Memorial Day 2013

The point of keeping this blog was to help me remember things as I have let the past few years blur together in my memory.  So this entry won't be more than a reminder for me that I went home to St. Francisville to decorate the cemetery this year.  I rented a car and drove down on Friday.  That was after Gisele endured taking me to Walmart to buy silk arrangements.  What fun!  I managed to hit her with the large box that one arrangement was in.  It was an accident I swear.

I was sorry to see many houses had been torn down in St. F..  Mrs.  Tagart's house was gone and several other lots were empty or had mobile homes instead of houses.  A few really old houses need to be saved before it's too late.  The Wooden Bridge was still there so I drove over  it one more time in case it is demolished before I get there again.  Overall the town was looking fairly shabby.  But there is a new grandstand which is a nice tribute to the past.

At the cemetery I saw a lot of graves that surprised me.  People who I didn't know had passed away or people who were too young have passed away.  I decorated all of the family graves and looked around the cemetery before driving around town.  I managed to see Orlinda on my last pass by our house.  I stopped and caught up with her and collected some persimmon seeds from mom's tree.  I hope I can get a tree started with them.