Bernard ran my local hardware store,
so I was shocked by his death, but honored to be asked
to carve his headstone. He was a strong rugged man,
so a rugged stone was called for. I began the design
by having the lettering follow the diagonal of the top
of this natural stone; but, when his wife asked me to
design-in her own name for later, the diagonals all
began to look to busy. What remains of that 30 degree
orientation is the base-line of the letters in the vertical
'Remember with love'. The daffodils are cushion-carved
into the uneven face.
)
