Last Tuesday: Matthews/Winters Park

[mistressofmuses]

Last Tuesday was the day after we lost Cy. We didn't really... feel like doing anything, but also felt like we *should* do something, rather than just stay home and be sad.

Bella had spent almost all of Monday stuck in her kennel, so we wanted to let her go do things, too.

We decided to go to Matthews/Winters, a county park. It was a good choice: it kept us from dwelling quite so much, and it was a nice day to be outside. It was a park Cy always really liked, because of the creek at the front, and I kept getting teary at random, but it was still good.


View from the parking lot.


There were tons of wildflowers. The lupine is very happy this year!

Twelve more pictures, mostly wildflowers:

Mushrooms!

Matthews/Winters is the site of the Mount Vernon Cemetery. There are only two remaining headstones, though the cemetery likely includes additional burials. As far as I know, there's nothing else remaining of the town.

The helpful informative sign provides a little bit about the two known graves:


James H. Judy, died 1867, aged 21 years, 8 months, 15 days.


Rev. Isaiah Rogers Dean, died in 1860. [Apparently he moved to Colorado to try and treat his consumption (tuberculosis).]


Globemallow.


I love all the new growth on this prickly pear!


Just a nice view.


More of the lovely lupines.


Yucca flower.


Red-tailed hawk, high overhead.


Blanketflower.


Bluebells.


Silly, but I was trying to get a picture of the fritillary butterfly, but here it looks like it was pursuing Alex and Bella down the pathway, haha.

It was a very warm day, and it did wipe Bella out a bit, but she got to wade in the creek at the end, which she was more enthusiastic about than usual. As usual, she napped for a bit and was ready to go again, ha.

Comments

[spikedluv]

Gorgeous photos! Love the lupine. I'm glad you got out and did something where it was so pretty and where Cy liked to go.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! I love lupine, and it's having a wonderful year! (It and other related delphiniums are exploding in gardens around town, too.)

I'm glad we got to go out to a nice place, too. It was a reminder of Cy, but made it easier not to dwell, which was good.

[scarlipswolfwife]

So so so many hugs for Cy, but it looks like this walk out in one of his favorite parks was a good idea, for you both and for Bella. You could connect with Cy's energy there, no doubt he was with you the whole trip.

[mistressofmuses]

I am glad that we went out instead of staying home and being sad. This was still sad at times, but while it was easy to think of and be reminded of Cy while we were there, it still meant we weren't dwelling on missing him.

[boujee_redneck]

I'm truly glad you, Alex, and Bella were able to get out and spend some time in nature and in a place that Cy loved. <3

As always, these are all gorgeous photos.

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! I'm really glad we were able to go out and do things, too.

And thank you!

[olivermoss]

Gorgeous area. Always interesting to see old gravestones on bright, sunny days like that. Sorry it was hard to be there. I hope Bella, and all of you, are doing ok

[mistressofmuses]

It is a beautiful area! Old headstones in the bright sun, with green grass and flowers all around, really is a sort of weird juxtaposition. It wasn't too difficult, just a little sad at times, but I am glad we went rather than staying home.

We're all doing all right. Bella still seems pretty subdued, and I wish there was a way to explain things to her.