Old Cemetaries

There's an old cemetary near mom and dad's house, on a gravel road on which we found a TREASURE TROVE of wild plums last year (for jellymaking...see "Jelly Man" entry...September 3rd, 2008 for details...). Most of the tombstones date back to the mid-1800's. Many of them are hard to read, as time has worn away the information carved on them.

I wonder about the people buried there...were they related? How did they die? How old were they? Why that particular spot for a cemetary? So many questions that will have more and more elusive answers as time continues to wear away at the words written to document these people's existence...

Make YOUR mark upon the world...a positive "something" that you can do to improve this planet for all of us!!!!