Methodist Cemetery, Ellettsville, Monroe County, Indiana
This is not a pretty cemetery. It sits at the intersection of two roads, with no wall to set it apart from the traffic, so some of the graves are just a few feet away from passing cars. Not a very nice way to spend eternity.
Margaret M. Wife of Wm. M. A. Kirby Died April 2, 1856 Aged 29 Yrs.
Polly Daut. of Wm. & E. Smart Died
Methodist Cemetery, Ellettsville, Monroe County, Indiana
Orange E.
Ethel O.
Lillie L.
Ralph R.
Nellie
I went to Methodist Cemetery this afternoon. It’s small and kind of sad, because sits right on the road, with no wall to separate it from the traffic. There are some old graves there, though, so it was worth visiting.
The section closest to the road had these five children’s graves, with no indication of which family they belonged to. I assume they go together, even though there’s a 20 year span between them, based on their proximity and the similarity of the headstones.
The weather was just about perfect today, so I decided to go over to Rose Hill Cemetery to take some photos. I didn’t get many, because after 15-20 minutes a funeral procession showed up. And, of course, my car was parked right in their way. I felt horrible about that, even though there was no way for me to have known, so I left as soon as I could.
One thing I noticed, as I was wandering around, is that a lot of the older headstones have been replaced with new and therefore uninteresting (to me) granite markers. The older ones were often made of limestone, which is porous and soft. Inscriptions on those stones are sometimes worn completely away, and other times they’ve been re-incised.
My GPS unit arrived today (three days ahead of schedule!). It is seriously cute. It’s about the size of an iPod Classic, so it’s big enough for using in the car, but not too big to carry with you comfortably when you’re on foot. Perfect!
It’s still charging, so I can’t really play with it yet, which is just as well, because I have a lot of manual reading to do. It’s kind of a jumble so far, and having got only three hours sleep last night probably isn’t helping my reading comprehension.
I’m also going to have to find a place to put the mounting bracket in the car, which will be be tricky. There isn’t a whole lot of real estate that’s close enough for me to use the GPS while driving.
Just in case there was any doubt in anyone’s mind that Henry is anything but pure eeevil. And yes, she’s OMGONTHEBED!!! Harriet nearly had a brain hemorrhage.
Words were had, and Henry suddenly decided that she had somewhere else to be, tout de suite.
I’m done with my most recent cat sitting job. He’s a very sweet boy, but it’s time consuming, and I worry about him, because he’s in early stages of renal failure. His appetite was weird this time around, and this afternoon, he didn’t eat a thing while I was there, not even his treats. He’s getting so many different things to eat, though, that it’s hard for me to gauge whether he’s on overload or if he’s not feeling well. Put that on the big list of Things I Would Do Differently If I Were In Charge. But I’m not, so all I can do is report back to his owner and hope that they use the information constructively.
I’m also almost done with the house sitting job I’ve had all winter. The owner should be moving in in a few weeks.
So I’ll have a couple fewer things vying for my attention, but also less money, so it’s a trade off.
Oh, and the sun played peekaboo with us today! There were clouds, but also patches of blue sky, and even some actual glimpses of the sun. Exciting!!!
My high school was in an old building that was literally falling apart. There were giant cracks in the floors (as in, the floors, not the floor tiles), and the ceiling tiles were constantly falling down. Sometimes they had a little help from the students, because the tiles were the perfect size to wedge into the lockers as shelves. So, when I got to work the other morning and saw the above, it reminded me of high school.
February was a terrible blogging month. March will be better. I should be getting a GPS unit sometime this week, which will hopefully mean more photo ops. I really hate driving to new and unfamiliar places, which makes exploring difficult. Weird but true. And if the weather ever improves (I think the sun moved away and left no forwarding address), I might even be motivated to go outside and play.
red paper boat 