Last week I picked up TJ's ashes after having him cremated, and last night he joined the pack in the cabinet we call the columbarium. The cremains are returned in a nice wooden box with the dog's name engraved on it, and for some dogs I've simply left them in that box, generally adding the collar and tags that the dog wore. But we also collect suitable vessels, either boxes or pottery, for this purpose. We like to buy them, it gives something to look for at craft sales, and it gives variety to the columbarium.
I transferred both TJ's and Vince's ashes to pottery we had purchased but not yet used. Vince's came from Montana, I believe, and I think we got TJ's at Tamarack, a local craft marketing operation at a rest stop in West Virginia.
Once I move the ashes to a piece of pottery I'm left with the question of what to do with the nice, personalized wooden boxes. |
TJ's urn in the middle. I think that's Jeremy's on the right. |
This is TJ's urn, with his collar and tags. |
Center section of the columbarium. There is also a beautiful pot sitting on top that didn't fit inside. |
The right section. Vince' urn is the tall one on the second shelf from the bottom, on the right, with collar wrapped around it. |
This shows the entire cabinet. The left side still has Fiesta in it so there is still room for expansion. |
3 comments:
Agree, not morbid at all.
As you said, it can also bring back memories that ensure they are never forgotten.
I have a place on a property where I've placed every dog I've cared, loved, and helped over the Bridge.
Beautiful!
Jamie
Not morbid at all. Jeff and I have a shelf of beautiful wooden boxes containing our late beloved dogs. I think of them often and I hope that they are sending some wisdom to Siegfried, who could use it.
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