Today is Mom's Birthday

Today is Mom's birthday. She has declined to progress further in age, opting to remain at a nice even 21 because it suits her. I'm fine with whatever she wants to do in that regard because ... after all, it is HER birthday !

We went out on a little excursion. First thing we did was place a nice bouquet of flowers at the grave of her late husband and my stepfather, Johnny Pruett. It was quite a warm and humid day and we prepared the flowers on the tailgate and watered them with about a quart of cold water to which a flower preservative from the store had been added.
 

Then we went to Fatz Cafe and had some ribs. Mom had the barbeque and I had the dry rub. From the amount left over I'm fairly certain that nobody left the table hungry ... I know I didn't for sure.
 

When we returned we attempted our first serious try at doing selfies with her iPhone. I must say that the steadiness of my hand resulted in many blurry takes so we ended up taking a bunch in rapid succession to get a few which were "keepers".

Nonetheless it was pretty fun and we had been meaning to try and take a few pictures since she got the thing. We now feel that investment in a 'selfie stick' would be prudent at this juncture ... seeing as to how difficult a time I had with steadiness in the process of taking them turned out to be.

All in all it was an enjoyable time. When we returned we had a look at the yard. We decided that the generic herbicides we used on the weeds were not as good as the roundup product from a standpoint of effectiveness. I will be experimenting on a more concentrated solution next time to see if that improves things.