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To: epicure who wrote (49121)	1/11/2006 9:00:36 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104216

Up here (and I expect this occurs in many other places), there are many benches placed along trails as memorials to people who spent a lot of time in those areas. Often, the benches are donated by friends or family through the "Friends of" groups for various conservation and park areas. There is usually a small metal plaque affixed, with the person's name, and sometimes a few lines of poetry. I often photograph these when I come across them. Around Christmas, we often find small arrangements of evergreens with a red bow attached to the benches - no doubt, placed there by a friend or family member. The benches seem like one of the nicer tributes that I can think of for someone who probably spent a lot of time in a special place. I would actually not be at all surprised if the decorated Christmas tree may have been for a similar reason as the evergreen arrangements which i've mentioned above. ~croc