There goes another one......

Carman, the gentleman of our office, worked his last day today.:(

He's been with Environment for 35 years. Quite a milestone.

So, a bunch of us headed over to Kickers Bar and Grill to enjoy beers and a feast of wings with varying degrees of spiciness. It was good to sit and talk with him and raise a glass to a very fine man. He and I knew all the old songs (my friend Lauralea should have been there!!) and we sang several of them together while others chimed in occasionally......and he's a lot younger than I am....but he knew the old songs too. It was good fun and a great opportunity to talk to folks around a table.

It was decided that we should do this kind of thing more often. I agreed.

Beers and wings suit me just fine.

But with all the fun, there was a feeling of loss. This fine fellow, who knows practically every one in town as well as Saskatchewan, not to mention people from most everywhere in the country, will be missed by everyone. He's one of a kind. He loves people. He knows how to treat people too and respect them. Just many very good qualities.

So, the other fellows in the office have a huge hole to fill now that Carman has entered retirement. Who will make us laugh.? Who will bring us presents? Who will sit and talk about anything at all and look at the good side of everything? Who will encourage us and be knowledgeable about most everything forest related....not to mention the ability to talk about any kind of bird species???

Some people come into our lives and change the way we look at the world around us.

Carman is one of those people.

Yep, there goes another one.....a super one too. May the Lord bless him "real good". :-)