Comments on: lonely stones http://www.verhext.com/lonely-stones magic is as magic does Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:35:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Violet Folklore http://www.verhext.com/lonely-stones/comment-page-1#comment-690 Violet Folklore Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:10:04 +0000 http://www.verhext.com/?p=1531#comment-690 Oh how I hate falling behind on my favorite blogs! Especially when I miss gems like this. The oldest cemetery in Grass Valley is just around the corner and goes back to the 1850s. Mostly Irish immigrants who came for gold and the Catholic nuns who set up a convent and orphanage here. Lots of babies and young mamas. I've always wandered in graveyards and much prefer taking Mycie there than to playgrounds with crazy kids and scary parenting! Your photography lately is phenomenal. ~Amber Oh how I hate falling behind on my favorite blogs! Especially when I miss gems like this.
The oldest cemetery in Grass Valley is just around the corner and goes back to the 1850s. Mostly Irish immigrants who came for gold and the Catholic nuns who set up a convent and orphanage here. Lots of babies and young mamas.
I’ve always wandered in graveyards and much prefer taking Mycie there than to playgrounds with crazy kids and scary parenting!
Your photography lately is phenomenal.
~Amber

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.verhext.com/lonely-stones/comment-page-1#comment-652 Elizabeth Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:09:57 +0000 http://www.verhext.com/?p=1531#comment-652 (poisonpen from LJ here) - I'm slowly catching up on all my regular site reads and finally got to Verhext today. These pics of the gravestones caught my melancholy fancy. So lovely! It makes me want to go to one - especially the old, downtrodden ones. I like being on top of all things modern and current but I have such a constant ache when I realize how slowly (or quickly in some cases) the ancient remnants of history are being bulldozed away or left to crumble through neglect. At least there are pictures, right? (poisonpen from LJ here) – I’m slowly catching up on all my regular site reads and finally got to Verhext today. These pics of the gravestones caught my melancholy fancy. So lovely! It makes me want to go to one – especially the old, downtrodden ones.

I like being on top of all things modern and current but I have such a constant ache when I realize how slowly (or quickly in some cases) the ancient remnants of history are being bulldozed away or left to crumble through neglect.

At least there are pictures, right?

]]> By: Robin http://www.verhext.com/lonely-stones/comment-page-1#comment-638 Robin Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:21:28 +0000 http://www.verhext.com/?p=1531#comment-638 Oh my, these are fantastic. Old graveyards are one of my favorites, I remember the ones in Vermont being especially spectacular. Thank you for posting these. Oh my, these are fantastic. Old graveyards are one of my favorites, I remember the ones in Vermont being especially spectacular. Thank you for posting these.

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