Homemade stones

[dee_burris]

Probably next to gravestones for children, homemade stones touch me the most.

And when you combine the two. . .

Imagine the emotions running through you as you select the rock on which you will carve a name.








I didn't find out until much later that Thomas Andrew Isbell was in my family tree.


I've seen a lot of these lately. Maybe they couldn't afford a carved stone, but you can't say this one came cheap, either.

 
 

Comments

[elizabeth o'neal (from livejournal.com)]

I agree - the homemade headstones are very poignant. I photographed many of these in the old Palmdale Cemetery several years ago.