Miniature Cairn

This pile of stones caught my eye as I walked past a local cottage. The owner tells me it is just something she does to amuse herself.

This prompted me to do a bit of research and with my love of Greek mythology, I was attracted to the following -

In the mythology of ancient Greece, cairns were associated with Hermes, the god of overland travel. According to one legend, Hermes was put on trial by Hera for slaying her favorite servant, the monster Argus. All of the other gods acted as a jury, and as a way of declaring their verdict they were given pebbles, and told to throw them at whichever person they deemed to be in the right, Hermes or Hera. Hermes argued so skillfully that he ended up buried under a heap of pebbles, and this was the first cairn.