TO KEEP THEIR MEMORY ALIVE III

One thing a person notices on a walk through this charming cemetery is that pet names fall into three categories: typical pet names, like Shep, Pal, Tweety, Kitty; human names like Fred, Max, Violet, Annie; and clever names like Puggs Bunny and on side-by-side stones not photographed, "Buttons" and "Bows."



Many of us had hamsters and guinea pigs when we were kids, and if our mom let us, which often times was not the case, we had white rats. I'd guess that Timothy J. Rat below was one whose "human mom" did not have a rat phobia.

What has surprised me in the many times I've been to this cemetery is the number of people who had monkeys for pets. It may be this monkey had a hat on -- or it might just be the photograph or etched "aura" that surrounds the little Macque.

If "Thumper" doesn't give away who is buried here, "Puggs Bunny" does. 1987 must have been a sad year for this household.

Those of you in Southern California might want to take a drive down to this special place when you have a "getaway" day. And for those of you from out of state, come visit Southern California and see if you can't work in a very special bit of sightseeing. The URL for Sea Breeze Pet Cemetery is shown here: http://www.seabreezepetcemetery.com/premises.html


It is certainly a place that cares. And it is one of my favorite places.