Zed's Dead, Baby. Zed's Dead.

Zed died over the weekend. I forgot to feed him (which says a lot for my parenting skills). His funeral service was scheduled for today at noon.
Dominik invited us to attend:

Zed is dead. He had a short but fulfilling life. To celebrate his life and death we are going to have a short service at the side of the office building at 12.
You can bring flowers and pot luck is to follow. Please bring an item.
In love and grieving,
Dominik

So, we prepared ourselves to celebrate life.

Allison made flowers:

Bethany made a fish-size coffin:

Dom spent a few minutes alone with Zed:

Dom fished Zed out of the tank while we sang "Oh, Artie Boy":

Alanna was ready with a rubber glove to ensure proper keeping in the coffin:


Dom had set-up a lovely burial plot, over-looking the parking lot, with a view of the new Student Zone:

Matt Hall shared a few words, including "Z is for Z-amazing times we had together..."
Then Dominik sang a song for Zed, "...I've never been more homesick..."

Using a frisbee (Zed's favorite activity), Dom buried the coffin:

We laid flowers and said out final goodbyes:

Here is a photo of the mourners taken shortly after a verse and chorus of "I Can Only Imagine" (Bethany and I were wearing paper hats, but that's for another post):

We shared one final moment of silence and moved on to the potluck at Corner Bakery:


R.I.P. Zed.
You will live forever in our hearts.