Death and Life

Genealogy research has been a hobby of mine for several years.  One of the great things about genealogy is that you don't have to dwell on death.  Death of a loved-one too painful?  Fine.  Go back to when they were a kid playing with their siblings.  Or when they were a young adult courting their mate.  Genealogy doesn't care if you have black sheep in your family or if you had a baby out of wedlock or if you have an extra toe.  It just is what it is.

Some people may think this image is macabre, but I think of it as peaceful.  Death and life coexisting.  I guess I'm still thinking of springtime coming too.  New life is about to sprout from the old, "dead" plants.  Wow, I sure am philosophical today!

Techie Corner
I was trying out some new Photoshop techniques which make images look more like illustrations than photographs.  This is two images blended together.  My beautiful little red-haired grand-niece wasn't sitting in a cemetery.