Back in a Cemetery

 This morning I was able to get out and mow a little bit of the lawn and thin the bittersweet a little before getting ready for the pre-hire event.  I'm glad I got outside and was a little productive.

This is the before shot looking towards the garden.

Slightly different angle only
about 15-20 minutes later.

What I got out before having
to pause for the day.

The pictures help me see how much I accomplished in a short time.  This might motivate me tomorrow.  Other snippets of my day that were happy things:

• I went to the pre-hire event and survived.  Now I wait to hear from them to find out if I officially have the job or not.  If I do, I'll start work on June 22nd.  
• After that, I met a friend and we walked through the Pine Grove Cemetery.  We walked through this same cemetery a few weeks ago.  The Find-a-Grave app is working on my phone now so we attempted to find some of the grave requests.  Turns out, this cemetery has over 24,000 monuments and we didn't happen to find any of the requests.

Heron.

This lovely cemetery has ponds and a fountain.

This holds plants now but it looks
like it could have been a fountain.

Last time we walked here we
somehow missed the road signs.

• On the way home I stopped for a short walk across the Merrimack River.  I love this area.

Train bridge.

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Cemetery Day-Too Many Pictures

 Before Memorial Day every year we plant geraniums on family graves.  That day was today.  Not everyone could join us, but we got the geraniums planted, cleaned off the stones that needed it, and got a much needed visit with family we haven't seen in a while.  Hugs are a wonderful thing.  Other happy things for today:

• Since I knew I would be gone all day, I started by taking a walk around the property and getting the pictures from the wildlife camera.  Here are some of the plants I saw and what Lens thinks they are...

Common Cinquefoil, it is getting larger.

Possibly a blackberry.

This is coming up as either whorled loosestrife or
northern bush honeysuckle.
I'll try to look for this again as it grows.

Ostrich Fern.

Fern.

This is supposed to be Geranium dissectum.

Just trees.

The witch tree.

The rhododendron.

Iris are starting to open.

• I saw some deer tracks on the property.

At least I think it is from a deer.
It looked like it in real life.

• Some highlights from the day...

Fairly new monument at one of the cemeteries.

This is at my aunt's house.
The tree has grown SO much.

Keziah and the reflection on those sunglasses!

Well water for the flowers.

Up it comes!

Beaver lodge.

Goose family.

On the way home a storm was rolling in.

We had a rainbow after the storm passed.

• We went out for lunch and ice cream.  😃
• There is a tiller in the back of the van.  It may not work, but we will find out fairly soon.
• For that 'just in case' reason I brought my pruning shears with me to the cemeteries.  I don't think we have ever needed them and didn't today.  However, there were some people that were planting flowers on a loved ones grave near where we were and they did need them.  Being helpful is one of those things that makes me happy.

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