Thank you SamanthaJane for clearing that up about the teenage gnome.
I just wondered about it when it always seemed to be there and then there'd be more gnome tombstones. Then in the end when I looked at Galen he looked so old that he was so ready for his tombstone and he popped away from where I'd put him to be with the teenager I wondered if maybe he really was just a teenager and not a grim reaper.
At least this thread seems to have shown the whole life cycle of the Mysterious Mr Gnome in his current format.
I see my teenager is starting to grow a beard. It is Autumn in my game now and starting to snow. He is face down in the snow all alone. I hope he doesn't feel the cold. At least he can pop into the greenhouse any time he wants to. The gnomes seem to prefer being under plants.
So I added the Magical Gnome of Invention and accepted the suggested name of Betrice for it.
I hope they get along. I'd hate to see Kasey's gold tombstone before he becomes a very old gnome.
I decided to keep an eye on my pair of gnomes. Soon I discovered Betrice had disappeared. Then I found it inside out of the rain and on top of the Scraptronic Workbench