After our family reunion, we spent a delightful day at Estancia La California, the original family ranch in Santa Fe province, hosted by our cousins Veronica and Josephine Benitz and their families. While the original building (above) is gone, it is still a working farm with dairy, soybean, corn and grains being produced.
After a traditional asado under an enormous oak tree, and a swim in the family pool, we took flowers to the family cemetary to pay our respects.
Here are buried my father James Frank Macdonald Bell; my grandfather and grandmother; their parents and grandparents; and many other relatives as well. We had a few moments silence around my Dad's grave and I was moved to say the following:
Dad, we lost you too soon. We’re here today to honour you and to thank you and mum. You gave us life, good health and a very good upbringing. You live on in our hearts. We will never forget you. Thank you.
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