gunston hall, mason neck, va

the hillcrest cemetery, verdigre, ne. the “free thinkers” cemetery. with a few religious headstones thrown in, just in case.

julinka & alois sokol Close

frank kaba rozen Close

rozen detail: woodmen of the world Close

interesting bit: woodmen of the world

 

cemetery view Close	sucha Close	stump, grave marker, hay Close
rosa kosmicke Close	ladimir scheinost Close	antonia sokol Close
miloslav j. krupicka Close	krupicka detail Close	hillcrest view Close

saturday: kreycik’s riverview ranch (on the lewis & clark trail)

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pulled by a tractor

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featuring elk

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and buffalo

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and a texas longhorn named boomer.

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boomer! Close

then a visit to pischelville (no town freer of the priest in knox county),

population: 2 Close

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(founded by anton pischel, pioneer)

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the pischelville cemetery (population considerably larger than 2)

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and the road out of town.

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friday: the sale barn

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and a walk

skyline drive Close

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to a cemetery (the catholic one).

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headstone, st. wenceslaus cemetery Close

statuary, st. wenceslaus cemetery Close

statuary, st. wenceslaus cemetery Close

headstone, st. wenceslaus cemetery Close

…without me running off to find the nearest old cemetery. i’ve done it at harper’s ferry, on macau, in barcelona, and now, of course, on block island.

one of my fascinations with cemeteries are as a source for vital stats. in the block island cemetery, for example, there is a single tripartite headstone for three sisters - triplets - born in may 1845 and all died during august of the same year. triplets. in 1845. wow.

another interesting thing in the cemetery here are the number of men with two wives. generally, the first died in her 20s (my guess is maternal mortality; g’s thinks ‘accident’ might account for some of them) and the second lived to a ripe old age. however, i don’t recall a single woman with two husbands. indeed, the men seem all rather long-lived… provided they reached their tenth birthday.

i also like looking at the names. the block island cemetery features two bathshebas as well as two variants on the name; a number of mercys and charitys, and a whole slew of elizabeths. among the men there’s an author, a deacon (hard to tell if it’s a proper name or a title), and the occasional uriah.

there’s neat stuff to be found in cemeteries. and you don’t even have to be buffy.

on sunday, james and i drove out to harper’s ferry (okay, james drove, i was the semisomnolent passenger. it’s amazing how i fall asleep in moving vehicles). it was a beautiful day, but very windy.

anyhoo, here are some pix i snapped – the wide angle shots were taken with my new tamron lens.