Corny idea??

[Zag]

So my dad had two best friends. One passed away maybe 5 to 6 yrs ago and the other passed away unexpectedly on Xmas Eve. Both were avid outdoors man. Obviously he's pretty upset his last best friend is gone well before his time.

My dad had a pond put in this fall and I was thinking about maybe naming the pond after one of them and name the food plot the other, maybe make up a nice wood sign with the name?? Good idea or no?

[Salmon_Run]

Good idea.  

Best wishes for the new year and your Dad.  

[philoshop]

If your Dad is okay with it, go for it. Sounds like a nice tribute to some old buddies, but some people don't like to be reminded.

[vizslas]

how about just name the pond  after both of them and just put in a food plot. Make a nice sign for it though.

[sodfather]

I think it’s a great idea and one you old man would appreciate very much!!

[Zag]

8 minutes ago, vizslas said:

how about just name the pond  after both of them and just put in a food plot. Make a nice sign for it though.

Thought about that but it just doesn't sound good with both names.

[MPHunter]

Talk to your dad first. Rather than a surprise to him, maybe it should be something you do together since they were his best friiends. 

[Zag]

1 minute ago, MPHunter said:

Talk to your dad first. Rather than a surprise to him, maybe it should be something you do together since they were his best friiends. 

Ok I'll do that thanks

[Robhuntandfish]

I think it's a great idea.  And the fact that your doing it will mean even more to him. 

[fasteddie]

Sure -- Why not .... My friend's kids had a nice lloking rock placed by the pond and it said " Dad's Pond" . I think they actually bought it though .

[mowin]

57 minutes ago, zag said:

So my dad had two best friends. One passed away maybe 5 to 6 yrs ago and the other passed away unexpectedly on Xmas Eve. Both were avid outdoors man. Obviously he's pretty upset his last best friend is gone well before his time.

My dad had a pond put in this fall and I was thinking about maybe naming the pond after one of them and name the food plot the other, maybe make up a nice wood sign with the name?? Good idea or no?

Ok, I hit the trophy icon..  The trophy icon is for thanks, but I think it should be for" great friggin idea".

  Your dad would greatly appreciate it, and when he's gone, you'll remember the times he said "I'm going to xxx's stand". 

[Lawdwaz]

1 hour ago, zag said:

So my dad had two best friends. One passed away maybe 5 to 6 yrs ago and the other passed away unexpectedly on Xmas Eve. Both were avid outdoors man. Obviously he's pretty upset his last best friend is gone well before his time.

My dad had a pond put in this fall and I was thinking about maybe naming the pond after one of them and name the food plot the other, maybe make up a nice wood sign with the name?? Good idea or no?

That is a very nice gesture zag.  Another option would be to plant a couple real nice trees in memory of your dad's buddies, adjacent to the pond. 

[Bionic]

I think its a nice idea too, any pictures of them together? If so maybe frame them, and give them to your dad.  The older you get, the less corny these ideas are.  You mean well, so no matter what you do for your dad, even if its a sad reminder, I can't imagine it will upset him negatively. 

Sorry for the losses.

Edited December 28, 2017 by Bionic

[Tughill Tamer]

I think it's s great idea Zag!

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[Zag]

51 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

That is a very nice gesture zag.  Another option would be to plant a couple real nice trees in memory of your dad's buddies, adjacent to the pond. 

Thanks, I hadn't thought about that but gosh if that tree died that would be terrible!

[Lawdwaz]

49 minutes ago, zag said:

Thanks, I hadn't thought about that but gosh if that tree died that would be terrible!

True enough, but......

A good friend's mom died about 12 years ago and he and his brothers and father all pitched in and planted a beautiful tree overlooking the pond at their cabin.  It is doing great and all the family continues to enjoy the beauty of it. 

About 30 years ago my father was offered an opportunity to pay to have a tree planted in my grandfathers name at a local power boating club.  That tree has also done tremendous......

One more; one of my very best friends died of lung cancer at the ripe old age of 40 in October of 2002.  (never smoked a cigarette, pipe or cigar in his life)  Shortly after he died I felt like I had to do something.  I found out that the Town of Amherst had a program where a tree could be purchased and put along a well traveled bike path in the town.  A plaque would be created with any phrase/message you could come up with.  At the time the package was pretty pricey so I got about a dozen other close buddies to pitch in and we got it done.  The first year (the Town of Amherst screwed the pooch big time) all the young trees in the newly established program were HAMMERED by bucks rubbing their horns.  I told them they better wrap them prior to the fall but they didn't.  Since then they changed their program and DO wrap the younger specimens.  The tree was not girdled, just rubbed badly and its growth has been stunted, sadly.  About 14 years later its a good looking tree, planted for a friend.  A great friend.........

 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Lawdwaz

[G-Man]

I named the koi in my pond after deceased friends.. they can live for hundred years....

[ny hunter]

I think its a great idea,,And well mean the world comming from you..