OK, so it won't last that long, but it will last the rest of my life! I encountered a vendor last month (9 June, to be exact) at the annual crafts show in Beaver and ordered myself a little birthday present (which just arrived a couple hour ago):







We aren't sure where it's permanent placement will be in the yard, but I wanted to get a couple pics posted now. The carver said he had never done a marker with a coat-of-arms before, but I am quite pleased with it. Carved deep into a hundred pound hunk of Pennsylvania sandstone, this should last quite a while.