Day # 87 Tribute: November 8

November 8, 1920.
Birth of Alice Roberta Cole,
my mother,
in Alabama, USA.

November 8, 1945.
Birth of Robert Campbell Smith,
my brother,
in Carnation, AB, Canada.

Both are 'buried'
in Smith Bay
near Picton, ON.
In the afternoon, before work,
I drove down to Morrison Point
to put flowers from my garden
along the shore.

Their ashes had been put
upon the waters of Smith Bay,
as requested,
out where the geese are.
How wonderful that the geese
shared the moment with me,
honking happily among themselves
in spite of the drizzly day.

The currents of Smith Bay are usually easterly, as are the winds, and so I expected the flowers to drift out.
They didn't.
As I crouched down to toss the flowers into the bay, without my realizing it, I was slowly sinking into the muck, and had quite a struggle to get up because my boots were stuck and that I had no leaverage.
By putting my hands down into muck to push up, I was able to escape.
Muck! Yuck!