April 13, 2024
You know I love a rural cemetery that dates back to the 1850’s, that holds a spectacular array of flowering trees and many texturous decaying angels. So I got myself to the historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery in Charlotte’s downtown on a day off. One of many decapitated… “Strange” is dead. Read more…
March 26, 2024
The turn of the seasons are my very favorite times to photograph cemeteries… And on foot, in the newly docile air, one discovers the gems not visible from the road… The van from afar Cat 1 Cat 2 Still snow on the ground Aren’t we? Sealed up A little birdhouse Read more…
December 26, 2023
What more is there to say about a visit to Green-Wood Cemetery that I haven’t said before? Within some well-deserved downtime, the peace that this place used to bring was pure nostalgia. But there is always something new I discover in its trails. To follow, my stop inside this familiar Read more…
November 24, 2023
There is so much to discover at Mount Hope Cemetery, one of the two beautiful historic rural cemeteries in Rochester. On this visit on Black Friday (i.e. “Buy Nothing Day”) I caught the last of the fall’s color before a cold snap would drop the rest of the leaves to Read more…
As I moved from one cemetery to the next one on my itinerary, I happened to pass see this on en route. I quickly pulled in, spying some monuments of height. Once I took a closer look, I was blown by its beauty, blown away by the woeful women who Read more…
Missing Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, I crafted a graving itinerary to explore some of the area cemeteries. I set off realizing the effort might be in vain, given the size and beauty of where I come from. But I was happily surprised to find three gorgeous historic cemeteries that reignited Read more…
October 19, 2023
A stroll through Riverside Cemetery in Rochester brought some gorgeous shots of the area’s peak foliage. As the area continues to brighten in hue, I acclimate. There is just beauty everywhere. I will be basking until the trees are barren and winter overtakes. The trees overtaking headstones
October 15, 2023
After my birthday dinner I headed to Mount Misery… a kind of infamous place on Long Island, with most youth having ventured there for some supernatural thrills at least once in their life. I remember driving there with fellow misfits looking for something to scare us silly. This time, however, Read more…
I love an old cemetery, a plot of land that hasn’t gone the way of the parcels around it. The walk about it much like the how the walk was hundreds of years ago. I step to meet its characters. Some illegible from the passage of time, some sharp, some–a Read more…
September 18, 2023
If anybody ever sees what happens to my focus if I drive by a cemetery, they’d surely give me a lecture. Darting my neck to and fro looking for angels I might very well find an angel of my own. But when I was placed in front of Saint Joseph Read more…
September 12, 2023
Beautiful Places Close By, Box-free Baking, Cemeteries, Cookies, Cooking Stuff, Eating Out, Lunch, Nature
This year, the summer seems endless. I never know what day is and thus time is passing in giant chunks of leisure. This is my daily life right now. Until it isn’t. So I am basking. Above, an amazing tempeh rib special from Red Fern. Cornbread, sweet potato mash, pilaf Read more…
August 19, 2023
With many headstones containing the cause of death, the Old Tonopah Cemetery makes for a gripping meander. Adjacent to The Clown Motel, the souls of the interred are rumored to haunt its rooms. And it is no wonder… some of the causes of death include suicide by dynamite, suicide by Read more…
July 20, 2023
Before I leave New York City, I wanted to visit my paternal grandparents gravesites. So a day trip to the Bronx would be on the itinerary. They are both in a cemetery very easy to access from my first stop in Ridegwood, Queens. ❤️ I really hardly ever go to Read more…
May 29, 2023
A stop at the veterans’ field at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, New York. The Boy Scouts and other caring citizens put up the flags. And a trip the Rochester’s Public Market… to get the berries for a flag cake.
May 6, 2023
I have many NYC lists filled with all sorts of things of interest. But now I will begin the slow process of crossing as many places off my list as possible. St. Michaels Cemetery is one such places. Since we were in Queens for a baseball game, we made a Read more…
May 2, 2023
After some wacky school events, my school was evacuated to another right next to my beloved Green-Wood Cemetery. So lunch meant a meander in its buddy green. I’ll be back soon!
April 10, 2023
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, New York has all the right stuff for gravers: the cemetery dates back to the late 1800’s; it has some beautiful angels and peaceful lush grounds including some resident deer. In any given plot is plenty to capture, but in this visit I tried the Read more…
April 4, 2023
The Magnolias flower early in the Spring and I look forward to seeing them in Green-Wood Cemetery every year. After work, when I needed them most, their peak beauty lured me in. And because my lens seems to turn them into delicate watercolors, most of my time was spent under Read more…
March 6, 2023
I knew when the snow was falling I had to see this angel. Holy Sepulchre‘s gorgeous Corona/Di Cesare angel. So much fluffy show How I look in the morning LOL Miscellaneous droids I liked Scenes from Krudco Skate Shop
January 22, 2023
If you’ve been in the cemetery, you’ve likely heard the parrots that have enormous nest up on top of the main entrance’s archway. With my new lens, I was able to capture them… a bit.
Winter’s first trip into Green-Wood Cemetery with my new telephoto lens would seem years from the last time I walked in. This is the thing with Green-Wood. It is like a time capsule; it holds onto pieces of every time I visit and mixes them confusingly in a sequence of Read more…
December 30, 2022
The frigid Lake Ontario We were doing remote control cars. Can you tell? Two-berry pancakes. So pale! I haven’t been satisfied with my pancake making lately. The first ever Wegmans. Vintage delight. I finally won in bowling. I guess I need the bumpers up all the time. teehee Breakfast It Read more…
November 12, 2022
When we drove by Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, I knew I’d have to get in. The bright pops of color that were on the branches not too long ago was now a gorgeous carpet… red to orange to yellow. It was a quick trip, but a memorable one. Not Read more…
August 22, 2022
This is the most beautiful cemetery I have ever visited. With an overwhelming about of beautiful art within its one million burials, it sits within a rocky slope creating a layered lay-out that is trily mind-blowing. To follow some of the beauty I found within my short visit.
Cementiri de Poblenou was a big reason for my deciding to go ahead and join a friend in Spain this summer. It was number one on my list of international must-visit cemeteries. This, because of a haunting sculptured entitled El Petó de la Mort or the Kiss of Death I Read more…
