This just in from Tomb Wrecks reader Neil R. - he has assured me that the grass and the John Deere tractor are indeed blue.
I personally enjoy the shape of the stone. It looks as though someone got a new power tool and was just dying to carve big chunks out of something.
I'm not sure this should be considered a "wreck". I think it's beautiful. Sure, the grass is blue when it should be green. But the workmanship is amazing. Thanks for putting this one up. I love reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a cross stitch sampler
ReplyDeleteIf this is in Kentucky, then it's totally acceptable that the grass is blue. As for the John Deere, is it really a Deere? I mean I don't see that it says Deere, so maybe it's some other brand...you know they sell all kinds at Farm and Fleet...maybe that's where they got this "Big chunk of something". Otherwise, I think it's pretty, but what's on the flip side? Is the engraving on this side, or the "back"?
ReplyDeleteNeil sent me a close up of the tractor, and it does indeed say John Deere.
ReplyDeleteIt has the family name on the front and the dates on the back. What struck me was it being somewhat out of place in a rather sedate and fairly old cemetery here in southeast Georgia. I've been driving by it for a few years and it's always jumped out at me and I think that's what got me wanting to share it.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's certainly the wrong color for a Deere, we have one in our shed that's a lovely faded green, but still very much green and yellow. And if it's in Georgia, it's in the wrong state for the blue-grass to be acceptable too.
ReplyDeleteAt first, I thought it was supposed to be a night scene, which would explain the washed-out coloring on the grass and tractor. (The white/silver flecks look like stars on the black granite "sky".) But then I noticed the sunset/sunrise in the center of the picture, so who knows. It is a cool-looking headstone, though.
ReplyDeleteI think it is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat it really reminds me - and I'll bet it's on purpose - is those "art" projects where people paint bucolic designs on saw blades!
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who does gravestone etching and painting. He is accepted as one of the best in our area. Often the colors fade or change color tone when weathered over time or sit in the sun. red is supposed to stay the longest but they all fade with time.
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