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I'm back! I've officially forbidden myself to go to another graveyard tomorrow if I don't finish this first. So here I am. Posting these pictures so I can take more pictures I don't have time to post. Sigh. I really had great visions of keeping up with this trip reporting thing this time around. It's not going very well so far. But I am having fun, and I'll have tons of stuff to slowly post once I get home...we'll go with that for now, see how far it gets us.


There were quite a number of signs reminding me where I was.

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And one of them was smack in the middle of these tributes.

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Impressive gentlemen, yes? Do go on, founders...tell us more.

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Oh, I'm hooked. If they weren't all dead we could go out and do good together! I cannot wait to see what comes next.

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Wow. Um. OK. Sorry John, I don't think you really qualify for our little club here. I mean really, an upright merchant? Maybe try harder in your next life? But wait, there's still one more group. I'm sure that'll round out our little band of do-gooders nicely.

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*Snerk* Really? Honestly? I guess there have always been jocks and there always will be jocks.

Anywho, moving on.

I love this little decoration, I've not seen anything like it before and I think it's actually quite contemporary.

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It decorates this grave. I couldn't get all the text without moving the artificial flowers, and since it seemed seasonal and therefore recently placed I didn't want to disturb the display overmuch.

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Old and interesting:

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Isn't this pretty?

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And these.

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Over here you'll see single names or simply Mother or Father etc., but always within the context of a family plot. This one was all by its lonesome.

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Isn't this odd with the diagonal text? I don't think I've seen that before either. Also a bonus Pride and Prejudice reference.

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And a little Autumnal atmosphere for you.

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Names which struck me as unusual.

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The only thing like this I've seen before were soldiers' graves which had been paid for by the government - all alike and in a row. Here they formed a path - a path that was so long I was a little freaked out when I realized it was a path of headstones rather than stepping stones.

Up close they look like this.

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And this is part of the path.

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I still think it's freaky and I can't figure out if there are bodies or not. This place covers all options, so they could just be memorial stones. I walked the path and a few caught my eye.

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Granted, you might have to think about this one a bit.

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All right, winding down. Some random just nice ones along the way out.

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And I'd been trying to get one of these cute black squirrels for a day and a half before one would pose nicely for me - on a headstone no less!

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That's a wrap, thanks for sticking with me!
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