The holiday weekend kicks off summer, but Memorial Day honors the men and women who died while serving in the military. The day was originally known as Decoration Day and is believe to have started around the time of the Civil War.
Remembering the Fallen
This beach had more than just people enjoying the view as this dog was checking out the waves but it didn’t like getting its paws wet from the chilly water.
Enjoying the Beach
This empty beach probably will have more visitors on this holiday weekend enjoying the view while walking on sand and looking for a pretty piece of driftwood
Beach Driftwood
This oriole was enjoying the sunshine as it sang and preened. Maybe he was getting ready for a Friday night date with his girl.
Oriole Singing and Preening
The little colorful primroses were catching some early evening sunshine under the trees on a chilly day.
Chasing Some Sun
This old tractor on the edge of an apple orchard probably had put many hours into hauling wagon loads of apples at harvest time and may welcome its retirement years.
Tractor Past Prime
Yellow rocket is considered to be a weed which is in the mustard family and some are growing on the edge of my pond that I didn’t get pulled earlier this spring.
Yellow Rocket Display
This afternoon I was getting alerts about lightning strikes near my house and could hear some thunder once in a while, but the actual thunderstorm cells just skirted by. By evening the clouds, both in the east and west, had hints of pink in them.
Missing Storm Sunset
There was a break in the clouds this afternoon, but the sun had a hard time filtering down to the carpet of pink and green. The wild geranium is a native woodland flower and is also seen in road ditches as they grow well in full sun as well as light shade.
Carpet of Pink Blossoms
It did not rain today, but the sun was still absent part of the day and was barely showing beneath the clouds before sunset.
May Cloudy Sunset
