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Here We Go Again…

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One of my brothers and his wife was over this evening and brought a “present”. They found it in their yard under one of their vehicles. They aren’t sure if it was dumped or somehow made the trip by crawling up in under one of their vehicles. I can’t imagine anyone dumping this cat. So, I may or may not have a new kitten. Trying not to get too attached in case someone posts about a missing kitten.

My sister-in-law said they would keep the cat themselves but the indoor cat they have absolutely hates the kitten and was very aggressive towards it.

Music Monday

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For today’s musical selection… a little Snow Patrol. This song was hugely popular and if you were an early fan of Grey’s Anatomy, it was featured in Danny’s death scene with Lizzy. Feel free to join in and post some music on your own blog for Music Monday.

Random Silliness

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Just a few chuckles to start off your day.

Have a good Tuesday Bloggers! I know it’s a busy time of the year with tons to do. Same here, so apologies in advance if I am a bit awol at times. Maybe by fall I will have everything done!

Music Monday

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Today’s Music Monday is a song I chose from a band called “We the Ghost”. I know some of you will remember an old garden chatter named “Jim Woodcrvr”, his son Jimmy was in this band and their song and album was a huge hit and they actually won several awards and seemed like they were on the road to huge success. After a few years, they burnt out and disbanded which was quite a shame as they seemed to be on the cusp of something really big.

The song “Let Me Know” put them on the map, it is a bit of a mix of rock with some reggae. The whole album is actually pretty good and you can find a lot of their old songs on Youtube under the lead singer “Beau Tyler”.

After they broke up, Beau Tyler formed another band that lasted for a very short time called “The X Oh’s”. I’ve included one of the songs they did which was a remake of Rihanna’s “Stay”. I actually like their version better than Rihannas. You can read more about “We the Ghost” here: We the Ghost – Wikipedia

The Peony Saga

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Memorial Day was always a big deal for my grandmother. Many times we went with her when we were kids to help her visit all of the cemeteries to leave flowers on the graves on passed loved ones. It would involve driving to different towns and out into the country to visit both sides of the family, hers and grandpas.

Yesterday was a quiet day and one of my brothers took mom out to the cemetery to visit my dad’s grave. It had been a couple years since she had been out there, and while they were there, my brother took a picture of the gravesite. Why you ask? Because somehow, somewhere, something happened to the peony that was planted on his grave 25 years ago, was no longer there.

Cue the mystery. It had been there, it grew, bloomed for years, and then yesterday, nary a stem, or remnant of its very existence. Which leaves us all perplexed as to what happened to the peony? Was it killed by chemical drift from a local farmer? Was it buried, run over by equipment when another nearby burial site was excavated? Was it admired a bit too much and made its way home with someone? No one knows for sure what happened, and one can only guess.

It bothered me though. More than it should have, it’s just a flower, just a plant out in a country cemetery. But it was a flower/plant/memorial to a loved one that was to be a constant reminder they mattered to someone, and for those years when visits couldn’t be made, there would still be a flower memorial to them, for them, and for us that still remain.

So I will be looking for a new peony this fall to plant. Hopefully this one will last longer, at least past my lifetime or I will go haunting.

Gardening/plant people aren’t very forgiving at times, at least this one isn’t.