Images of flowering gravesites are often made to express the concept of the eternal life cycle. Yet I made this particular photograph to add still another measure of meaning to this concept. In this case, not only does this marker anchor a bed for a flowering plant – it is also stands just behind a young tree, vigorously extending beyond the limits of the frame itself. The emerging sapling doubles the power of the image as a symbol of regenerative life playing against the story of inevitable death. Meanwhile, the inscription on the stone implies that this tree may not eventually consume the grave itself, which stands nearby, but not actually in this spot.