I pray that everyone has a safe and enjoyable weekend but please take a moment to remember why we celebrate Memorial Day. Thousands of men and women have laid down their lives so that we can have the freedoms and comforts that living in The United States of America provides.

After years of talking about it we finally put in a new walkway and a flag pole just in time for Memorial Day. Have to have Old Glory flying.

I’m no fan of concrete but after weighing the cost of other materials, concrete was the only way to go. It looks nice and once we get the front yard re-sodded it will be even better.

I’m glad we waited for the flag pole because where we originally planned to put it was too close to a young maple tree. The limbs would be nearly into the pole by now. The only thing close now is a crapemyrtle tree that will be kept short and bushy. It is taller than I would like because I didn’t trim it this winter.

Here is a perfect example of why we are downsizing out goats. Calvin is climbing on the fence to get to the willow tree. In the process he has the fence pulled down. If I wouldn’t have ran him off and ran a strand of electric fence along the top he would have been going over in short order.

One last note just for a good laugh. When I went into our little barn where several hens had been setting on nests I found this guy keeping a couple of eggs warm. lol