Here's my brother and SIL yesterday before we went to the service - my brother is wearing my dad's favourite tie - not that he wore a tie much in his retirement, but this one was one he really liked from before - he was a stamp collector and this one has the inverted Jenny stamp printed on it...
And this is the view from where the service was held - being a Londoner, I keep forgetting than in San Diego, everything is outside. I was expecting a little chapel or something, but it was just a paved area with seats, and an open structure with a roof - sort of a gazebo - really beautiful. The service was simple and very nice, a few words from a former work colleague, the chaplain's little talk and the military honours - shots fired, "Taps" being played and a flag folding and presentation. He would have approved! And he would have loved the view from where his ashes will be placed - you can see all the cruise ships in the harbour on their way out to go down to Mexico - he used to joke that one of his main jobs in retirement was to sit on the patio in Baja and direct the cruise ships.
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