Yesterday was the third anniversary of Jenny's passing. As I have in the past, I went to Esquimalt Lagoon, where I put a portion of her ashes into the water on July 8, 2012.
It was the most gorgeous day imaginable. It was warm - a perfect temperature - the Olympic Mountains were spectacular, the water was calm, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.
I took my CD player, and the two songs that I always play there - 'I Still Call Australia Home', and 'Hallelujah' by KD Lang. I placed the Australian flag and the Canadian flag into the sand, to acknowledge her dual citizenship. It was only in 2009 that she regained her Australian citizenship.
Before I left home, I gathered one flower from each of the (flowering) perennials that Jenny had planted in the garden. There were 14 of them. As I was gathering them, a butterfly flew all around me, then landed on a pine cone, about a foot away from my feet. I moved the pail of flowers close to it, and it did not move. Hmmm.
As the music played, I threw the flowers into the flowing stream under the bridge, and they were carried out to sea. During this process, the clams were squirting me, and I must say that I got quite wet. If I moved, the squirting moved with me, though I did not see that they were doing it anywhere but where I was standing.
As I have in the past, I felt a great sense of satisfaction as honoured her life, and her passing.
