A stone image of Jizo

This Jizo which is a guardian deity of children is standing by Yakushi shrine near my house.

It is always looking at the children going to school safely.
The other day I saw a girl offering some flowers to the right hand of Jizo on her way from school.

A few days ago, I saw a T.V. news that said three Jizo made of some fallen trees were presented to the people of Yamakoshi village in Niigata prefecture .
The trees were fallen down because of the big earthquaqe last year.

I thought the idea was nice and my heart got warm.

Those are also wonderful ones.