High Turkeys and Fake Stumps

Today began like any other, but it peaked early noon. I was rushing around the lab this morning extracting and at the same time was visited by an HPLC column representative. In the middle of waiting for the man to leave and getting my extraction done, I stopped at my desk. Jeremy gave me a chipper "Good morning!" and then said, "High Five!" I automatically when to slap him five and as our hands neared one another he closed his into a fist and yelled "Turkey!" as it hit mine. I hope you can picture his fist as the turkey body with his thumb as the head and my flattened hand hitting his made the tail feathers of the turkey. I busted up laughing. What nerdy scientists!
After a little more rushing around the lab I went to lunch with Gail. It is a good day when "The Place" is involved. I tried the tuna today, but I don't recommend it. I am too much in love with the iron man (chicken, honey mustard, sprouts, tomato and avocado on toasted sourdough bread, AKA heaven). I also had a peach/banana smoothie to wash that tuna down.

After lunch Gail was driving us back to work and we stopped at a park. It was El Camino Memorial park and Mortuaries. Yep a cemetery. We drive past this cemetery all of the time and see the bells (that I claim I am going to go ring one day), but I always miss the entrance. Upon seeing the sign for the cemetery for the umpteenth time, she pulled in. We drove around the grounds oohing and awing at the landscaping and "views". Gail picked out where she would like to be buried unless she can afford a family mausoleum. I saw the bells but I didn't see how to ring them. I almost started to throw rocks at them to get a chime.
All along the road through the cemetery were these fake hollowed tree stumps. What the heck? Were they used to hold gardening equipment? I stuck my head out the open window and looked inside one of them. They are actually garbage cans! Genius! I think they would look quite fashionable in "parks" of every caliber.