A Cornutopia of Delights and Memories

This post highlights a number of delights and memories from the past couple weeks and before - a walk in the present and down memory lane. The first delights are signs of Spring, a bit of Irish Step Dancing, and a couple scenes from a flower show followed by some scenes reflecting on my dad and his life.

 

 Some beautiful Johnny-Jump-Ups growing in our flowerbed

These were growing wild in a nearby park woodland.

 

These were in the same park along a creek where the sun shines warmly.

This past Sunday evening our church's youth group held a soup and silent auction fundraiser to go to a Youth Convention later this summer. In this particular picture, people donated enough money to see them dance. It was quite fun!

 

This is a scene from the Peter Becker Retirement Home Flower Show.

It is a combination of real & artificial flowers and art work.

 Much of this done by the residents of the retirement home

with sponsorship from local businesses.

Here we are singing a favorite hymn of Dad's called When There's Love at Home.

The first verse reads as follows:

There is beauty all around,
When there’s love at home;
There is joy in ev’ry sound,
When there’s love at home.
Peace and plenty here abide,
Smiling sweet on ev’ry side;
Time doth softly, sweetly glide,
When there’s love at home;
Love at home, love at home,
Time doth softly, sweetly glide,
When there’s love at home.

 

Here's Dad's eighth grade diploma. He only had eight years of schooling

but he kept up with us children who received much more schooling.

Here's part of a display that was set up to commemorate Dad's life.

Click on this photo to see it much enlarged.

 

This the planned burial site for Dad and Mom. Dad's body was cremated;

but the plan is that when Mom dies, she will be given a traditional burial

and Dad's urn will go in her casket.  The building behind the tombstone

was an old German schoolhouse in the 1800s.