Monday, July 21, 2014

Repurposed from a Slave Cabin


Decades ago she was at the slave cabin and knew, "This will be a bench in my garden."
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Hearthstone of the fireplace, below, in the disintegrating slave cabin she had the epiphany.
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In her late 90's, I've know this story for 2 decades.  


Her birthday soiree was a large affair a few weeks ago.  A man was near the bench & I asked if he knew its story, "No."  A speechless event, the body bows backward, eyes lock on stone & there is silence while the mind absorbs the horror.  Taking in the beauty & grace of the present moment.




She & I have sat many times thru many years on this stone.
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No stone should have its history.
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Garden & Be Well,     XO Tara
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You must understand the South.  Without her intervention this stone's history would have been lost long ago.   Probably scooped out of the way with a Bobcat for some new house in a subdivision.
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4 comments:

La Contessa said...

BEAUTIFUL TARA..............JUST BEAUTIFUL.

FlowerLady Lorraine said...

This is a beautiful piece of preserved history.

Have a lovely week ~ FlowerLady

Cerberus German shepherds said...

Love the bench....

Jan Johnsen said...

wonderful bench and story!