Time Travel Thursday, September 13, 2012

Hello my Bloggy Friends!
Let's time travel back to 2010, I know, not too far to travel, but still it is going back in time.
We have this lake here in Tennessee, called Reelfoot Lake.  The history of the lake is that it was formed or grew larger due to one of the largest earthquakes recorded in this area of the United States.

You can click the link if you're a history buff....
Between mid-December 1811 and mid-March 1812 a series of catastrophic earthquakes shook West Tennessee and the rest of the Central Mississippi Valley. Judging from reports and eyewitness accounts, the quakes would have measured among the highest ever recorded on the modern Richter scale. Some reports said that the quakes were strong enough to awaken sleepers in Washington, D.C., and allegedly some tremors were felt twelve hundred miles away in Quebec City, Canada.


My hubby and I took a weekend trip to Reelfoot Lake, it's not a tourist spot.  Mostly the lake is a fisherman's paradise, and, well, we don't fish.  But, we do take hikes and pictures.  Enjoy!!

 Family cemetery we found, cool point of view, huh?

 How did those get bent?  Oh, and I don't have a picture, but we disturbed a rather large snake while visiting this family cemetery.

 Little girl's gravesite.

 The trees at Reelfoot lake are very interesting. Yes, that's me!

Have a wonderful Thursday!!

Tea time among the gravestones

Annual Confederate Cemetery Tour in Nashville's historical Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

This looks like a scene out of a movie.  But, really, this was taken by me with a point and click camera. I'm soooo proud.  These were tour guides hanging out before it was time for their tour to begin.  Pretty neat huh?

Mausolem of  adelicia acklen THE richest woman of her time. Plus the historian told us she was the first woman to make her soon to be hubby sign a prenuptial agreement.  She was a very smart woman!!

 Actor portraying Adelicia Acklen.

My twinny and little sister, Nancy.

 Another set of sisters: Sphinx sisters

 The MR looking handsome, as usual!

A wingless angel watching over the dearly departed.

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Gravestones and goblins and angels--OH MY!

 It's been awhile since I've blogged, not because I didn't want to, just because time constraints of my job.  This is our busiest season and this girl is burnin' it at both ends.....
But, I just wanted to write SOMEthing...anything!

 I'm gonna tell you a little secret...I love visiting old graveyards. I love tombstone art and it's symbolism.  When I spot an old cemetery, I try to stop.... I want to go visit the people that have been there for many years. I take a moment and reminisce on who that person was and what their lives were like.  When I visited my little brown eyed girl last month, we,(my twin and I) took the morning to visit Green Lawn Cemetery .  We only spent an hour there, so we hardly saw anything.  I did get some beautiful pictures.  Wanna see some? 

check out her beautiful flower garland.  What work!

I decided no time like the present to investigate some of the symbolism of these tombstones.  Here, the angel on a tomb symbolizes spirituality (easy guess), she is set there to guard the dead and act as a messenger between God and man.  A garland can symbolize glory or victory in death--who knew! I thought she was just beautiful--and perhaps the person that picked this angel for this grave site thought the same.

I especially love her back...check it out:

heavenly!

It was a hot as Hades(pun intended) that day, but overcast, making a good day for pictures.  I'm no big time photog and all I use is a point and shoot camera...but I do love taking pictures, especially of these lovely monuments to someones dearly beloved.   This next monument

enthralled me because of the detail work.  Look at these toes...they look better than a fresh pedicure!

 I don't remember when this person passed, but you can definitely see some wear...but even after years of wear these toes still look divine!  The urn she's holding signifies eternal life and looking down on the grave may mean she's guarding the person there.  LOVE.

If you're bored already, go on and visit another blog...cause I have just a little bit more to talk about here....


I thought this little stone was enchanting for the name engraved across the top: HERBIE.  Not Herbert, but Herbie...

don't you want to know more about Herbie, just from these simple raised letters?

I'm always a little sad when I find these graves....children's graves.  I can't help but wonder how the parents were after they lost their little baby.

a wee angel for Joyce...

the little innocent child, represented by a worn away lamb

 This one is kinda creepy because it's a headless dove.  Probably vandalized or worn away over time.  But, creepy nonetheless.

just a small grave for a small child marked by a dove of peace(without a head....)