The Cemetery Walk

The Brighton Cemetery (1821) is located at the end of Hoyt Place in the City of Rochester. This cemetery was in the Village of Brighton until 1905 when the whole Village was annexed by the City of Rochester. The early records of the cemetery burned in a fire at the Presbyterian Church. 

He Saw

 Lucy is going to have a problem when she dies.

She Saw

I find cemeteries interesting, but sad. This was a very old cemetery, and maintenance was barely being done. Grass clipping were all over the headstones. Large trees grew right next to grave stones. Wild vegetation encroached many graves.  In another few years, no one will even know that these graves exist. Many of the tombstones were so old that the writing wasn't legible anymore.  That's why I find cemeteries so sad. How sad to have lived your entire life on earth and end up being wiped out by unkempt vegetation and the vagaries of weathering! This sweet lass seems to have overcome that fate. Who is she waiting for?

The Lake Walk

In August we spent a week in a rustic cabin on Lake Kiwassa, near Saranac Lake, NY. Denise "trains" at the Olympic Center at nearby Lake Placid. Although a lot of the week was rainy, there were some beautiful days in the mountains. 


She saw

The edge of the inlet where our cabin was located was filled with sediment, downed tree branches, lots of vegetation. Growing in the midst of this was a small white flower, struggling to reach the sun. Somehow this seems like a metaphor of my life-small instances of beauty in the midst of chaos.

He Saw

My first picture on the web; it looks like it. Lots of room for improvement. the resampling of the image takes some of the softness out of the colors and makes the image darker than I like. Oh, well. Live and learn. The next one should be better.