Memorial Day

Memorial Day ceremonies were held at Weston Cemetery Monday morning. Mayor Wood was the emcee and Jeff Philllips gave the main address. He talked about the emotional impact that the words of taps and the playing of taps can have on servicemen and how they are appropriate for Memorial Day.

An unusually large crowd attended this year.

Other 

The downsized Walgreens store opened on Thursday, May 26. 

It seems designed mostly to serve customers at the drive-thru window, but it does have shelves inside stocked with heath-related items. 

The Rensselaer Farmers Market opened in early May but I did not stop by until the 28th. I found a vendor with a lot of asparagus that she grows on a third of an acre a few miles northwest of Rensselaer, someone selling radishes as well as a variety of other items, and someone selling two varieties of mushrooms that he grows in a shed in Rensselaer.  I expected to find someone selling rhubarb, one of the other early summer crops, but did not find anyone. Another vegetable that is coming into season is garlic scapes but I do not recall ever seeing them for sale at the Farmers Market.

There were many vendors, most of them selling plants or baked goods. 

The construction site for the new lift station for the City's sewers now has a construction trailer. It also has no-trepassing signs.

Milroy Park has a display honoring this year's graduating seniors. Several area high schools have already had graduation.

Meteorological summer begins on June 1 and there are plenty of signs that summer is here. Geese have hatched their eggs and are now guarding their goslings. These were near CongAgra, an area that geese love.

On Saturday the 28th I crossed the Talbert Bridge and the cottonwood trees were shedding their seeds. Some of them were caught by a spider web on the bridge.