Life in the Garden

Matters of Life and Death

art

Mark It! It’s Good Day to Ride

Motorcycle tank urns are hot right now. Black seems to be the preferred choice, followed by silver.

silver motorcycle tank urn

This is the third riding buddy my client has lost in the last few years. Not from bike wrecks, but cancer or some other ailment. He bought the silver urn for his bud who’s dying from cancer and going down fast.  He plans to let friends take a sharpie and sign off on the tank.

The client even called back to tell thank us for the speedy service and how pleased he was with the beauty of the tank.

Thank you for letting us serve you.

Ashes, Earth, Wind and Fire

Urn Garden is pleased to introduce our new line of Raku urns. The first piece is “Copper Flair”.

raku urn for ashes

Copper Flair is a hand-thrown earthenware Raku urn with a green & copper matte glaze. Created right here in the garden, and signed by the artist.

ceramic urn for ashes

This vessel measures 9-1/4″ tall x  6-1/2″ wide and is a full size adult urn.

artist signed cremation urn

Raku is the blend of earth, wind, and fire. Beautiful imperfections and so versatile. A natural choice for families that want a beautiful organic art piece to store in the home or cemetery niche, display after scattering the ashes and are suitable for earth burial.

raku cremation urns

Jesse James

So I finally got to see “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”. Loved it! Some might find it slow or dull, but the acting and cinematography is great. Brad portrayed Jesse James as the sociopath that he was, and Casey Afflek’s interpretation of Robert Ford is compelling.

Jesse was a cash cow not only for Robert Ford, but the whole state. Missouri is the cave state and so there are lots of hi-dee holes for the James gang.

Jesse james hide out

Jesse’s mother, Zerelda, who lost a hand to firebomb during a Pinkerton raid, allowed tourists to view the grave of her son for 25 cents. She sold rocks from his grave and legend has it that when the rock supply ran low, she simply restocked from the river. She also gave paid tours of the farm shortly after Jesse’s death, a practice that was continued by Frank in later years.

Jesse James corpse

jesse james tourist attraction

As we do in this part of the country, Jesse married his first cousin, Zee after a nine-year courtship. They had two children, Jesse Edwards and Mary.

Zee James suffered from a deep depression after her husband’s death, became reclusive and continued to wear her widow’s weeds long after Jesse’s assassination. Zee died in 1900.