Leslie Karen Del Cueto

Leslie in Uganda with Gorillas in background, August 2015
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Hey sweety, you always were fascinated with Africa and Gorillas in the Mist, so you conducted your own expedition to see them, and went by yourself!
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I'm sorry I didn't attend, but chose to go to work, we, I, make mistakes!
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Love and Kisses for you always, xoxo Joe

Hey Hi Sweety Pie, here on Green Mtn Hike February 2015
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Remembering you this 8th anniversary of our trip to see the Great Eclipse Aug. 2017
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Love... your Joe

Leslie at Iguazu Falls on the Argentine side, 2011

Honey sporting a lovely smile and show of splendid Happiness
Love you always,
xoxo
Joe

Leslie at Iguazu Falls on the Argentine side, 2011

Honey sporting a lovely smile and show of splendid Happiness
Love you always,
xoxo
Joe

All the Big Things in Life (are done alone)
by Leslie ~ 1976

We are born alone
Pain is a private feeling
Achievements are done alone
A name represents an individual with
goals, thoughts and most needs
that are alone
When we die
we die alone
Each breath is breathed all alone
Walking, talking, touching and seeing,
these senses are felt alone
In a life full of people, we are
in truth living our lives alone
Within all .... we are
.... all .... a .... l .... one

(I hope not ...' albeit this is what you felt at one time, Love ,... me, your Joe)

Leslie in 2008 in front of 800-year old petroglyphs near Moab, Utah.




Happiest of Mothers Day 2025, to the best mother in the world.
We always traveled to Moab in Utah for camping, hiking, and rafting right at this time, every chance we got. Yes it was hot!

Love and happiness from your husband, Joe

Leslie in 2015 at Miami Beach at Holocaust Memorial


Happy Mother's Day 2025 Sweety, the most wonderful mother in the World!
Love! your Joe

Leslie in Profile at home, early 2013
Thinking of you, Such a beautiful face honey,
Love you, Your Joe, xoxxo

Lovely Leslie much younger, way back to early 1990s, camping at Monongohela Natl Forest....


Happy March 9th, your alt birthday Honey,
Love ... your Joe

Leslie at home eating breakfast on sofa



Happy Alt-Birthday March 9th Sweety,
Love always, Joe

Leslie amongst crashing waves off Rosarito beach, Baja CA, 2017

Missing you after all these years, wishing you happy Valentines, be mine, Love Joe

Leslie grinning and me atop Green Mtn, Colorado Front Range June 2016

Happiest Valentine's Hugs Honey, Love, thinking of you, your Joe

Leslie smiling beautifully into camera with me at home, 2014

Such a beautiful face, wishing you happiest of Valentine's day, 2025, love ... Joe

Leslie holding our cat, Meowface, on our porch in Colorado, Aug. 2004

You're the sweetest loving person Leslie, Happy, Happy St Valentine's Day, Love you, your Joe

Leslie in Sierra sitting de San Francisco, Baja CA, 2017

One of my favorite images of Leslie, very content, sitting on garden edge wall after visiting archaeological cave paintings
Happiest of St Valentine's Day Honey, Love... your Joe

Leslie Sporting Smile and Me PreOperation in 2013

Happy Valentine's Day Sweetie, Love you, Joe

Hey hey, Happy Birthday today honey, Jan 8th, here at Mexican Restaurant in Ft Collins CO ... Joe, xoxo

Happy Birthday Leslie! today Jan 8th is a wonderful day, big here on hike with me on Green Mtn 2016 ... Love your Joe

Happy Anniversary Leslie, we got married Jan. 2nd 1996,
Love your Joe, xoxo


So cute, on a hike in Golden Gate Canyon Park, Colorado

Remembering You Sweetie on this Jan 2nd Anniversary of our Wedding Jan. 2nd 1996 at Denver City and County Bldg... Love, your Joe


Enjoying a hike in Sequoia Natl Park 2015

Traveled a lot with you Honey, here in Mammoth Cave Park Kentucky, really way back in 1991, so young in this pic.

Remembering you honey this 7th anniversary of your passing, Love you, your Joe

Such an infectious smile Honey: when you smiled the whole world lit up. Here at home on the sofa after our Baja trip in 2017.

Remembering you with Love this 7th anniversary of your passing Leslie
Love you, Joe

One of my favorite images of Leslie (albeit from back, walking away from camera): very determined to make this hike at Chatfield State Park in early Jan. 2017 cold, in her pink sweater.

