The Vigilant Watcher on Rose Mountain

“The Crane in a coat of arms symbolizes Vigilance. The legend is that cranes lived on the banks of the Nile and were preyed upon by the Pygmies. To protect themselves at night, flocks of cranes would put one bird on watch duty, and that bird would hold a stone in its claws so as to be awaken should it fall asleep. The name of the stone, in French heraldry, is “vigilance” (vigilanza in Italian). The crane is presumed to be shown holding it, and it is named only if it is of a different tincture.”

This morning I searched for the first time I posted on the use of the image of rose followed by “mondt” to form the name Rosemondt, by, Godschalck Rosemondt. I am still searching. I believe I made this discovery in 2006, four years after I sent my daughter, Heather Hanson, the letter above. I…