Another Memorial Day done.
May. 26th, 2014 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkWe've been doing this for 17 years now. Rousting kid(s) out of bed to leave to be in town for a 9am (band) or 9:30 (Scouts) call. One more year, and then I dunno what I'll do on the last Monday in May. Maybe drive to Franklin to join an adhoc "Franklin Community band" for their Memorial Day observances -- I have a standing invitation to do so. This year was the worst band performance I think I've heard -- the drum majors got lost, and therefore the band was out of sync, despite the tubas' best efforts (not much percussion in the Dragon arrangement of America the Beautiful). SR is threatening to call up one of her former CHS drum majors and do a clinic for next year's drum majors. She figures that between her and AS they have three years of drum majoring and at least eleven years of marching experience, and they can approach it from a band members' point of view. No fly-over this year, but the FeedTheBand parents didn't bring water. We brought a bit, but I'd assumed that they'd be there like they've been for the last 4-5 years. (For the first few years that they brought water, I did too, and that was bit much. J was like 'hey, we could bring a cooler full of water for the band', and SR and I were "we've done that." Frankly, it's *not* my responsibility, and I'm tired of covering for other people.)
Sometime next week, I think I'll be driving out to Southfield & New Boston with flowers -- Ana liked irises, Sam & Dad preferred peonies, and I may actually have flowers this year! (Lots of buds, but I've been misled by that before.) (John & Mil preferred roses, but I don't know if I'll have those for a while -- my spring rose hasn't even started to bud yet.)
The weeds are getting away from me. I should get out there today and do some more, but we shall see. I moved a daisy out of the shady bed next to the house into a sunnier spot, where I hope it will be happier. Right now, it's in shock, so that doesn't help much. I am slowly working my way through the E garden, removing grass and clover from in amongst the sedum. And uprooting sedum as I go, but it resettles itself pretty quickly.
Sometime next week, I think I'll be driving out to Southfield & New Boston with flowers -- Ana liked irises, Sam & Dad preferred peonies, and I may actually have flowers this year! (Lots of buds, but I've been misled by that before.) (John & Mil preferred roses, but I don't know if I'll have those for a while -- my spring rose hasn't even started to bud yet.)
The weeds are getting away from me. I should get out there today and do some more, but we shall see. I moved a daisy out of the shady bed next to the house into a sunnier spot, where I hope it will be happier. Right now, it's in shock, so that doesn't help much. I am slowly working my way through the E garden, removing grass and clover from in amongst the sedum. And uprooting sedum as I go, but it resettles itself pretty quickly.
