Reflections

 Memories of a friend who passed away 13 years ago - a celebration of his life - that was the agenda on Saturday as we met at Joleen's home to scatter the remaining ashes of Norm.

One of my favorite memories is the picture in my mind of Norm sitting outside the rental cottage at Kino Bay, Mexico, visiting with the ironwood vendors!  Norm was a woodworker and loved the ironwood carvings that he purchased in Mexico - and that was the memory I wrote down and put in the memory canister, amidst the ironwood carvings above.

Mexico memories were talked about and we all toasted with a shot of tequila!

 Because we were having a spring blizzard at the time, the plans to hike up to the top of the property were not feasible so we climbed into a couple of vehicles and drove to the top - each of us spread a baggie of Norm's ashes and laughed about the trees that Joleen and Norm had planted on the property when they first purchased it - the trees were still not even knee high!!

 And then it was back to Joleen's house where we all ate a huge spread of Mexican food and drank margaritas!!  A special day with friends - and I know Norm was looking down from above with a smile on his face!!