Dying Wish

Let me start out by saying that I love where I work but I'm not convinced it would be a place I would want my ashes scattered. Green Cay's recreated wetlands bring lots of joy for the old people that live in the vicinity. I know they provide great recreational activities for all ages but the elderly especially. I attribute it to the fact that it's in close proximity to many guided living and assisted living communities and that the boardwalk is wheelchair accessible. With all this in mind, I shouldn't be surprised to find this little black box in our recycling bin.


There are always surprises at work. Sometimes we have people bring in injured animals or there is the occasional accident on the boardwalk. We've had a couple of occurences with people relieving themselves in our chickee hut (toilet paper included). But I will have to say that I was a little surprised to find someone's ash box in our recycling. Of course on closer inspection some of the ashes were still inside. She died last week at a nearby nursing home. I guess whoever was in charge of her remains decided to just dump them in the wetlands and throw away her box with the official certificate of remains taped to the top. I guess there are worse places to be scattered and I do think Green Cay is beautiful but for the record, I don't want my remains scattered at a water treatment facility, even if it is reclaimed water.

On a completely unrelated note, the Wood Storks are in abundance as of late. The canal south of us had over 250 individuals within eyesight of the road last week. Some of those have moved over to Green Cay and are now occupying every corner of the wetland. Oh and the Pickerelweed is in full bloom giving the wetlands a nice spring look.