Diary of a graveyard.

This is one of my favorite places in the cemetery.

it is a family plot of an iron worker . (obviously hehe)

They have benchs, chairs and tables all around and a few examples of whom ever's work it is, hanging over the grave stones.

it is someones piece of family paradise.

I love it.

Sorry that they are not exactly 'good' pictures.
The place is pretty cluttered.
but I do like it.

And , of course, I went during the snow storm (ish)-

A family "slab"-

What's interesting is all the different varieties of "furniture".

I've never seen anything like that.

The reason this one is interesting is because the letters are actual silver.
And that is why they are disappearing.

I , personally, have never heard of silver and gold being used on a headstone.
That would make about as much sense to me , for this very reason ( theft ) as putting diamonds and other precious jewels on there.

I wish I could have seen this one before it caved in.

Alot of the border is missing, but you can still see most of the pretty tiles.

Unfortunatly, alot of the damage to headstones are done by grave robbers.

There are alot of the older above ground headstones like this one, that have been shattered, broken down, and or completely removed so people can get inside.

These types of graves appear to be pretty popular.
They are thin above ground boxes that cover the grave site itself. But they appear to house very shallow graves.

This one, if you look closely, you can see the actual wood of the coffin not but 5 or so inches below the dirt.

Of course, most of it has been pulled up, but you can definatly tell it was very shallow.

I take it that there are no regulations as to how deep a coffin must be? I was always under the impression that graves had to be "X" deep.


Interesting stone with the woman's photo on it. It's amazing that it has survived all this time.

There are rules about that now.. but they may not have been in place then.

Besides that, I am sure alot of the dirt has just been washed away over time by rain and wind. So it very well could have started out deeper then it appers to be now.

I didnt dig around in it, but it seems that it is really close to the top.
Almost as if, I could just use my hand to slide the dirt aside to see the coffin.
I doubt it? but.. Im not sure.

Been to the graveyard lately?

I did go the other day, but I had to stay away for about a week.

We got a really bad rain that turned the entire place into a mud slide for cars.
Not only is it too slippery to drive in, but aside from the main street down the center, I couldn't walk around either without slipping and falling myself.

I do have some pictures taken that I will start posting next week though.

Im moving away from the 'strange' ones and going to the very rich plots.

Wow, sounds like a mess!

I look forward to more installments of the new stuff.

Take care now.