Pretty in Pink and Happy at Home, Leslie early 2017

Aw honey, so cute siting in the yard, here as we commemorated our cat's memorial service Feb. 2017.
I celebrate your life and spirit sweety: Love Joy and Happiness Fill Your Spirit

Hey sweety, you have the most infectious smile ever... happy Alt-birthday March 9th, Love Joe, xoxo

Leslie and Me in Yard

Happy Alt-Birthday, March 9th sweety

Happy Valentine's 2024 honey, here enjoying Miami's Parrot Jungle on MacArthur Causeway, Christmas 2009
Hugs & Kisses, your Joe

Remembering you belated late our wedding anniversary, January 2nd, here on our wonderful adventures and travels, here at La Bufa on coast near Ensenada, Baja CA 2017

Remembering You with Love on this January 8th, your Birthday
XoXo ... Joe

Sweety remembering you this 6th anniversary of passing plus your adventures and travels, here non way to Kenya, Africa, by yourself for 2 months in June 2015. Love xoxo, Joe

Honey remembering you this 6th anniversary of your passing, adventurous hiker here on the end of hike to Morning Glory Arch north of Moab UT, 2013. Love your Joe

Honey, at this 6th anniversary of your passing, I remember you as a beautiful, albeit sometimes impatient, woman. Love joy and Happiness fill your spirit sweety. Love xoxo, Joe

On this the 7th anniversary of your passing remember fun times.
Aww honey, maybe that was a little too much fun boating the rapids in the Colorado River above Moab, Kisses on your Face, Love your Joe

Leslie in Profile on my Prompt, a little impatient


As beautiful as ever, Honey, at this 6th anniversary of your passing, I remember you, all the time. Love joy and Happiness fill your spirit sweety. Love xoxo, Joe

On this the 6th anniversary of your passing remember fun times.
Aww honey, maybe that was a little too much fun boating the rapids in the Colorado River above Moab, Kisses on your Face, Love your Joe

Leslie climbing to get water from stone spring near Moab 2013



Sweety remembering you on this 6th anniversary of your passing, here getting water from stone crack in desert Morning Glory Arch hike. Love xoxo, Joe

On this the 7th anniversary of your passing remember fun times.
Aww honey, maybe that was a little too much fun boating the rapids in the Colorado River above Moab, Kisses on your Face, Love your Joe

Happy Alt-Birthday sweetie, today March 9... Love all our adventures, here at an abandoned mining town in Utah

You are and were always a happy person at heart, happiest of birthdays today January 8th, the day heaven blessed us with your entry into our world. Missing you, love your Joe!

Happy Happy Birthday Sweety, Today January 8th is the day Happiness and Joy came into our World in Human Form - YOU!

Hi Honey,
Happy Anniversary Sweety! Today, Jan. 2nd 2023, marks our 27th...
Love your Joe

Hi Leslie,
Happy Happy Anniversary Love! Today, Jan. 2nd our 27th.
xoxoxo Joe

Happy Thanksgiving Day sweetie, you always loved my garlic roasted butternut squash and black beans

Sweetie, remembering you this 5th anniversary of your passing, here feeding a bird in the hand on your trip to Australia, summer 2016 Love. me, xoxo your Joe

Honey, remembering you this 5th anniversary of your passing, here the only person that could sport a grin just prior to a surgery Love, me, Joe

Honey, Cherishing you this 5th anniversary of your passing, here with wide grin at Denver International Airport just before your trip to New York, 2017

Cherishing you and your spirit this 5th anniversary of your passing, here almost at 12,000 ft altitude: Love you at Loveland Pass where’d the oxygen go?

Remembering you on 5th anniversary of your passing, here waking up with you at the Hostel in Half Moon Bay on our trip to California 2015, love , Joe yours forever

Remembering you Sweety on 5th anniversary of you passing, happily relaxing in a lean=to on the beach camping in Baja California Sur 2017. Love you... me xoxoxo

Remembering you on 5th anniversary of your passing, here you are happily waiting to go to New York summer 2017. Love you... your Joe

Remembering and celebrating you Honey on this the 5 year anniversary of your passing, Nov. 8 2022.

Happy March 9 alt-B'day Sweetie, Such a sweet smile... Love, your Joe

Happy happy birthday honey, today Jan. 8, 2022... Kisses all over you, Love your Joe

Leslie, Happy Wedding Anniversary, January 2nd, 2022, Love me!

San Francisco does get cold even mid-afternoon in May: Awww, honey you were a bit cold waiting for me... Honey, it's been 4 years today since you passed ... I remember ... I remember

Honey, I kiss and miss you, 4 years on from your passing from our world this Nov. 8th...
Love Joy and Happiness Fill Your Spirit.... Love, your Joe

Leslie and me, here enjoying a bite to eat, at the boardwalk of Playas de Tijuana, Baja CA with the Pacific Ocean at our backs, Apr. 2017

Leslie, it's been 4 years since you've passed... I remember... I remember you every day like this smiling and beaming at Pt Reyes in California, 2015.
Love! Joy and Happiness fill your spirit love.... love you, me, xoxo

Leslie, sweet face, missing you... Love Joe

We both know this day: Happy Alt-Birthday Honey, happy birthday March 9... Thinking about you. Never forget you.

