sometimes you just need to stop and take a picture.  That's what I decide as I was coming up on this church and cemetery.  I've been wanting to take more cemetery photos and today just seemed like the day.  No one was behind me as I made the quick swerve into the parking lot.  I got out of my car took 3 pix and got back in my car and drove away.  Yep, that's what I wanted to do.  I think it came out right just what I wanted dreary and a bit dark.

Dec 3

too close to the road

If you didn't know, I like to take photos of cemeteries or at least walk through or look at them as I drive by.  They can tell so much.  This one makes me kind of sad because she's buried very close to the road.  I don't think her parents had that in mind when they buried her in 1947, I don't think Marietta was very big or busy at it is today.  Hell, I don't think they had it in mind that they would most likely out live her when she was born in 1932.  Jackie Lee was 15 when she died, makes me wonder what she died of.  And now her resting place is only a few feet from the road.  I wonder if anyone thinks of how close to the road she is.

Mar 11

little cemetery

 I went to the cemetery yesterday I thought it would be fitting because I was in a gloomy mood.  Sometimes it's the only way to put thing into perspective, visiting a cemetery.

May 11

headstones on a gloomy day

I've been wanting to go to this local cemetery for awhile now.  For years I've been passing it and there is an angel you can see for the road I've always wondered about it but, lately I've wanted to photograph it in the rain.  Today was the day.  And....WOW! I would have never thought that I would see what I did. There were a lot of baby headstones.  It was so sad seeing them.  I don't get a chance to visit my son's grave, I know it's just his ashes and not him, but there are days when I would like to.  Today brought it home.  Seeing babies headstones, some in the same family.  They should have grown up together not be buried side-by-side living only a few days or months. But I guess living around the turn of the last century in a small town it was to be expected.  Still doesn't make it right.

Mar 10