Re: [Akita Network] Stuffing your pet after death or keeping them pelt or whatever..........

[Lee]

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, <jen....@comcast.net> wrote:

 

I must admit, that I made the comment more than once how gorgeous Hanjie's coat was & how it would be neat to have her pelt after she was gone (not the head & feet) - I didn't, she was cremated & I used some of her ashes to have a blown glass globe made (Google "memory glass" to see what can be done nowadays w/ cremains) which when lit up is a beautiful piece of artwork.

When I visited AKIHO headquarters in Odate and went through the museum, I was startled when  I came across the pelt of Gomaru-go's mother's.  It was exactly the same black with silver of Taiko's, except where she was white, the mother's was tan.

        I still have Taiko's bones from Japan in a shoe box on one of our altars.   In the USA, cremation bones are ground up.    In Japan, they get rid of the ash and only keep the whole bones.   I am thinking I will bury her in the back yard under the pine tree.

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 Lee 李 Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/

 "Ta tIr na n-óg ar chul an tI—tIr dlainn trina chéile"—that is, "The land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent within itself." -- John O'Donohue

[Isabella-Britain Hill]

What a kind and lovely thought, Lee.
I love the picture of the altar with Taiko.
What a wonderful memory.

Britain

On Jan 9, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Lee wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:10 AM, <jen....@comcast.net> wrote:
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> I must admit, that I made the comment more than once how gorgeous Hanjie's coat was & how it would be neat to have her pelt after she was gone (not the head & feet) - I didn't, she was cremated & I used some of her ashes to have a blown glass globe made (Google "memory glass" to see what can be done nowadays w/ cremains) which when lit up is a beautiful piece of artwork.
> When I visited AKIHO headquarters in Odate and went through the museum, I was startled when I came across the pelt of Gomaru-go's mother's. It was exactly the same black with silver of Taiko's, except where she was white, the mother's was tan.
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> I still have Taiko's bones from Japan in a shoe box on one of our altars. In the USA, cremation bones are ground up. In Japan, they get rid of the ash and only keep the whole bones. I am thinking I will bury her in the back yard under the pine tree.

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> Lee 李 Love in Minneapolis
> http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
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> "Ta tIr na n-óg ar chul an tI—tIr dlainn trina chéile"—that is, "The land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent within itself." -- John O'Donohue
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