Stuff From Dad

 My dad passed away a few months ago.

He was 93 and passed peacefully in his sleep

after an active, long life.

His wife still lives in the house,

but she invited my sibs and I to pick out a few things.

He did own alot of tools.

Every house we ever lived in had a "shop".

I was never allowed near it,

so it seemed like a hallowed shrine.

But I picked out a few old tools, per my brothers suggestions.

He always thought I needed a gun on this property.
So I took his Daisy BB gun.
Probably not what he had in mind.

This is such a funky light.

I don't know it's origins.

It is the only thing I asked my dad if I could

take after he "no longer needed it."

I don't know where I am going to use it,

but I love it.

His time during the Korean War is somewhat of a mystery.

We know that he was in Japan, but he never wanted to talk about it.

This silk flag was something none of us kids had ever seen,

from a Japanese friend.
I am now the "keeper of the flag".