Thursday, June 25, 2009

Leaving trinkets

at grave sites is something that never occurs to me so I find it interesting when I come across graves decorated with numerous knickknacks, usually accompanied by lots of plastic flowers. It’s not that there is anything wrong with these decorations. In fact, sometimes I feel there must be something wrong with me to find them so amusing (sometimes sad) since there are so many of these colorful graves.

Are the decorators simply bringing gifts that they think their loved one would enjoy? Or, are they trying to reveal (to me) as much as they can about their loved one by filling their four by eight space with items that truly meant something to that person in the grave? Maybe it’s a combination of the two. Whatever the intention, there are many times when I have walked away from a grave site having gained a some knowledge about the stranger buried there. And sometimes I walk away craving more.



That's alot of plastic



A little moss would make all the difference



The baskets looked like they cost more than the flowers



A boiler maker, harley riding, fishing and dog loving man


The American bow hunter


Frogs and Christmas



The headless horseman...opps horsewoman



He loved his cocker spaniel

And he loved his weiner dogs



The twins



Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Mad Rush



is over for planting. I still have a few things to get into the ground at home but the cemeteries are done at least.

Here are a few pictures of interesting things I found in urns while I was visiting the various cemeteries this spring.


Notice that the beer can takes precedence over the flowers. At least the color of the can matches the flowers.






Everything about this is sad.




I was actually a little freaked out when I peaked into this urn. The eyes of those cats were spooky!!! And don't they know that birds and cats don't mix?





This was found in the urn of a small child who had died. He died only a few years ago so I was very surprised at the lack of flowers on this grave. Very sad. Maybe I'll go back and put something on this grave.





Squirrels and rabbits. Very popular for grave decorations. Next to dogs that is.




By the way, if you have taken any weird or interesting grave pictures, feel free to send them to me, I would love to see them. Maybe I'll even post them here!