Port Penn, Delaware

Focus on Hickory Grove Cemetery:  Here's a cemetery plot that's full of life, thanks to those left behind. The memorial landscape is a total ensemble of loving memories: headstone, garden, tree, shingles, bench, treasure chest, words, portrait, and the logos of life. Trees, as memorials, have roots in the ancient world. The Scots called them clootie trees, and to them they tied little pieces of cloth. Here, the clooties have been replaced with slate shingles: on one side they carry a word of respect for the departed, on the other the signature of a friend or relative. Under the bench is a treasure chest: Would you need to open it to know what's in it? [2013]

2 Timothy 4:6-8