Rachel made a shadow box in honor of our house and all the ancestors and spirits of place. Her description of the contents:
- The wooden planks that help make up the back panel are from the house itself. I gathered them from the attic.
- The printouts are from newspaper clippings. Updates began with the Owens getting permits to build the house, and ending the week they moved in.
- The prickly seed pods are from the sweet gum tree that the Elliots planted. This tree is special because it went up into space on The Discovery Shuttle with astronaut Charlie Walker in 1984.
- The white landscape rocks are also from the Elliots.
- The flowers are plants I grew in the back yard.
- The box was made by Jeremy.
- The feather that is in with the bouquet is from a bird that found refuge here. It represents all the critters that also call this place home, even if just for a short time.
- The dirt in the jar is from the front yard. It is here in remembrance of every person, group, tribe, and spirit that ever moved across this land.
- And a picture of the house as it looks in 2025.