Chrysanthemums
Cedar City Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota
Month: October 2010
We’re on a Road to Nowhere
This is the gravel road that runs along Cedar City Cemetery in Austin, Minnesota. Because of the hills here, we don’t have many straight roads, and certainly none that you can watch vanish into the distance.
Photo of the Day
This was the most interesting thing I saw at work today.
While I appreciate that the boxes are strapped down–safety first, children!–why in the hell is the plastic wrap tied to the pallet? What, exactly, is that supposed to accomplish? (And yes, those are laptop lockers, with charging stations. Very cool!)
Pretty Ladies
Young Women, cartes de visite, 4 x 2 1/2 inches, c. 1880-1890
Photographer: Heinrich Kriegsmann, Nordermarkt No. 49, Flensburg, Germany
I think these two photos are just lovely.
In not so lovely news, I have a feeling my hard disk is about to commit suicide, and I’m not looking forward to it. What a pain in my ass! Other pains in my ass include maintenance cutting down the cedar tree outside my bedroom window, being waked up at 2am by my upstairs neighbors’ very noisy bed, a still-broken-after-being-“fixed” trash disposal, having to work on Friday and Saturday, and getting my first ever parking ticket (to the tune of $50!!!). I know this week could suck more, but enough already!
A Million Years Ago
Me, front left, circa 1972
I love this photo for a whole lot of reasons.
Cartes de visite
Fred H. Smith
born 15 March 1874 in Brooklyn, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
died 1956
Lena Mellisa Smith
born 1873 in Brooklyn, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Georgia Belle Smith
born 5 October 1878 in Osseo, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
died 22 October 1973 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
The last two were sisters, and I’m guessing Fred is part of the family, too, but I can’t find him listed in the census. Lena and Georgia Belle were the daughters of Andrew J. Smith and Georgianna Isadore Russell.
ETA: Lena and Fred were cousins! Fred was the son of George Haskell Smith and Frances Isabell Thomas. George Haskell Smith and Andrew J. Smith were brothers, the sons of Horace Harding Smith and Caroline Louisa Shepard.
Family Headstones
Finally, headstones from my own family. I took these in Minnesota last week. The first is my grandpa’s parents, the second is my grandma’s mother, the third is my great-great aunt, and the last is my uncle.
Cecil John May 17, 1904 — Sept. 30, 1988 & Clarice Marie (Lord) March 21, 1906 — April 4, 1996
Cedar City Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota
Helen Gertrude (Basquille) Thompson Apr. 22, 1895 — July 1, 1974
Calvary Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota
Margaret Desales (Basquille) Pooser 1889 — 1976
Calvary Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota
Anthony Meineke 1956 — 1984
Calvary Cemetery, Austin, Mower County, Minnesota
Railroad Motor Car
Oldsmobile Curved Dash, circa 1910
This is another photo from my ex-step-father’s family. I have no idea who the people in it are. Relatives of his, presumably, which would mean the photo was most likely taken somewhere around Rushville, Indiana.
Old Photos
I started processing some of the photos I scanned last week. The top row is Grandma’s cousin Anna Richardson, who lived in Liverpool. The bottom row are soldiers in Alaska who were her pen pals.
Dead. To. The. World.
Shameless dog is shameless. And comatose.
red paper boat 