Burials Under a Tree

Damn and damn again....

Terrebonne Pioneer Cemetery has some very old and very beautiful pine/fir (not sure) trees in it. While it looks cool and comfortable under those old trees and a charming place for a headstone, what the pitch does to the gravestones is sad, sad, sad.

I have gingerly been picking off the large bits of pitch and dislodging the stuck pine needles before photographing. Very messy.

Today I was wearing a brand new shirt ---- and managed to get pitch all over it. I will try the ice cube trick and the SHOUT, but.... Yes, it's in very obvious places.

Moral of the story --- you chose:
1. Don't wear new clothes to the cemetery.
2. Don't clean up graves to photograph.
3. Don't bury your loved ones under trees that are pitchy or leafy.

Update: Ice cubes and patient scraping followed by SHOUT worked again - always amazes me when it does!