Last year for decorating graves on Mem.Day?
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Comments (27)alicia ~ so whatdoyathink, spooky enough? ~ after reading your comment, i thought i should try a night-time picture, which i have never attempted before ~ the spotlight was turned off for the 2nd picture ~ the little girls across the street are so cute ~ today they told me they wouldn't come to my house to trick-or-treat if i didn't put my skeleton away!!!...See MoreGrave Blankets.
Comments (18)Dearest Odie, I took the time away from everything tonight and crafted the blanket!! I can't beleive how beautiful it turned out and was a quick project. I live in the south, and getting fresh greenery is pretty much out of the picture, but today I found some beautiful Christmas garland with wire in it. I bought two so it would be extra full, laid them on top of each other, secured with wire, then added the bow. My little angel is secured with wire, as well as the glass balls. I am hoping to take it out to the cemetary Wednesday, just in time for my neice and nephew to visit the cemetary. I am going to craft a tag out of an old Christmas card, and cover it with the clear packing tape, then trim around the edges with scissors. They will know it was from me, better than them trying to figure out who would have brought it. Thank you Odie for the inspiration, my ribbon is silver wire, with pale blue sparkling snow flakes on it. I am so proud of how it turned out, if I were better informed, I would zip out a pic so you could see it, but I am challenged!!!! Merry Christmas!!!!!!...See MoreCan you IMAGINE putting a six-year-old kid on a non-stop train?
Comments (18)A shallow grave was not uncommon when hand dug by one individual on private property, especially in winter. Vaults were not common either. There are cemeteries in southern Illinois containing graves without vaults. Sometimes this is evidenced by a significant depression over the grave. For example, I had a grade school friend who was hired to mow a cemetery one summer in the 1940s. He was merrily making his way across the landscape with the mower when he and the mower sunk into a grave. Now, this young man was on the superstitious side and he thought for sure that the dead was about to grab him. He scrambled from the hole and ran from the cemetery. It is only in the last 60 years that some of these communities have passsed ordinances requiring burial vaults. Before that, it was the family's choice. A number of families short of funds buried without vaults; Some did it for personal belief reasons: There is a passage in the bible when paraphrased reads: You are made from dust and to dust you shall return. The reasoning is: Why prolong something that is going to happen anyway. Without vaults, wood caskets eventually decay and collaspe. Sometimes, a collasped grave makes a void under the surface and is not apparent until someone steps on it. It is dangerous to the grounds keeper and to anyone strolling the cmemtery. A vault requirement has become commonplace to protect from this hazard. Your theory of murder of Dear Addy is very plausible, but consider other possibilities: 1. Addy keeled over from heart attack. The shocked husband did not know what to do and buried her just as she fell. He surmised that he would be under suspicion. She would have been fully clothed and with shoes. Embalming is not necessary if the body is buried within 3 days after death. In early America, embalming was a luxury and not commonly done. It became popular during the Civil War because it was necessary to preserve the body for a week or more to allow time to ship the body and for relatives to gather for the funeral. Many soldiers were buried on or neaby the battlefield where they fell - some in mass graves. These bodies were not emblamed. 2. Addy died by an accident. 3. Addy committed suicide. Such an event would have been hush-hush. The 6 yr old: I know it was possible to put a 6 yr old on the train and semd her from Denver to Chicago. I myself would have not done this. I would have required an adult escort. I guessing she was put in charge of the Conductor who would have seen to it that she got off at the right stop and to answer her questions. Passenger service was much more personal in those days. But if i had been that little girl, I'd been very afraid. I would not have sent her alone on such a trip. There are too many things that could go wrong. Maybe her birthdate is in error and she was older than 6. An Aside: In my family search, I found an ancestor who died during a harsh winter. The ground was frozen deeply and the cemetery crew was not able to dig a proper grave on time. (They did not have bull dozers, back hoes, or nimble tractors back then. In frozen ground, graves were dug by pick and shovel.) A wake and funeral was celebrated on scheduled. The casket and body was put outside to freeze. The "stiff" was left frozen until the grave could be deepened. He was interred about 2 weeks after the funeral....See MoreWould you buy a house with pet grave markers?
Comments (40)To answer the question, yes I would buy a place but they better disclose it. MN law is or at least used to be that essentially anything the seller knows that could impact the buyers use and enjoyment of the property must be disclosed with certain exceptions. Don't remember the exact wording. But, with some people freaky about ghosts, goblins and their own shadows, to find this could freak them out which could result in a negating of the sale or worse. There's been cases where large sums were awarded for rather trivial items all because the seller tried to cover something up. Selling "as is" does not necessarily remove all liability either. The idea is that if they happen to be on a flight path, have abnormal traffic at certain times, frequent power outages, low water pressure, etc, these things need to be disclosed, and rightly so. On a parcel your size, I'd likely leave it alone unless I wanted to do something there. But on a 25'x50' lot, I'd probably consider removing them. I wouldn't have the attachment the previous owner did, although I would have empathy. I don't understand peoples' need to have the remains so near to them. Why not cremate them and put their ashes there? I have my pets cremated and I don't want their ashes back even though they meant a lot to me alive they are now DEAD and having their body close won't bring them back. Even having their ashes would mean nothing to me, I have their memories, maybe some pictures, I don't need bones and hide. If I did, I'd have them stuffed. I guess I essentially agree with Rodney Dangerfield in Caddyshack, that the two biggest wastes of real estate are golf courses and cemeteries....See Moremaifleur01
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