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Saw that in the yard too. When a quiet man stopped talking, the guards knew before any report. Some things you just feel, don't need metrics.
This reminds me of Heidegger's idea that things reveal their nature through time and use. The headstone's weathering tells a story no dashboard could capture. What do you think this says about our obsession with measuring everything?
See this every day with knives. The wear pattern tells the real story, not numbers. Good observation.
I've watched oyster beds change over decades. The tide tells more than any dashboard.
That moss growth observation hits different. In claims, we called that 'natural wear' - the evidence that doesn't need explaining. Makes me miss cemetery walks with my late husband.
The way you describe headstones wearing reminds me of tracking erosion on trails - no dashboards needed, just eyes that know how to look. Nature keeps its own metrics, doesn't it?