25 Thursday Aug 2022
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today we walked by the spot along the creek where we scattered my beloved’s ashes…
it was nice to wander past…
just a moment later I spotted this monarch in a field of wild flowers…
felt like a sign from him;-)…
15 Friday Jul 2016
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ashes, big girl pants, company, dahlia, fushia, gardener, Grandpa, grandsons, pond, rocks, s'mores, walk, widow
had quite a bit of company today…
early morning meeting with my money guy…
then met my grandson for breakfast and we worked in the garden for a few hours…
he is getting to be a good gardener… finished putting the rocks around and in the pond so now none of the liner is visible… we also lifted the deck to move the cords out of sight and he cleaned up the flower bed and put rocks down…
looks very nice… made red lentil curry and rice for our lunch which is one of his favourites…
the fushia was looking beautiful today…
after he left, spent some time reading in the garden and then had a nap…
the daddy dropped the little boys off after supper on his way to work…
we had a lovely time… they came with me to water a friend’s plants…
on our way home we stopped for Dairy Queen ice cream and once we arrived at the house, we walked over to the grocery store to pick up fixings for s’mores…
on our way back we stopped at the creek where we scattered grandpa’s ashes and then there was rolling down the hill activity…
got this great shot of the dahlias blooming in the front garden as we arrived home from the store… they look like a painting…
the boys played with balloons for at least an hour, on the deck and then in the hot tub…
everyone played on their electronics for a while and then we had a fire…
they were picked up by mom and I am now enjoying a few quiet minutes before heading to bed, lol…
we never did get to the s’mores but will do that on Sunday when they come for dinner…
it is such a treat to spend some one-on-one time with them…
24 Sunday Apr 2016
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enjoyed a lovely walk in two parks this afternoon…
haven’t walked through Truro Park for ages…
looking up the creek as I started my walk…
this is the spot where we scattered George’s ashes…
spent some time taking pictures of the water along my walk… this was my favourite… took it in Bruce Park…
just love the sound of running water… makes me happy…
haven’t been this way in a while… last time I walked here regularly was when I was recovering from my surgery and talking daily short walks…
the final treat was spotting these two ducks on my way back…
a gorgeous wood duck and his partner…
will have to walk through that area on a regular basis so I might get to see some babies…
looking forward to getting the pond working soon so that I can hear the running water right here…
26 Saturday Sep 2015
up early and headed out for breakfast after we woke up the teenager…
on our way, stopped by the spot where we scattered George’s ashes as the middle one had asked about it a few weeks ago and we weren’t able to get there because his brother was sick…
wasn’t sure if the other two would want to, but they both said yes and away we went…
found the spot and played on the rocks and talked about that morning and how the oldest had scattered the ashes and they had gone out to the river and on to the lake… all places that Grandpa loved…
when we were sitting down for our breakfast we had a toast to Grandpa…
while we were waiting for our food to arrive we talked about our breakfast that morning and how it would have been better to have grandpa with us…
late in the afternoon we went across the street and the boys spent some time climbing a tree by the creek… it was just at the time that my friend’s ashes were being scattered in another part of the city…
sat and thought about her as they climbed away… special moment…
missing a lot of people today…
14 Saturday Jun 2014
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this morning we laid my beloved to rest for the final time…
lovely place by the creek to rest…
with family we walked down to a spot by the creek just across from our home of over forty years, and deposited his ashes to move out to the two rivers it joins, and then Lake Winnipeg…
I was amazed at how difficult this was… we have been working toward this event since last August when we had the discussion that Dad needed to have a place…
a few of his ashes had been placed into necklaces… a date was chosen, flights were booked… a brick from around the pond was engraved… the spot for the scattering was decided… the house and yard were cleaned and tidied for the event…
the plan had been to have a bonfire in the garden last night, and over wieners, baked potatoes and s’mores, share some of our memories of dad/grandpa… unfortunately the weather was uncooperative and we ended up crowded around in the living room looking through old photo albums… the boys were quite surprised at the photos and how different grandpa looked as a younger man, lol…
all the kids slept over and we got up early, met with the rest of the group and walked to the chosen spot… my grandson and I had decided not to have any readings, just send grandpa on his way… I shared how we had made our decisions about what we would do… told the story about how we were going to make a paper box for his remains and then discovered yesterday it wouldn’t dissolve, the last minute conversations with various professionals to decide on plan B…
scattering complete, now on to breakfast…
George loved the creek, and had spent many hours there with our girls and then the grandkids, finding frogs and checking out critters, so it was a fitting place for him…
once his ashes were scattered in the creek, everyone dropped a daisy or two into the stream to travel with him… then we walked over to the “A” for breakfast, which used to be one of our weekend activities, particularly over the last three or four years… nearly everyone had the special – George’s favourite – and we had a great visit with one another…
we all had breakfast, sort of together…
home for a last few minutes and then folks moved on to the rest of their day… although we did have a few dad memories before they all left…
gathered tonight for a celebratory dinner…
celebratory dinner, steak and lobster with a “Dad” salad…
feeling a bit scattered myself… many memories came flooding back about the day of his memorial service, at which I was going through some serious health issues and had blocked out much of the events that took place…
the final step has been taken… my beloved…
the first poppies of the year, today…
26 Wednesday Dec 2012
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last year, for Advent, Cyndi sent muffin tins filled with 24 treats… this year she sent the items to my office, and my colleagues put them into the tins…
over the 24 days I have received 3 muffin cups full of purple and pink Lego… I made a train-ish thing with the first pieces and kind of added to it when the second batch of pieces arrived, but I hadn’t done anything with the last batch…
train-ish thing I made…
a few days ago I brought all the pieces together and asked Tavin, when he was here, if he’d like to make something… he’s pretty into Lego these days…
final batch of Lego pieces…
I was making dinner while he was working away, and had just sat down when he advised he was done, and brought me his creation so I could check it out and then take a picture to send to Aunty Cyndi…
“here it is Grandma, the little space is for Grandpa’s ashes” he said, “as we haven’t buried them, this could be a spot in the garden to spread some of them”… “we should put some of the others in places Grandpa loved”… have I mentioned he is seven…
Lego house with place for Grandpa’s ashes…
on Christmas Eve at their house, he showed me a Lego creation he had produced there and advised that this one also had a place for Grandpa’s ashes…
we both miss Grandpa, a lot…
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