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What to do with the ashes?
Since Peewee is still sitting on my mantle (after a year), and Mimi is
due to come back next week - the question remains...what should I do with their ashes...? Pee liked going outdoors - and I'd be inclined to put him in a pot outside with some bulbs, though I'm not sure I want him and Mimi in the yard here permanently. Mimi hated going outside - but I think she'd like some flowers to chew on. DH suggested sprinkling them at the park where I put my snakes...but that's not a place they ever were, ya know? My dog is on a beach in CA because she loved it there - if and when the other dog goes, she will join her. I can't see putting the cats in a place they have never been. I also thought about getting a cat statue(s), mixing the ashes in cement and making a base for the statue(s). Then I could plant a memorial garden. That way, I could always take them with me when I moved. What to do, what to do.... |
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What to do with the ashes?
"-L." wrote in message ... Since Peewee is still sitting on my mantle (after a year), and Mimi is due to come back next week - the question remains...what should I do with their ashes...? Pee liked going outdoors - and I'd be inclined to put him in a pot outside with some bulbs, though I'm not sure I want him and Mimi in the yard here permanently. Mimi hated going outside - but I think she'd like some flowers to chew on. DH suggested sprinkling them at the park where I put my snakes...but that's not a place they ever were, ya know? My dog is on a beach in CA because she loved it there - if and when the other dog goes, she will join her. I can't see putting the cats in a place they have never been. I also thought about getting a cat statue(s), mixing the ashes in cement and making a base for the statue(s). Then I could plant a memorial garden. That way, I could always take them with me when I moved. What to do, what to do.... I have always buried my cats' bodies, but I may do cremation in the future. When I buried my cats, I planted a tree at the head of the spot where they were buried. That served as a living memorial to them and also meant that I could always remember the exact location. Of course, as you said, that meant that I could not take them with me. I very much like your idea of creating a base for a cat statue by mixing the ashes, and I have a friend who selects a hollow cat figurine -- one that looks as much like the cat as possible -- and keeps the ashes there. My sister-in-law ordered a memorial stone with her cat's name and an inscription. She is going to place the stone in her garden and bury the ashes there. Here are some examples of the type of stone she used. (She used a flat stone, not the upright type that look like tombstones.) I don't know where she got hers, but she was able to have her cat's name and her own selection for an inscription engraved. http://www.memorial-urns.com/pet_memorial_stones.html MaryL |
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What to do with the ashes?
I have always scattered their ashes where they loved to be. (The back yard
and later the deck.) The wind and elements of course scatter them about the world while hopefully their spirits remain near me. The problem with holding on to the ashes even in a container, unless you are going to live in the same place forever, is that as you live out your much longer life span you are going to be moving around with a whole lot of containers, especially if you have had multiple cats. Barb |
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What to do with the ashes?
"-L." wrote I also thought about getting a cat statue(s), mixing the ashes in cement and making a base for the statue(s). Then I could plant a memorial garden. That way, I could always take them with me when I moved. That sounds like a neat idea. |
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What to do with the ashes?
On May 17, 5:33 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote: "-L." wrote in message ... Since Peewee is still sitting on my mantle (after a year), and Mimi is due to come back next week - the question remains...what should I do with their ashes...? Pee liked going outdoors - and I'd be inclined to put him in a pot outside with some bulbs, though I'm not sure I want him and Mimi in the yard here permanently. Mimi hated going outside - but I think she'd like some flowers to chew on. DH suggested sprinkling them at the park where I put my snakes...but that's not a place they ever were, ya know? My dog is on a beach in CA because she loved it there - if and when the other dog goes, she will join her. I can't see putting the cats in a place they have never been. I also thought about getting a cat statue(s), mixing the ashes in cement and making a base for the statue(s). Then I could plant a memorial garden. That way, I could always take them with me when I moved. What to do, what to do.... I have always buried my cats' bodies, but I may do cremation in the future. When I buried my cats, I planted a tree at the head of the spot where they were buried. That served as a living memorial to them and also meant that I could always remember the exact location. Of course, as you said, that meant that I could not take them with me. I very much like your idea of creating a base for a cat statue by mixing the ashes, and I have a friend who selects a hollow cat figurine -- one that looks as much like the cat as possible -- and keeps the ashes there. My sister-in-law ordered a memorial stone with her cat's name and an inscription. She is going to place the stone in her garden and bury the ashes there. Here are some examples of the type of stone she used. (She used a flat stone, not the upright type that look like tombstones.) I don't know where she got hers, but she was able to have her cat's name and her own selection for an inscription engraved.http://www.memorial-urns.com/pet_memorial_stones.html MaryL Thanks for the link, Mary. Maybe I should scope around on the 'net and see what's available. My family must be procrastinators - I just realized we still have Mom too. -L. |
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What to do with the ashes?
"-L." wrote in message ... On May 17, 5:33 am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote: "-L." wrote in message ... Since Peewee is still sitting on my mantle (after a year), and Mimi is due to come back next week - the question remains...what should I do with their ashes...? Pee liked going outdoors - and I'd be inclined to put him in a pot outside with some bulbs, though I'm not sure I want him and Mimi in the yard here permanently. Mimi hated going outside - but I think she'd like some flowers to chew on. DH suggested sprinkling them at the park where I put my snakes...but that's not a place they ever were, ya know? My dog is on a beach in CA because she loved it there - if and when the other dog goes, she will join her. I can't see putting the cats in a place they have never been. I also thought about getting a cat statue(s), mixing the ashes in cement and making a base for the statue(s). Then I could plant a memorial garden. That way, I could always take them with me when I moved. What to do, what to do.... I have always buried my cats' bodies, but I may do cremation in the future. When I buried my cats, I planted a tree at the head of the spot where they were buried. That served as a living memorial to them and also meant that I could always remember the exact location. Of course, as you said, that meant that I could not take them with me. I very much like your idea of creating a base for a cat statue by mixing the ashes, and I have a friend who selects a hollow cat figurine -- one that looks as much like the cat as possible -- and keeps the ashes there. My sister-in-law ordered a memorial stone with her cat's name and an inscription. She is going to place the stone in her garden and bury the ashes there. Here are some examples of the type of stone she used. (She used a flat stone, not the upright type that look like tombstones.) I don't know where she got hers, but she was able to have her cat's name and her own selection for an inscription engraved.http://www.memorial-urns.com/pet_memorial_stones.html MaryL Thanks for the link, Mary. Maybe I should scope around on the 'net and see what's available. My family must be procrastinators - I just realized we still have Mom too. -L. My mother died in September, and I have her ashes. Both she and my father had requested that, and my brother-in-law before them. Our family had donated a small "reading garden" (ornamental trees and benches for students to use) in memory of my father and brother-in-law. We obtained permission to scatter their ashes under those trees (well back from the walking path, although that really would not matter). My sister and I are going to take Mother's ashes with us when we go to Ohio this summer, and our family will get together for a small service and scatter her ashes in the same area. I was so sorry to hear about Mimi. I know how painful it is to go through that experience. MaryL |
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What to do with the ashes?
Response to "-L." :
snip I also thought about getting a cat statue(s), mixing the ashes in cement and making a base for the statue(s). Then I could plant a memorial garden. That way, I could always take them with me when I moved. Yeah, this sounds very cool. Makes me think Egyptian for some reason. I love this idea. -- -Lost Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am kidding. No I am not. |
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What to do with the ashes?
One might arrange to have the ashes buried with oneself or mixed with
one's own ashes and scattered. |
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