Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt - "Original"

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This week's theme was an easy one as I'm going to assume that "original" means any "original" photo that I have in my collection and this one looked pretty "original" to me! This one was taken last Fall at one of my favorite haunts (sorry, couldn't resist!) the Yantic Cemetery. I rather liked the colors of the sky and I rather like this particular tombstone also, I bet it would make a nice tattoo.

For more great "original" photos pop on by TNChick and see what everyone else scared up on their haunt hunt!

Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt - "Hobby"

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Those of you who stopped by for Wordless Wednesday this week got to see a picture of a statute that was taken during the course of one of my hobbies. Though some may think it rather strange, I really enjoy exploring old cemeteries and looking at the stones of the people who are buried next to them.

In older Victorian cemeteries, a lot of the gravestones are true works of art and the craftsmanship is comparable to what you might find in a local museum. The difference is that these works of art weren't made just to be displayed in an art gallery but they were crafted to memorialize and commemorate a loved one, to celebrate and mark the final resting place of a person who may have once been just like you or I.

My favorite cemetery in Norwich is the Yantic Cemetery (located within view of the William W. Backus Hospital!) established in July of 1844. Though there are older cemeteries in Norwich, I like the gravestones in this one the best as they come in all shapes, sizes, and types of stone; some with columns, some with statutes, and some with vaults. The names on the stones in the Yantic Cemetery read like a who's who of Norwich and within the stone walls surrounding its 28+ acres lie a former governor of Connecticut, a good number of Civil War officers, and more people who have had roads named after them then you can find anywhere else in town!

For today's Scavenger Hunt I have posted 18 of my favorite pictures from the Yantic Cemetery taken at various times over the past couple of years. The slideshow offers a magnifier option if you'd like to see a part of any of the pictures a little closer, just slide your mouse over the picture to activate it. If you're interested in reading more about the Yantic Cemetery and seeing a few of the stranger pictures I've taken there, please check out my post from last August 26th, "Who Ya Gonna Call?".

Happy Saturday and Happy Hunting!

Cool Slideshows

Oh, and just as a side note - my favorite statute is the kneeling and green-formerly-copper cloaked woman who watches over the grave of Sarah Larned, wife of Charles Osgood. Hers is my most photographed grave in the cemetery.

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47. SargeCharlie 48. YTSL 49. meeyauw 50. Turtles 51. Larry 52. Pastormac\'s Ann 53. eph2810 54. Mitey Mite 55. Caylynn 56. Twisted Cinderella 57. Lynn 58. Sueellen 59. baby&toddler talk 60. ginabee 61. Hijackqueen 62. PowersTwinB 63. bonggamom 64. Marcia 65. Rach 66. Barbara H. 67. mslovely101

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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt - "Broken"

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Before anyone looks at this picture and thinks "What the heck has a cemetery got to do with this week's theme?" let me just explain myself as best I can!

First off, if you look closely you will notice that there are several broken or close-to-broken tombstones in this picture and that alone would fit the theme of "broken" but more than that is the place itself.

A cemetery is a place of broken hearts, of broken dreams, of broken lives. Chances are very good that for every tombstone and grave marker that you can find in a cemetery there was a broken heart attached to it somewhere for very few of us live our lives totally alone and have someone to grieve for us when we die.

This picture was taken at Yantic Cemetery here in Norwich and - believe it or not - it's one of my favorite places in town. It was established in 1884, sits on over 28 acres, and has some of the most interesting gravestones in the area. I am sure that each and every single one of them has a story, most of which I shall never know, but I like to think about the people who have made this cemetery their final resting place and wonder what their lives were like.

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17. Daisy 18. SargeCharlie 19. Sarah 20. Barbara 21. Becci-PowersTwinB 22. empress bee (of the high sea) 23. Maribeth 24. Lisa Renee 25. Christina 26. East of Oregon 27. Leah 28. Michelle 29. mar 30. srp 31. TorAa 32. Stacy

33. Teena in Toronto 34. Mike 35. YellowRose 36. incog 37. It\'s A Blog Eat Blog World 38. Coll 39. Kim from Hiraeth 40. Jessica 41. exptraveler 42. Sunflower 43. katherine. 44. Pastormac\'s Ann 45. Biker Betty 46. JHSiess 47. Sanni

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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt

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This Week's Theme: Gross

If I thought last week's hunt for the "Silver" theme was tough it was nothing compared to this week's theme of "Gross"! I am quite happy to report that I have nothing in my personal photo collection that qualifies for this week's topic but because of that a field trip was in order to try to find something that could fit the bill.

Luckily I had to go to Staples to pick up a few things and was even luckier to remember some of my basic math. And so there you have it - 144 little golf pencils - a complete and total gross!

Happy hunting and happy Saturday to all!