Kilted at the Beach

[Riverkilt]

My brother just forwarded me this pic our cousin took. When the gathered kin went down to the beach at Oceanside, California to watch my brother take my mother's ashes out to sea on his surfboard I took care of another chore.

Going through my mother's things I'd discovered (gasp) my father's old dental bridge. He's been dead since 1978 and his ashes were scattered at sea in the Pacific too. Didn't wanna throw the bridge away and didn't wanna keep it.

So, with consent of my siblings, I heaved it out to sea at low tide so it could be with his ashes. Probably violated some environmental law...

My cousin snapped this pic as I was walking back up the beach. Not the best lighting, but the only kilted at the beach pic I have.

Kilt is the Scott modern red by Kathy Lare of Kathy's Kilts that I wore in honor of my mother that day. Her maternal clan is Scott.

Ron

[ckelly327]

Sorry that it had to happen on a sad occasion but I do believe that you did the best thing.

[cessna152towser]

Haven't managed to see the pic, Ron, though there's a very touching story there. Condolences on the recent loss of your mother. I've been through this with the death of my mother in 1992 and my father in 2004 and somehow once we become orphans our attitude to life changes and we become so much more aware of our own mortality.

[Tattoo Bradley]

I think the low lighting is sort of fitting.

[TimC]

Hey Ron, your Mom and Dad are back together now. Never mind the enviormental concerns...your Dad needed his teeth ;-)
Thanks for sharing such a personnal time with all of us.

-Tim

[Splash_4]

Hi Ron,

Hope you don't mind, but photoshop is one of my hobbies. This was a challenge...



And with a little time, I could get the date and time stamp out. Not hard, just time consuming.

Mike

[Pour1Malt]

luekin guid!