Sat, Aug 17, 2024:  St. Louis, MO:

 

Mike is off to his football reunion at St. Louis High.  He’s getting an award of some kind.  Have fun Mike!

 

Wed, Jun 12, 2024:  St. Louis, MO:  We have a stretch of hot weather coming this week.  Mid- to upper-90s.  We’re heading out this morning to get our passports renewed.  Going to CVS to get our passport pictures taken, and then heading to lunch.  And then to the USPS to start the renewal procedure.  They expire next month. 

IRELAND

Thu, May 30, 2024:  St. Louis, MO:

 

A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA!  GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS!

 

FLANDERS’ FIELDS

 

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row.

That mark our place, and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing,

Fly scarce heard amid the guns below.

 

We are the dead.  Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flander’s fields.

 

Take up our quarrel with the foe;

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch, be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us when we die,

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flander’s Fields.

 

John McCrae

Tue, May 14, 2024:  St. Louis, MO:  On Mother’s Day we had a delicious brunch at the Struyk’s.  A lovely, sunny day.  Had a nice time visiting with everyone.  Tim cooked up a wonderful brunch accompanied with mimosas.  Nice day.

The brunch bunch.

 Sat, May 11, 2024:  St. Louis, MO:  A few days ago we were having lunch and ran into this guy who told us about this pet cemetery in Florissant.  Mike has lived here all his life and has never heard of it or seen it.  So, after lunch we drove around and found it.  This is a really neat place, supposedly only for vets, is listed as a historic site for perpetuity, provides burials, services and head stones.  There is a section for working dogs.  A group of vets volunteer to maintain the place.  Really nice.

The Working Dog Section

This guy must have been killed in the line of duty.

Thu, May 9, 2024:  St. Louis, MO:  Severe storms yesterday—morning and afternoon.  High winds, tornados, softball size hail, and torrential downpours causing flooding.  But we dodged a bullet AGAIN.  We just got some rain.  It went south of us.  Counting our blessings today.  And no storms in the immediate forecast.  A beautiful day today—sunny and 70s. 

Best wishes to my sister Sandy who is in the hospital right now.  Get well soon!