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Good morning, all. I need to make a store run but putting it off. I am trying to minimize any contact with people.
Good morning Anise, Fran, Yiddle, Bea, Rose and Gracie. It's a lovely morning! For some reason our blue birds show up for suet after it's gone. Dang squirrels always eat first. Don't know where they're hiding, but they're at the feeder a minute after I put the suet in.
Had an email this morning from American Meadows for Fall bulbs. Had to stop myself from ordering a cartfull. It's easy to go crazy when ordering and then the packages show up all at once months later and everything needs to be planted! Oh my aching back! It's all worth it though as long as they all come up.
I just checked this morning and our Home Depot and Lowe's is still open although HD is reducing hours to close at 6:00. That's good. Guess people still need to make repairs and need supplies. Might as well do some home projects if you're stuck at home. Also, they sell cleaning supplies.
Had an email this morning from American Meadows for Fall bulbs. Had to stop myself from ordering a cartfull. It's easy to go crazy when ordering and then the packages show up all at once months later and everything needs to be planted! Oh my aching back! It's all worth it though as long as they all come up.
I just checked this morning and our Home Depot and Lowe's is still open although HD is reducing hours to close at 6:00. That's good. Guess people still need to make repairs and need supplies. Might as well do some home projects if you're stuck at home. Also, they sell cleaning supplies.
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Here is something that I hadn't thought about. My friend that I have been helping clean the trees from the farm, his mother passed away on Monday. The funeral home that will be doing the service recommended a graveside service and no more than 10 people to attend. Needless to say, he is livid. 10 people will hardly cover his brothers and sisters and their spouses and kids.
Jerry
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Hola ..
This week, a long time friend of mine and fellow guitarist who used to be a regular at the weekly Jam Sessions I would hold at my old Studio, passed from a long illness .. he had made and pre-paid his final expenses ..
The Family was first urged by the Funeral Home to go with cremation, even though Don had paid for the full burial deal .. they then insisted that visitation and eulogy's / clergy be very brief, 10 folks / 6 FT distance .. offered to have "shifts" for an additional charge and wanted to limit the actual burial to Funeral Home Personnel / one Clergy member only ..
Don had 3 kids, 6 grown grand-kids and a wealth of other relatives and friends ..
It was his wish that all gather afterwards for a big Celebration of his Life .. which did not happen ..
Another facet of the Current New Reality ..
First - "My" Condolences to your friend and his family . . .
Now - If I maybe so bold to say . . . While the funeral home "Recommended" only 10 people - Doesn't mean there can't be more people, especially given that they are family members. It was a "Recommendation" ! ! ! AND - Not A "LAW" ! ! !
IMHO - Either your friend can tell the funeral home that in advance that there will be more family members there an they will just have to deal with it . . . Or - better yet, don't say anything and have everyone just show-up at the graveside (Maybe a few at a time just before the graveside service) . . . What is the funeral home going to do then, stop the service and call the police to have everyone dispersed (which no one would HAVE TO DO) or arrested . . .
AND - If it is a large gathering, a single or even 2 police officers really can't do anything (what are they going to do - "Shot" / "Kill" everyone) . . . Either - State Police/ "SWAT" w/a paddy wagon or the National Guard would have to be called to take people away . . . Also, given the little bit I know about Ya' - I am sure both "You" an your friends would be able to bring or already have some "Protection" along with Ya' . . . BTW: If the funeral home did stop the service or even call the police who did show-up - personally I would be on the phone to a local news station or newspaper - ASAP . . . Just Sayin' . . . .
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"My" Condolences . . .
Just remember his "Celebration of Life" can be at anytime - won't mean any less then if it was held at the same time of his death/cremation/burial . . . Just Sayin' . . .
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I think, although it's emotionally taxing, we need to abide by the "new rules" for the time being ..
In my area, on the flipside of Funerals, numerous Weddings have also been impacted .. there was a piece on the Local News last night on that issue and focused on one Florist that had had cancelations after the flowers were already in route or had been delivered for this weekend ..
There are simply a myriad of these type smaller things going on that are impacting the lives of our fellow Citizenry .. we tend to focus on the large issues, but what's happening on the street on a daily / hourly basis is unfolding and unwinding regularly ..
In my area, on the flipside of Funerals, numerous Weddings have also been impacted .. there was a piece on the Local News last night on that issue and focused on one Florist that had had cancelations after the flowers were already in route or had been delivered for this weekend ..
There are simply a myriad of these type smaller things going on that are impacting the lives of our fellow Citizenry .. we tend to focus on the large issues, but what's happening on the street on a daily / hourly basis is unfolding and unwinding regularly ..
"My" Condolences . . .
Just remember his "Celebration of Life" can be at anytime - won't mean any less then if it was held at the same time of his death/cremation/burial . . . Just Sayin' . . .
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I don't know how it is in Florida .. here in Fly-Over-Country, some sort of group meal / gathering after a Funeral is pretty much a tradition, many times, it's a Pot Luck with a keg or three .. at a Funeral, folks that want to pay their last respects come in, sometimes from a distance .. they are gathered for that express purpose .. I don't know how that would work out possibly months after the fact when things begin to settle down some ..
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