Sorting Silverware

Sorry, the title of this post and the photos in it are not connected at all; the text will soon be relevant to the title. The pictures were snapped after the funeral lunch on Wednesday.......as I continued on to Waverly to get groceries.

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Despite the cold, these horses seemed to appreciate being out in the New Year's Eve day sunshine as they munched their hay:

A few windows in downtown Waverly appeared a bit on the distorted side. Maybe it was my eyes playing tricks.......or, it was one window playing a trick on another. It could be that windows like to have fun on occasion, too.

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Towards the end of the funeral lunch clean-up on Wednesday, after picking up plates and coffeepots, and helping put chairs away, I ended up sorting silverware in the kitchen. There is a set of tableware that belongs in the church basement, one used by the dayschool, and another set in the parish hall. All the sets must be used during large gatherings such as funeral lunches, and, of course, they must afterwards be sorted back into their proper containers.
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While doing that, my mind spiraled back a few years to another funeral lunch.......I had been drying clean silverware and handing it over to another lady for sorting. She had been at that task for quite awhile and at one point I jokingly said to her, "You've been staring at silverware so long that you'll probably see silverware in your sleep tonight." Instead of smiling or chuckling, she responded with almost a groan and said, "Oh, I hope that's ALL I see......I've been seeing terrible things in my dreams lately."
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About six weeks after this incident, the woman passed away following heart surgery, and two weeks after her passing, her son died in a farm accident. The events left me inwardly stunned, considering what she had said about her dreams.
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Here's another scene from an alley in downtown Waverly. Don't fret, I wasn't lurking in the alley just to take photos; I was parked there to run an errand.

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