We lost Cosmo and Aspen last year and they were cremated but we didn’t really know what to do with the boxes of their ashes. We also had the ashes of Brandy who passed away in 1999. So as we packed up the house the decision needed to be made as to what to do with them. We decided that since all three of the puppies loved Colorado and Round Mountain in particular, thats where we would scatter them. It was a sad trip up into the mountains behind Loveland, through the Big Thompson river gorge, to the trail we would go every weekend, sun or snow. We both made our way slowly up the trail with tears in our eyes remembering the puppies and their antics. Choosing the perfect spot was hard but we finally found a place where Cosmo would always find some water to jump in and where Aspen would race up the stream, beside it was a shady spot where the snow would last the longest and that would be where Brandy would like to lie. She never liked the water, just the cold snow on her tummy. Somehow scattering their ashes and saying goodbye has helped a little with the sadness of their loss. Slowly making our way back down the trail we were reminiscing the time Cosmo ran after a bear when we came across a fresh pile of bear scat. The two photos are of choke cherries – one before the bear and the other afterwards.
The Traveling Kiwi 