Maple Seed, Mirrored
Not a great photo, but I like the faint suggestion of a figure in the background.
Month: May 2010
Polly
Lots of bird activity (and chipmunks and bunnies, too), which means that Polly is sitting in the crow’s nest, watching all the to-ing and fro-ing.
Cherub and Fieldstone
Cherub
Fieldstone Grave Marker
These were taken a couple of weeks ago, at Splinter Ridge Cemetery. It was only the second time I’ve seen fieldstone markers, and the first time I’ve seen one inscribed, albeit not fully. It looks like whoever carved the inscription gave up after starting the second line. So far, all of the fieldstone markers I’ve seen have been unshaped, raw pieces of stone.
Mary
Mary Wife of Isaac Conyers Died Oct. 24, 1857
I always hate seeing women’s headstones that just list her as the wife of some dude. I searched Ancestry.com for to see if I could figure out her maiden name, but all I turned up were unsourced public trees, some of which have impossible information. As in, several people have attached my Findagrave record to their trees for a Mary M. Tharp. There was a Mary M. Tharp who married an Isaac Conyers in Indiana, but that marriage occurred after this Mary died.
And then someone requested that I update the Findagrave record with information that I thought was suspect. I declined. So I guess they complained and had the information added by someone at Findagrave. I have no reason to believe her maiden name was Burton, or that these linked folks are her family. As far as I can tell, the Mary Burton who married Isaac Conyers lived and died in Bath County, Kentucky in 1868.
Black Locust
As I was walking around the older part of the cemetery, I kept getting whiffs of something sweet-smelling. I couldn’t figure out what it was, because none of the flowers growing there were strongly scented. I finally figured out the smell was coming from a flowering locust tree behind the church.
Maiden
I posted another photo of her, taken from below, but it didn’t show the spider webs covering her head. There were lots of spiders and flies and tiger beetles at this cemetery.
Christmas in May
Another shot from last week’s trip to Liberty Methodist Protestant Cemetery. I don’t understand the concept of decorating graves for Christmas, but leaving the decorations up until the tree is dead makes even even less sense.
Columbine and Iris
More buds are open, and the oldest bud has started to turn up, so you can see inside. The flowers are also much pinker today. I counted, and there are about 25 flowers and buds on just this one plant. It’s absolutely gorgeous!
The iris buds still haven’t opened, but they’re darker blue today. It won’t be long.
Home Fries
Potatoes in any form are the ultimate comfort food.
Moth, Again
The sad, dead moth is still sitting on the window sill outside the staff lounge.
red paper boat 