The original reason for laying flowers beside a loved one's headstone has been long forgotten.

Nowadays, I suspect that it's more for the living than the dead. Anyone visiting the gravesite who see flowers by certain headstones know that the deceased has not been forgotten and is still in the minds of the surviving loved ones...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car