Happy, happy birthday honey, today Jan. 8th is your birthday, Hallelujah, Love, xxx, me! your Joe

Happy Birthday Honey! Today Jan. 8th 2021 your 76th, Hallelujah... I love you... xxx, me!

You, Me and Meowface, hamming it up at home on a Saturday a few years ago



Love you always Leslie, xxx, me!

Honey, I remember you all the time, especially around this time, Nov. 8th, 3rd anniversary of your passing.


Leslie and Meowface our cat, here waving paw a few years back... Love you always... me, xxx!

Leslie, I remember you all the time, especially as we approach 3rd anniversary of your passing... this coming Nov. 8th.

Thinking of you with this cute memory of You, Me and our Cat in Masquerade, a few years back

Real Happy Times, You, Me and our Cat Meowface, in Masks hamming it up, a few years back... Love you, xxx, me!

Happy Mother's Day Honey, you're such a free and wild adventurer and traveler in this world.

Here in Slot Canyon

Happy Mother's Day to My Beautiful gem of a Wife and Wonderful Mother

I KISS YOUR SPIRIT LESLIE!

Happy Birthday and Wedding anniversary honey...
We got married in the City and County Bldg. of Denver CO on January 2nd 1996.
Today January 8th is also your birthday as well.... Hallelujah for your sweet birth!

I think of you every day Leslie...
We are at the 2-year mark of your passing from our world.
Love,
Joy,
& Happiness fill you Spirit



Leslie in Miami, Christmas 2009
With Parakeets at Parrot and Jungle Island
On the MacArthur Causeway, Biscayne Bay

Leslie in Miami Christmas 2009

'Why do birds suddenly appear, every you are near?'
'Just like me, they long to be close to you'

Love the memory of you and your spirit
We approach the 2-year mark of your passing Leslie

Love ... Joy ... & Happiness fill your spirit
Your Joe

Love the times I spent with you in Miami for Christmas...
'why do birds suddenly appear... every tie you are near ... just like me they long to be close to you'
Love, Joy and happiness fill your spirit Leslie.... your Joe

Such a beautiful and infectious smile honey!
Remember the Eclipse of August 21, 2017 we went to see.

Portals

An early spring morning out walking
Breeze off the green fields
Atop the ocean cliffs blowing
Reveling in the deliciousness
of the warm sunshine
And the wind in my hair.

(The deliciousness of warm sunshine
And the wind in my hair)

As I stumbled upon an ancient farm
Buildings standing frozen in time
The charm of these structures
Shored up by the memories they hold

Just as my memories provide
an endless scaffolding
For my loving friendship with you

No matter what mystical portals
Either one of us has crossed
or will one day travel through.

Roberta G
04/08/19

Missing my dear friend Leslie, a special and unique person.

Happy March 9th honey! (belatedly late)
You and I + maybe one more friend knows the significance of this wonderful date
Love xxx, me!

Today January 8th is your Birthday Leslie, Happy Birthday wherever your Free Spirit May Be... Love, xxx me!

Hoping you come home... Honey

Leslie amongst Sequoias and Redwood trees in California, that live for thousands of years... but why do they get to live so much longer and we do not?

Leslie you had an infectious smile and grin, no one, not anything could ever take that away from you... Missing you a year after your passing honey

Honey you had an Infectious smile... an endearing and alluring smile, like a candle in the darkness of night!

I only met Leslie briefly, perhaps once, if at all, but Im glad you had each other and a life together, Joe. May your memories bring you more comfort, peace and joy in your reflections and réfractions, through the media of your time and space, than sadness, emptiness and regret, Joe. All the best to you!....

My sweet friend Leslie
Adventurer and lover of life-
Your quick laughter,
quirky point of view,
and deep insight into some of
the most puzzling aspects
of your fellow humans,
including me-
are sorely missed by many -
We like to call ourselves your tribe.
But I can see you clearly now,
whenever I gaze at the moon,
or bathe in the light of the sun.
For I feel you have taken
your place among the stars...
And I will continue to look up and smile
knowing that you can see me too,
from that place of eternal smiles
where we all know you are.
Roberta G.

I miss the hikes, and times with you awfully honey... Love... me!

You And I Made for Each Other, Slowly...Over Time

I wanted to remember Leslie in every way, so I took pix and video taped her
She loved playing the banjo, taught herself; shown here playing and singing in Aug. 2014.
Yah, she's a bit irritated that I'm taping her... this is only 3 weeks after major operation to remove bulk of the cancer. She sounds and looks lovely... And has all the energy to sing and yell at me... Love you honey!

You were such an adventurer and wonderful companion honey, here along the San Juan River Wilderness in SW Utah, Ancient ruins, accessible only by raft, thru rapids, Joe

I miss you, and think of you every day honey... Joe