On Friday, July 3, 2020 at 11:28:15 AM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> Tomorrow will be the usual 4th of July fare, frankfurters
> (Sabrett all beef) braised in kraut (Silver Floss). Everytime I see
> the name Silver Floss I think of a Silver Back Gorilla.
>
Sounds good to me.
>
> About a week ago I placed an order at Amazon for a memorial stone for
> Jilly, 12" diameter black granite. It was at my front door this
> morning, probably delivered yesterday late PM. So I decided to set it
> in the ground.
> Purchased from Amazon:
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
> Of course it's engraved for Jill... 2001-2020... outside my office
> window, between two favorite trees, a Paperbark Maple & a Gingko:
> https://postimg.cc/gallery/Ykqb2Xj
>
That's sweet and thoughtful.

When I had to have Smitty put to sleep I had him cremated and they made
a paw print for me in plaster with his name on it. There's a large Japonica
bush at my front porch and he used to like to sit under it as he thought it
made him invisible to strangers. I scattered his ashes under that bush.