when memory fades

Time hangs heavy over all cemeteries made more beautiful by an elusive sadness touching the entire scene. When Maurice Chevalier was alive I can remember looking at photographs in a publication of him in his new home he called La Louque. I think it was more of an large estate, named in memory of his mother. I seem to recall a picture of him sitting beside a fountain perhaps six feet high in the garden, which I thought was specifically to her memory. My own mother's passing was still fresh in my memory at the time. What makes it all sad was that later I heard that it was all for sale and wondered what would become of his mother's memorial then. You will see in today's celebrity links a photo of his actual grave site in France provided by Philippe Landru who has built a huge website of many cemeteries. Even if you are not familiar with French, the pictures alone are worth the visit.