In every town we visited or passed through we found a grotto with an effigy of the biblical Mary.

While traveling through the town of Charlieville I noticed something different, this single statue in the courtyard of an old church. In it I saw a small child playing and leaning over the edge of a stream or river, its guardian angel ever present.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 541, Guardian Angel’ 1/2000s f/2.8 ISO100 200mm