I did have a nice tour of the cemetery, however, and noticed a few tools of the trade (like gas-powered trimmers and weedeaters) to bring next time. Again, the grass was soaking wet, and my clippers probably need sharpening... but I did my best.
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| Seriously - a weedeater. That's what I'm bringing. |
It was so beautiful yesterday. Whoever decided that Memorial Day should be this time of year, picked a great time. Everything's in bloom.
Just to be funny, I was going to call these pictures "Park Hill Cemetery: So Butt-Ugly, Someone Should Take a Match To It"...
