That Was Just Swell
5/6/11 14:18![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madrobinsbut boy am I tired.
The party for my Dad went off pretty much hitchlessly: the sky was clear and gorgeous when the band played us down to the river, the plane went overhead in four passes to distribute Dad's ashes (many comments along the line of "Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Rob!") during one of which a hawk soared right through a dispersing cloud of ash. Then the band played us back up to the road, and we took off for the site of the party (which had been nicely set up earlier--I have to say my brother's family and mine worked hard and did a great job). Then a party which, despite increasing humidity and clouds, did not get rained out. The band played, stories were told, I gave a toast to Dad (and his twin brother, whose birthday is today). Two of my cousins were there, and many old friends, and it was really a great day. And even with stopping to chat every three seconds, we were cleaned up and out of there by 4:30.
Now my feet hurt. I'm going to put on my bathing suit and see if the hot tub is hot. (When we got back from dinner last night it was to discover a passel of fire trucks and cop cars, because of a fire in the pool controller room, so cold hot tub is a very real possibility).
I think, whereever he is, Dad is pleased. If he's not, well...we did our best. Oh, and I made cake!
The party for my Dad went off pretty much hitchlessly: the sky was clear and gorgeous when the band played us down to the river, the plane went overhead in four passes to distribute Dad's ashes (many comments along the line of "Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Rob!") during one of which a hawk soared right through a dispersing cloud of ash. Then the band played us back up to the road, and we took off for the site of the party (which had been nicely set up earlier--I have to say my brother's family and mine worked hard and did a great job). Then a party which, despite increasing humidity and clouds, did not get rained out. The band played, stories were told, I gave a toast to Dad (and his twin brother, whose birthday is today). Two of my cousins were there, and many old friends, and it was really a great day. And even with stopping to chat every three seconds, we were cleaned up and out of there by 4:30.
Now my feet hurt. I'm going to put on my bathing suit and see if the hot tub is hot. (When we got back from dinner last night it was to discover a passel of fire trucks and cop cars, because of a fire in the pool controller room, so cold hot tub is a very real possibility).
I think, whereever he is, Dad is pleased. If he's not, well...we did our best. Oh, and I made cake!