Painting Stones

Imaginary number, i

Kitty by the falls at Hemlock

Pizza pie in progress

On Ponte Vecchio in Bassano del Grappa, Italy

In the cold & rain at Skyline Divide - front

In the cold & rain at Skyline Divide - back

Harbor Seal at Boulevard Park

Running on Hemlock Trail

Running on Hemlock Trail

Bird stone in Austria

Pi Stone at La Specola, the Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Italy

"I am the Walrus" at John Lennon Wall in Prague, Czech Republic

On Hemlock Trail

Pink Floyd on Skyline Divide

Skyline divide ♥ stone

Pink Floyd on Hemlock Trail

Pi Garden

Pi Garden stone

Hydrogen

Hydrogen

Liam's 11 Miles

Liam's 11 Miles

Our Guitars Gently Weep

Euler's Stone

Euler's Stone

Euler's Stone

Euler's Stone

Painting stones is a way to see Liam in all the places where he set foot on his own, places that we visited together, places I imagined we might see together, and places Liam may have imagined he would visit. Stones are set along trail sides where Liam practiced running, and at beaches where he and friends poked around for shore crabs.  One was even slipped behind a window grate of an ancient Italian observatory and wedged at the base of the John Lennon Wall in Prague – places our family visited on a trip to Europe in 2013.

Images on the stones, and words on their opposite sides are expressions of love, remembrance and connection to Liam’s interests and to important places that were — and might have been — a part of Liam’s life with family and friends.