Behold!

notes and observations:

I hear that Mario doen't make it out to the cemetery very often.

I hear that Mario isn't a stickler for rules like Alen was. (E.G., you can drive a vehicle into the cemetery when the gate is open and you can leave flowers and trinkets on the gaves.)

The caretaker was on the phone with Mario during this event.

The caretaker said, "they don't tell me nothing."

The Cut In Stone crew did not know about the Angel or that we were setting foot stones.

All involved were very accommodating when I told them these were foot stones.

I bought everybody lunch to haul away the old stones.

There was another one man Cut In Stone crew that helped us out a little while waiting for paint to dry. He was engraving a stone using a truck mounted air compressor.

related links:

Crying Angel Site (aka Weeping Angel) (here)

Fort Worth Monument, Inc (aka Cut in Stone) (here)

Bear Creek Cemetery (here)

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

The first job before ours. They used a crane to set a large vertical flat with base.

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

Cast of characters:

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Cemetery Grounds Keeper:

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James' Crew Chief (he drove the truck):

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James' Son (he did a lot of the work):

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Checking it twice:

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laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

They dug the holes pretty deep. Each stone sits on top of what looked like a little more than one bag of dry concrete mix.

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James son carried a couple of the stones from the truck by hand then he switched to the dolley. The dolley was pretty super duty and had 4 wheels.

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4 wheel dolly:

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laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

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laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

laying of stones Jan 16, 2026:

Judy suggest we go wth the one she saw in Argentina instead of the Angel:

The groundskeeper says there are 2 available lots by us:

The groundskeeper says there are 2 available lots by us:

The groundskeeper says there are 2 available lots by us:

Original Russell Snyder flat monument

Original Russell Snyder flat monument

setting the first Russell Snyder flat monument