A Cake & A Sign (152/366)

“Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.”

Charles Baxter, The Feast of Love

TIME:  5:03 PM
PLACE:  Gregg’s Bar & Grill
SUBJECT:  Dad’s retirement cake

Dad’s work had a get-together this afternoon for his retirement – which is officially tomorrow!  Geez…he turns 70 and thinks he can just stop working.  Well, all I can say is that he just better be frugal in his golden years so he doesn’t spend all of my inheritance.  Ha!  Enjoy Pop!  And remember, when you get bored, I’ve plenty of projects for you to work on at my house.

 
TIME:  6:11 PM
PLACE:  The bathroom of Gregg’s
SUBJECT:  A hand washing reminder

This sign may have been up just as long as Dad has been working.

Comparing (151/366)

“Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.”

Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), U.S. president. Campaign address, September 18, 1912, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson, vol. 26, p. 177, ed. Arthur S. Link.

TIME:  8:28 PM
PLACE:  Kitchen
SUBJECT:  DramaQueen & MonkeyBoy

MB’s touch screen on his cell phone died an untimely death Monday.  He could not access anything.  So, we made a trip to the phone store this evening and he is now the proud owner of an Android based phone.  They were comparing phones and his sister was showing him what apps he *needed* to have.

Fences Between the Fields (150/366)

“Hit the ball over the fence and you can take your time going around the bases.”

John W. “Jack” Raper (American, journalist, 1870-1950)

TIME:  8:10 PM
PLACE:  Away ball diamonds
SUBJECT:  Field easement

MB's team had to forfeit their game this evening because we didn’t have enough players.  The other team lent us a man and the two teams played an unofficial game anyway.  I sat here, on the third baseline, which also happened to be the first baseline for the adjoining field.  I was constantly having to keep a “heads-up” with the foul balls from both sides.

Memorial Day (149/366)

“I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.”

Benjamin Harrison (American, 23rd President of the United States [1889–1893]. 1833–1901)

TIME:  7:13 PM
PLACE:  Walnut Hill Cemetery
SUBJECT:  Penny on tombstone

There are many reasons for leaving a penny on a tombstone…one of them is as a token of thanks.  There were many pennies on the tombstones of soldiers that surrounded the Civil War monument in the cemetery.
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Today would have been Mom’s 70th birthday.  I also visited her grave this evening - I forgot the forks though.

Pollen & Petal Hair (148/366)

"Who would have thought it possible that a tiny little flower could preoccupy a person so completely that there simply wasn't room for any other thought."

Sophia Magdalena Scholl (German, Student, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany. Convicted of high treason, executed by guillotine. 1921–1943)

TIME:  7:42 PM
PLACE:  Front yard
SUBJECT:  Dianthus ‘Firewitch’ Cheddar Pink

I didn’t realize that these petals had hair-like growths on them.  They kind of remind me of my legs before I shaved them for our pool excursion today.  Oh, I’m sorry…was that more than you needed to know?

Pool’s Open (147/366)

Ernie: I'm gonna build an Olympic-sized swimming pool and fill it with pina coladas and a college sorority.

Mousehunt, Dreamworks SKG, 1997.

TIME:  5:46 PM
PLACE:  Pool
SUBJECT:  Pool

It’s officially summer.

Setting (146/365)

“Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too.”

S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

TIME:  8:01 PM
PLACE:  Shopping center
SUBJECT:  Sun

Not much time to take a photo today.  But I loved the color of the sky and the big yellow sun as it was setting this evening, so I quickly took this before we walked into the store to buy MonkeyBoy a new pair of swim trunks.  The pool opens up this holiday weekend – summer is starting!