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Part of our leisurely drive down the coast last week included a cruise through Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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And while that might sound a little odd or off the beaten track..
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I assure you we weren’t the only ones. It’s a beautiful spot and very popular with walkers as well.
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I’ve always found cemeteries to be peaceful and serene places, and this one was simply gorgeous.
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Meticulously maintained…
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This section with perfectly trimmed hedges was especially nice.
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Did I mention the dearly departed have a water view?
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There were hundreds of fascinating old gravestones dating back to the 1700’s and a few modern memorials…. that to me, looked out of place.
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Some of the decorative iron fencing was fabulous. For when you really don’t like your neighbors… living or dead.
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Yes, if I lived closer…
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I’d be taking frequent strolls with the dearly departed.
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River's world..... 
Nothing more peaceful …..
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They really are.
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I love the local cemetery! We have a couple small private masoleums but I think no one’s actually in them. It’s on a hillside. Some of the markers in the back have been lost to sinkage caused by illegal oil drilling back in the 20s to 50s.
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They really are fascinating places to stroll…..
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Pre covid, we had summer movies in the cemetery. And the historical society does a great event on the Sat before Halloween where they have costumed actors telling the life & death story of up to 12 people, changing them up every year.
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That’s wonderful. I’d love that!
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Rocky Horror Picture Show was a ton of fun!! I was in a shadow cast in the 80s… something very few people experienced… so the crowd got to hear all the callbacks that I could recall. And a couple got married before the movie… I just remembered that! I gave them all the $$ I had on me (about $50) as a wedding present.
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What a beautiful place, dead or alive, I’d love to walk around and take in the view. Okay obviously you can’t walk around if your dead but you know what I mean.
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Hell with strolls!!! Party with them at night!
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It’s bad enough I have to share my tequila with the living….
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I’m like you. I find them so peaceful. What a beautiful place with so much history! If those stones could talk (I guess they really do when you stop to examine a life between the dash).
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Women died young, and so many babies never made it past 2.
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Yikes! Is this where Uncle Joe found his 2020 voters from?
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That really does look like a lovely place–“far from the madding crowd”, as Thomas Gray so poetically described it.
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A few of the residents may have been mad. Hard to say…
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I prefer Pet Cemeteries verses Human. Most of the Headstone sayings there,make me smile 😊.
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I’ve never actually been to one. Though we did visit the dog chapel in Vermont. I wept….
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Walking through cemeteries is a favorite pastime of mine. Luckily, we have a beautiful one right down the street.
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Not far to go. Now, and later…. nice.
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I too love cemeteries…I find them peaceful and filled with history that we can never truly fully know…and have been to this one also
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