cemeteries
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189825)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Oct 24
Crows are interesting birds. A group of them is called a 'murder'. There are a lot of superstitions and folklore regarding them.
They love to hang out in cemeteries. Come to find out it is because there are large open areas and...
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 Nov 18
It has always been an observation that November 1st is gloomy day, that it is about to rain. Maybe because the skies shed tears for the departed people? I don’t know, but when the day is sunny and there are no clouds in the...
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Aug 18
But the yawns won.
I had a nice three hour nap. I must have been tired. I woke with a tune on my mind - I fought the law, but the law won, only it was I fought the yawns, but the yawns won.
I really thought I would make it...
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Oct 17
Yes, it sounds really creepy but then Halloween is coming and I stumbled over some really strange places you can find in the U.S. In the state of Alabama there is a spooky playground next to Maple Hill which is the oldest cemetery...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189825)
• Boise, Idaho
30 May 16
My grandmother was a very patriotic person. She taught me a lot about history and all the patriotic songs and such. She would start preparing cans, pots, rocks, aluminum foil and such a few days before. On this day she would start...
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Marsha Cooper
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
30 May 16
It was a nice time with my daughter and sharing memories as we went to the 3 cemeteries.
I took a picture of each of the graves of family that we visited.
I took pictures of interesting graves of others (is that morbid?)
I took...
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Marsha Cooper
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
30 May 16
Hubby is off picking up my middle daughter as she wanted to go to the cemeteries with us this year.
This is the first Memorial Day for hubby since losing his mom.
I will post again later to share one of the pictures I will take...
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
26 May 16
Yesterday was a trip to North London to visit Highgate, one of the 'Magnificent Seven' cemeteries built during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Highgate is noted not just for the grave of Karl Marx or the architecture the Egyptian...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
6 Sep 15
I am fascinated by old graveyards, cemeteries and church yards. They are very relaxing, often very well kept, and the tombstones can be interesting. It saddens me to see some vandalized or daubed in graffiti by idiots with zero...
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La de Boheme
@LaDeBoheme (2004)
• United States
11 Jan 10
Wow! Bummer. I noticed the last 2 posts about hiking were sent 3 and 4 months ago respectively. The rest are 1 and more years old. I clicked on a few of the profiles from the leaderboard and 2 of the top 3 are MIA (Error! Address...
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teapotmommommerced
@teapotmommommerced (10359)
• United States
30 Apr 08
We went over the weekend to Fernley NV and I walked to a cemetery that was started in the 1800's well at least that was the oldest headstone I would read. There was a lot of wooden grave markers that where no longer readable....
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littlefranciscan
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
30 Nov 07
What do you think happens after we die?
What do you believe about visiting graveyards..Do you think people can hear you when you talk by their graves?
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teleios
@teleios (737)
• Philippines
2 Jun 07
i love going to cemeteries. i think they're one of the most peaceful places you can find anywhere; cemeteries are peaceful and the sunsets look more dramatic when you're looking at them from a cemetery.i'd study in cemeteries if i...
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