Black angel

In Vale Cemetery, the Veeder plot is watched over by this angel.  She's cast of a black metal but wears a greenish patina.  The Veeders were among the very first Dutch to settle here in the 1660s.  I always love passing by this section of the cemetery.  It's right on the edge of the vale, almost a cliff, where the Cowhorn Creek flows down below, but up here, it's a quiet, leafy sanctuary.  There's even a concrete bench that's part of the next-door family plot so to speak.

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The Black Angel

We've always called her The Black Angel; she might have an official name but I don't know it. She stands watch over the Veeder family plot in Vale Cemetery. I always found her comforting and peaceful. Whoever designed this plot understood comfort; just out of the frame to the right is a semi-circular stone bench where one can sit and remember the family - all the families - in the peaceful wood.