Decoration Day and Red Geraniums

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​Grandma Minnie rides shotgun; Mom is behind the wheel of our 1960 pale blue Mercury Monterey.  Four kids are jostling like snakes in a pit for the coveted window positions on the back bench seat.  The trunk is filled with red geraniums.  It’s Decoration Day and we are on our annual pilgrimage to the grave yards in southwest Wisconsin’s Driftless area to honor our ancestors.  I am reminded of this every time I look at red geraniums. 

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