A beautiful day at the cemetery.
filed in Cemeteries! on Dec.30, 2008
MC and I went driving today to practice for her drivers test. So you all get to view some cemetery pics. (If you are new here and unsure why I teach my kids to drive in a cemetery, please click here.) Here’s some interesting pics from todays near death experience lesson.

The first pic makes me sad and happy at the same time. The second is a shot of the ‘baby section’. (We pay our respects to the babies when we visit, because they are so often forgotten) This is a large section, going back to the little building behind the trees on the left. Many died of influenza in the early 1900′s.
MUTTER. ? Does anyone know if this means ‘mother’ in a different language?

Okay and this picture? Well, MC was asking the other day, “How does it work when a man and woman are married for a long time and one dies and the other gets remarried? What happens when they all die?”
Well, um, this is what happens. lol. (These are relatives). Huh, talk about a big family rift???? George and Betty were married happily. Betty passed. Esther then married George. Esther was shunned by George’s family. In the end…Esther got the last word.
And here are a couple shots of beautiful monuments. I almost had to lay on the ground to get the first shot…but I thought better of laying on the ground in a cemetery.













December 31st, 2008 on 12:02 am
So sad about all those baby graves.
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I went & read your post about why you teach your kids to drive in the cemetary. I have to admit, I laughed out loud, lol. Great idea, though.
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December 31st, 2008 on 5:47 pm
Beautiful photos. I am terrified of cemeteries but these photos are really so peaceful and beautiful.
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December 31st, 2008 on 6:54 pm
Great post!! Too funny, I am wierd and actually like going to cemetaries because they all tell a story and the baby graves always make me cry. and Mutter does mean Mother in German.
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January 1st, 2009 on 11:04 am
Interesting photos. It’s sad to think of those babies who died before they even began their journey in life.
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