Friday, May 28, 2010 Crazy Diamond


We've driven by this amazing shrine on our way to the Outer Banks, and finally had to stop. Though there are several graves, it appears to be in memory of Raymond Grady, lost to drowning in 1915, his eighteenth year.
The rainbow with a pot of gold, small church and other careful details are the relics of a family's grief. A sad celebration of a young life.






4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad we stopped and saw it up close :)

Brenda LaBell said...

Wow those graves are very old. What a beautiful tribute made by the ones Raymond left behind. So glad you stopped and shared it with us!! It is actually very beautiful!!

Brenda

HonahLee said...

ooo wow! i see that every year on our way to obx. i always wondered about its story but never stopped :)

Dr. Theda said...

A belated Happy Halloween to you and yours...