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Lilacs In Bloom

on April 10, 2012

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Lilacs in bloom on Easter Sunday.

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Empty Lot

At one time this empty lot was home to a gas station, and most recently a car dealer.

Green Door Club in the Red Light District

In the days of the Old West, Deadwood, SD was famous for more than gold and gaming halls. Upstairs houses on Main Street became as much an integral part of Deadwood as legends of Wild Bill and Calamity Jane.

Memorial Day

The avenue of flags at the courthouse in Le Mars Iowa is truly impressive. Over 1300 flags fly, each one for a veteran who has left this earth. Along one side of the courthouse is a flanders field of crosses with a poppy attached. This morning my dad's flag was dedicated and for the first time it flew in the breeze among a sea of red, white and blue.

Come Visit My Grave
A poem by Jim Rolfes.

I am a Veteran under the sod.
I’m in good company, I’m up here with God.
Come to my grave and visit me.
I gave my life so you could be free.
Today is Memorial Day throughout this great land.
There’s Avenues of Flags, Parades and Bands.
I can hear music, the firing squads and taps.
Here come my comrades, the Legionnaires, the Blue caps.
One of them just put a flag on my stone.
Some day he’ll have one of his own.
Some think of this day as just a day free of toil.
While others are busy working the soil.
They say they have plans, other things to do.
Don’t put us aside as you would an old shoe.
Come visit my gra…

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