First of all, Jean, I am so sorry to read of your loss...

I have always been a sucker for dogs and cats that show up at my door looking hungry and in need of some lovin' so it seems that I always am goi8ng thru this myself and it's never any easier...

Back at my little piece of "almost heaven" in Wes Ginny I had a trail that went thru the woods and had my cemetary up there right next to the path... In it are thr remains of 3 dogs and 3 cats...

But then there was Beau... He came to me thru marriage and he was as fine a golden retriever as ever was... Yeah, Judy, had had him for about 8 years when we were married and he fit in real well with my collection of adoptees but Beau got real bad in his hips at age 11, just as, sniff, Judy was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer...

Well, the two fought together but Beau got real bad first and we took him to Doctor Pease and had him put to sleep... Her daughters were there with us and it was okay... Judy wanted him cremated and so we got back his ashes... I had a nice little wildflower area back in the woods and so we waited until Judy's daughters and their husbands could make it up there and we had a peaceful little ceremony back there and spread his ashes on the garden... I hasd made a sig that read "Beau's Garden" and screwed it to a tree overlooking the area... That was in early summer of 1996...

Judy died the following October 2nd... Sniff...

I can't think of loosing pets without thinking of loosing Judy...

Sniff...

Bobert

BTW, we have since moved but I'm sure that the folks who bought our place back in Wes Ginny will wonder about the "Beau's Garden" sign and the 6 large quartz rocks lined up next to the path...