Never Forget

It's BLUE MONDAY, and it's also Memorial Day. I know many of the participants listed at Smiling Sal's blog will have some really thoughtful posts for Memorial Day. I didn't get my act together to do a thoughtful post, so I was going to show off a cool sun catcher I have, but then I realized I DID have something patriotic at least, if not Memorial Day-ish, to share. So the sun catcher post is all ready for next week, and my actual blue item is at the end of this post.

The purpose of this day off from work is to recognize the men and women who have lost their lives in the service of our country. I personally do not know anyone who has sacrificed themselves for our freedom, although many of my family members have been in different branches of the military both in peace and in conflict.For many families, it is also the weekend that they tend to the family graves. My father always took my sister and I to clean up around his parents' graves and plant geraniums each Memorial Day. We would go back around All Saint's Day, November 1, to clean it up again and make sure everything was ship shape for the winter. It was one of those father and daughters things that we did without our mom. When we stopped to buy the geraniums, we always got a couple for her to have in planters on the deck.The video below is about the Arlington Wreath Project. Each year Worcester Wreath Company in Maine donates 5000 wreaths to be placed on the graves at Arlington National Cemetery to honor our Veterans during the winter holidays.
I want to thank everyone who stopped by and checked out my new Etsy store, Little Somethings, last week. You got to see that I have more than just the blue jewelry I shared, there are a few vintage items as well as different kinds of note cards.It's not the same as the banner I shared Friday, it's even better, I think, and I was in madly love with the first one! A USA banner that is a fun summer decoration. I just listed it in the shop!
I hope everyone has had a great weekend, hopefully with family and friends, maybe a little gardening or swimming, or barbecueing! I of course, can't go anywhere or be with large groups of people, so I am having hotdogs and potato chips for my own little remembrance meal. What are you doing?