Tree Shaped Tombstones - Scotts Valley

Google Maps is a great way to plan alternate routes that go past little rural cemeteries.  Welcome to Scott's Valley east of Eau Claire Wisconsin.

Having seen hundreds of Tree Shaped Tombstones in my travels I'm still pleased to find something unusual once in a while.

Pretty standard stuff, even the person being remembered is boring.....being named Smith will do that.  But look at the top of this thing.  Usually there is a simple, flat top, sometimes still with a central drill hole left over from the stone cutting and milling process.  But here....

A tasteful basket of flowers.  I assume this was an extra you could order, and that it is secured to the tombstone by a peg that goes down into the central drill hole.  Not that I'd try to wiggle or rotate it or anything, that would be a bad idea with anything this old.

I like the way that the orange lichen fits into the flower motif.  Plant life imitating art.