Oakland Cemetery with Jessica

 Today Jessica and I went to the historic Oakland Cemetery to take some pictures. Here are some of the ones I made:

Lawrenceville Historic Cemetery with Jessica

Today and last Saturday, Jessica and I went to the Lawrenceville Historic Cemetery to walk around and take pictures. To be exact, last Saturday, February 27, we went to what I'm confident was the Lawrenceville Historic Cemetery; today we went to the cemetery across the street from that, which might actually be either Gwinnett Memorial Park or part of East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens; it's hard to tell.

In any case, here are some of the pictures I took (and one that Jessica took):

(Yes, "Established 1819" -- this cemetery is now more than 200 years old!)

(That's the picture Jessica took, as is probably obvious. I didn’t get any good pictures of Jessica, unfortunately.)

Bethesda Cemetery with Jessica

 Today Jessica and I went to Bethesda Cemetery to walk around and take some pictures. Here are six pictures I took and one that Jessica took (it should be obvious which one Jessica took):

The Snellville Historical Cemetery with Jessica

Today Jessica and I went to the Snellville Historical Cemetery to take pictures. Here are some of the ones I took:

This is a cropped version of the above picture:

When we go to cemeteries like this, Jessica spends a lot of her time putting flowers back in vases and righting fallen statuary and otherwise putting things back in order:

This picture I edited pretty heavily in both Picasa and Photoshop Elements to make it atmospheric:

Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery

Today Jessica and I went out to take pictures. Since the current coronavirus-avoidance recommendations say it's a really bad idea to go to anyplace where we're likely to encounter lots of other people, I chose a spot that seemed almost certain to be deserted, but also likely to be visually interesting: a cemetery. (The fact that we enjoyed our time walking around and shooting in the cemetery in Pembroke last month also figure into this decision.)

(And actually it wasn't deserted, not strictly speaking: in the time that we were there, three or four vehicles came through with individuals or families to visit graves, deliver flowers, and so on, and there was also a woman who appeared to be walking the cemetery's paths for exercise. Still, we were at least six feet away from them--more like 60 or 600 feet away, actually--at all times, and nobody sneezed or coughed on us.)

The cemetery I picked, Chestnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, is less than four miles from our house; I've driven by it hundreds of times and barely even noticed it. Here's a picture of one of our first views of the cemetery, from the church parking lot:

Jessica in her typical pose, taking pictures:

The church in the distance:

(The flag on the right side of the frame near the top is across the street, at a used-car lot.)  

Jessica righting a vase of plastic flowers (which she does a lot in these places):

Come Ye Blessed

J.M. Head

Sept. 11, 1829

May 9, 1910

May he find joy in the 

life everlasting.

An honest man is the

noblest work of God.

Aunt Jane Ford

Born Nov. 23, 1827

Died Sept. 18, 1901

Mother to

the Motherless

How I usually see Jessica:

One of our last views of the cemetery, just before we left:

Braselton Brunch and Pendergrass Cemetery Photography

Today Jessica and I went out with the intention of doing some small town photography. We started by having lunch (or, as it turned out, the brunch buffet) at Pat's Eatery, in Braselton; it was fantastic, and very busy.

After eating our fill, we drove around Braselton and Hoschton for a few minutes but didn't find anyplace that looked worth stopping to take pictures. I drove north, more or less arbitrarily, on U.S. 129 until we got to Pendergrass, which was also fairly dead, at least as far as creating small town art is concerned. However, we did find the Pendergrass Baptist Church and the cemetery behind it (I'm not sure if the cemetery is really connected to the church or not), and Jessica suggested we take pictures there. So we did.

Here are some of the pictures I took:

(This was on the front door, I assume because Valentine's Day was just a couple of days ago.) 

 (Jessica spent a lot of the time we were there righting overturned vases and putting plastic flowers back in their pots.)