A short walk on Independence Day

 

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The walk from the Brickyard Cemetery to 5-Point Highway and back is one of the more pleasant walks locally. It is convenient to park at the cemetery. The residents don't mind and nobody messes with your vehicle.

It is a 2.7 mile round-trip and is delight for bird-lovers and plant nerds.

I paid my respects to my friend Mr Pepper. He served in the Air Force in the early 1960s as an aircraft mechanic.

Mr Pepper showed up in a few posts on this blog. He liked round numbers and wanted to make it to 88-years-old but did not make it.

He fell from a ladder (a windy day) and struck his head on a cinder-block. The story was that one end of the sheet metal on his roof had come loose and was slapping and he was going up to nail it back down.

A field of Monarda (locally called Wild Bergamot) with St John's Wort in the background and a few Common Milkweed sprinkled in.

Perennial Sweet Peas and common Daylilies.

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The east side of the walk is mostly swamp-and-marsh land is not developed. Dead snags provide loafing perches for raptors.

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