grave quotations

« Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point » 
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know"
—Pensées, Blaise Pascal

«l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle»  
"The love that moves the sun and the other stars"  
—(Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145), last verse of  Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri

« On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur.  L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. »
"One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
—"Le petit prince", Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Some people  have words they so loved, they want them on their gravestone. Often, it is a Bible verse; but there are thoughts of writers expressed in philosophical or poetic words.

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer"

 —Return to Tipasa (1952), Albert Camus

 There is a bench by Wade Pond with the same words. [click]

and some are humourous:
"If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research"

how i got here

in loving memory of myself

firehouse dog

It has been tradition for a dog to be at a firehouse. Years ago, the trucks were pulled by horses. Dalmatians, or coachman's dog, keep good company and pace with horses. Cleveland Fire Station 22 put a stone, and it looks like maybe a tree at one time, for their mascot.

late October viewing

A couple of posts ago, there is a foto of the first stage of scaffolding. With the orange screening the Garfield Monument looks like a business building, or hotel.

Some trees have good color

Lake View does maintain the grounds. There were men and equipment in several places to-day. They hired some serious tree trimmers.

She was a good doctor

ledger closed

cleaning Garfield

Scaffold is neat, there is scaffold going up around the Garfield Monument, which is being cleaned. For a couple of weeks, the entrance will be closed; after that visitors can return while outside work will continue. There is an information tent nearby. We came with the hounds Friday, the guy there was happy to see us. He was bored, and once had a saluki. A family from out of town came by next, they expressedly came to tour the monument and were disappointed.

 power washing a century of soot away

Before the scaffolding went up, a drone counted sixteen trees growing on the monument. Tuck pointing will be done.