Cemetery Snowfall
My favorite cemetery looked magical during a snowfall last winter. The orange leaves that still clung to some trees made an interesting autumn contrast against the white snow. It was a rare early December snow. Usually it never snows here until sometime mid January, when all the leaves are long gone. Wandering around, a cubed […]
Visiting Family in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
During my trip to Michigan, I wanted to visit the cemeteries of my relatives. Luckily I unknowingly chose a hotel right in between two main cemeteries where my relatives laid. Unlike the the Southfield Cemetery, the Holy Sepulchre Catholic cemetery was massive and easy to get lost in. It was an icy November day, and […]
Visiting My Family in Southfield Cemetery
The purpose of the Michigan trip last year was to visit family members. Live and Dead. My entire family on both sides is from Detroit Michigan. Almost all of them came straight to Detroit when they entered the country, and never left. There are so many of my relatives and ancestors that I never got […]
Cemetery in a Christmas Tree Farm
My friend has been researching her family history and visiting the graves of her ancestors. Her recent search led her to some coordinates which pointed to an old cemetery plot that was located in the mountains in the middle of what is now a Christmas tree farm. It sounded like an adventure waiting to happen, so one […]
Cemetery Evening
There isn’t much daylight left when we get home from work, so an evening walk in the cemetery quickly turned into a night walk in the cemetery. I like the Old Salem Cemetery, where the skyscrapers are just barely visible beyond the rolling hills filled with symmetrical headstones. Just around the curve, you’ll find yourself […]
Autumn Cemetery
I’ve always thought cemeteries were a peaceful place. Especially on a quiet autumn evening. The rolling hills in the Old Salem cemetery are laden with intricate grave stones, and lavish crypts. No one else was around, making for the perfect walk, as the setting sun cast a warm glow over all the graves and the crisp cool […]
A Fog Covered Cemetery
One morning, I looked out the window to see a particularly thick layer of fog covering the ground. My first thought was “To the cemetery!” I’ve always found cemeteries to be peaceful; a quiet place to wander around, seldom running into anybody else. A good place to think about anything, and everything. All of life’s […]
Giant Cemetery
I was surprised at the amount of cemeteries we saw in Pittsburgh, but the one that really caight my eye when I was looking at the city on goggle maps was this giant one that must have been a mile long! I knew we had to make a stop to check it out. It was full […]
Cemetery On A Hill
On our trip to Pittsburgh last spring, we discovered this really neat cemetery on top of a hill overlooking the city in the distance. On this particular evening we were driving around trying to find someplace to eat and we soon realized there was a St. Patricks’s day celebration going on…. Hundreds of people with green shirts […]
Icy Cemetery
Early in March we got a freak ice storm. There were a few of inches of snow and ice built up on the road, but for some reason I still went into work! It was probably the most snow I have ever driven in and I’m still not sure how I made it there in […]