Saturday, June 20, 2009

A Father's Father

In honor of Father's Day, my dad wanted to take flowers to his father's and grandfather's graves.

My dad's grandfather, also his namesake, died before he was born. He knew of the cemetery he was buried in, but did not know of the exact location of the marker until recently.

My dad cut some bright red roses from my parents' yard, and we drove out to the cemetery in the country. It looked gray and like rain, but it held off. We found the site and placed the flowers.

There is a very unique looking tree, with curved branches, near the grave sites. They look like a little like long-neck dinosaurs.

My dad made me sit on it then I let him hold the Nikon for a picture.

Right as we did this, we heard a pack of coyotes start yipping. It was kind of eerie. The cemetery is on a hill and borders the woods. As quickly as they started, their howls came to a stop.

On the drive home, I snapped a few pictures of these alien pods. Or marshmallow hay bales.

They looked so cool, dotting the valley with the blue sky and dark clouds shadowing over them.

It was a nice moment to spend with my father. I am lucky to be with him this weekend for Father's Day. Unfortunately for him, I will be running a garage sale on Father's Day. I was going to take him out to a Mexican dinner afterward with some of my earnings. But I just found out my grandmother is making a ham and scalloped potatoes, and I don't think we can pass that up!

Happy Father's day to all of you dad's out there!

21 comments:

  1. You are so lucky to have your dad. And even sweeter that you appreciate him..I hope his day is great, and your garage sale is successful!

    Jan

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  2. That is such a cool tree! And those roses... your parents must be quite the gardeners.

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  3. That is such a cool tree! And those roses... your parents must be quite the gardeners.

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  4. ditto from what jan said... as she and i both do not have our dads...i hope you and paint girl have a loving and memorable time with him...oh and bring me over some of that dinnner!!! yummm!!

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  5. Enjoy your Dad. I lost mine when I was only 22.

    "I let him hold the Nikon for a picture." This just cracks me up! And he didn't break it!!

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  6. PS- yes, that tree is amazing! what kink is it?

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  7. Beautiful post as always. I was thinking of my own Dad this morning and how I loved him and how I miss him so much.

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  8. Happy Happy Father's Day to Uncle Cowboy again, and again!

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  9. Your dad looks like a nice man. I hope you have a good dinner with him!

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  10. Thank you for the Father's Day post. Love the memories and the time I get to spend with you, wish I could see you more.

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  11. Dad here again! I forgot to say it was me commenting on your mom's computor.

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  12. What a sweet post. Your dad sounds like a fine man and father. Love that tree too! Spend as much time with your mom and dad as you can. I lost both of mine 10 yrs ago and I miss them every day.

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  13. A nice day with your father looking into the site of his and his father's pa too. He did fine holding your camera!

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  14. Happy Fathers Day dad! Sounds like you and Pony Girl had a great day.
    I wish I could be there! Enjoy that yummy dinner!

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  16. Nice post, you and Paint Girl are lucky to have a great dad, I lost my dad when I was 8 years old. I miss him terribly.

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  17. What a nice way to spend time with your Dad.

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  18. What a wonderful father daughter time ! And a great way to celabrate your Dad and his!

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  19. It probably meant alot to your dad for you to have taken the time to share a visit with his dad. Random time spent with family are the best gifts to recieve....and then there's scalloped potatoes and ham!! Yummo!

    I do believe.. those that pass on will give us signs to let us know they are looking after us...pennies from heaven or ..maybe even the howls of a coyote! Ponygirl.. Thanks for stopping by.

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  20. What an awesome time spent!! Loved the tree!!! And the alien pods LOL?!?!

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  21. What a wonderful Father's Day ... filled with memories for both of you.
    The photos of your dad certainly described the day... treasures!

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