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Angela ([personal profile] angledge) wrote2024-08-31 10:24 am

Date Night.

Alan & I had an amazing date night last night. It was an Apology Date Night, because on Tuesday I invited my parents over for dinner & apparently didn't remember to tell Alan - until about an hour before they showed up. -100 Wife Points at least.

So I took him out for a fancy dinner at Eureka Station on Notorious Blair Street in Silverton. Every single thing we ate or drank was delicious.

Dinner menu at Eureka Station in Silverton


Our waitress was a gem! She caught us up on all the local gossip, including a recent controversy in town when a long-time resident named Nancy Brockman died, was buried in the historic Silverton cemetery - & had a red UK-style phone booth installed as her grave marker. That settled our after-dinner plans! We headed up to the cemetery to check out the phone booth. Indeed, we could see the phone booth on the cemetery hillside above town from our dinner table. The red color really does catch the eye!

British telephone box installed as a grave marker


We wandered around the cemetery for a while, reading gravestones until it was too dark to see. The burials feature a high proportion of younger men, many immigrants, many killed in the mines.

1 of 2 Cornish brothers killed by mine work in SilvertonTombstone with Welsh writing in the Silverton cemetery2 of 2 Cornish brothers killed by mine work in Silverton


It was a beautiful night & a truly peaceful place. Not a bad spot to choose for your eternal rest.

Giant conifer towering over a family plot in the Silverton cemetery


We drove home & let the dogs out when we arrived, walking with them down to the end of the driveway. There was no moon & very clear skies, so I took one last photo - the Milky Way over our house.

Milky Way over our house


It was a very good evening.