That is quite philosophical post @slowwalker, I believe on some stage of our life we all visit that point when we analyze our life, and see how we lived our life and if we achieve what we wanted. It seems for us that life is endless and the idea that everything will go its way, when we are not there sounds really terrific.
The turtle that you captures very well done, like the pattern, obviously someone has done it with love.
I can imagine that when you were with friends you did not notice for Buddha’s Sarira, that usually distracts me. I prefer to visit such places few times, in different seasons the places look differently too.