notes

The last paragraph happened as a result of screwing around with an online magnetic poetry. So I can only partly take credit for the "throwing fiery paint" and "white silhouette", ha.

Oak Leaf Cemetery is so totally based on Pioneer Cemetery in Fredonia, NY. I spent so, so many spring/summer/fall afternoons there, over the years I lived in Fredonia. (It still hasn't sunk in that I don't live there any longer...) It's a gorgeous tiny little cemetery, one of my absolute favorite places to sit and breathe awhile.

While I didn't have my photos of the place handy, I did have some from the adjacent Forest Hill Cemetery, which I referenced for a few details (like colors!). But I think every stone I described is an actual stone in Pioneer Cemetery, though the names are different. And Calvin's stone - the lamb is based on one that's there, but the real one doesn't have a name marker attached to it like Calvin's. If I remember correctly, I don't think there's any name on it, though I seem to recall it's not far from a big family name marker, under a tree in one of the front corners.

Anyway. Cemeteries. <3 My word count fleewwwww once I got Kimber in there - really *is* best, writing what you know. ;)

P.S. Locust trees, in case you've forgotten, mean "Affection beyond the grave." (And I haven't actually decided what the shrub is yet, so don't worry about it lol.)