Memorial Day

This past weekend was the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. For my non-American readers (both of you), Memorial Day is a holiday created to remember those who've died in military service to the country. It was originally celebrated after the American Civil War in the late 1860's. Of course, now days, it is being morphed into another consumer holiday (BIG Memorial Day SALE!!! TWO DAYS ONLY!) as all U.S. holidays are.

As an acknowledgement to its origins, many Americans visit cemetaries on the holiday weekend to remember lost loved ones, and there are generally some formal ceremonies around the country to honor veterans and war dead. Beyond that, it signals the "official" beginning of Summer and many celebrate it by spending the weekend at a local beach or lake and/or doing outdoor grilling.

This year the wife and I set up our pool (such as it is) and did some charcoal grilling for dinner on Monday. Here are a couple of photos to help share the experience!



Here's a batch of chicken kabobs cooking on the grill. Maybe I'll get around to looking up the recipe to post, because these are really good!



And here's Elly, our Welsh Corgi trying to get a look at what smells so good. She's definitely hoping to celebrate the holiday with us! (And she did get some leftovers.)