I picked up groceries on my way home from work, so today was basically Piglet’s favorite day ever. He sat in a paper bag for a couple of hours, then he spent some quality time in a plastic bag. It’s good to have options.
Pig in a Poke
Month: July 2023
Raindrops
I will never get tired of raindrops on flowers. It’s the best part of summer.
Again, Shirley?
Remember my little friend, Shirley? I noticed today that she’d added a memorial for Owen Glynn, a son of Mary Agnes Basquill and Thomas Joseph Glynn. The burial information seems to have come from Owen’s death certificate, which says he was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.
And that probably would have been fine. I add Findagrave memorials from death certificates all the time. But, also I try to double-check my work by searching for a death notice.
GLYNN. — Suddenly, Dec. 10, OWEN V., son of Thomas J. and Mary Glynn (nee Basquill), aged 9. Relatives and friends, also St. Columba’s Parochial School children, are invited to funeral, Sat., 8.30 A.M., late residence, 2513 N. Opal st. High mass, St. Columba’s Church, 10 A.M. Int. St. Denis’ Cem.
According to the death notice, Owen was buried in Saint Denis Cemetery in Havertown, Pennsylvania. That makes sense, as his father was later buried there, too. And how likely are the parents to have gotten the burial location wrong in the death notice? Versus how likely it is for a medical examiner to have gotten it wrong on the death certificate? I’m going with the parents. So I made a new memorial for Owen, in Saint Denis Cemetery and included the death notice to support it.
Mistakes are inevitable, but some of the sheer number of them made with this family, by one individual, is concerning.
Flowery Things
The deer left me a few of the plain red daylilies. And I finally planted some zinnia seeds. They’re super late, but once they start blooming they’ll keep it up until the first frost.
Russet Potato
Taters, Precious.
Evening Daylily
The deer have finally noticed the daylily buds, but they left me a couple of yellow flowers. I think I may try discouraging them with pinwheels next year. They won’t hurt anything, and they might help?
Puffballs
We’ve had a lot of rain lately. There are tons of little puffballs popping up all over the back field. I also found a blue jay feather. I know I shouldn’t pick them up, but what goes in my journal is between me and my journal, okay?
Rainbow with Spokes
After all the storm drama last night, there was a rainbow! You can see faint spokes toward the top section.
2023 so far
I started the top one yesterday. I think Thomas approves.
It Bloomed
The big, yellow daylily bud opened today. I went out to look at the sky, but got distracted by the flowers. And then I dropped my phone on the patio and cracked the protective cover over the lenses. Better than breaking the phone, though!
red paper boat 