Picture Pages! Picture Pages!

We got our mom's headstone 3 1/2 years ago (Mother's Day 2002) and this is the first time that I have taken pictures of her cemetery. One thing that I especially love here is the view of the countryside.

These were taken on Halloween and show Beulah Land as the leaves were changing and falling.

The clearing of the forest also provided a glimpse of headstones that are hidden within the woods the remainder of the year. Some were still impossible to get to, due to briar patches and other such forces of nature.

Edeburn--This was the first of our stops. Juli was attacked by a tree and she showed me the grave that attacked her sister on their last visit.

Halton--We couldn't remember exactly where this one was located--miraculously, Juli spotted it from across the river while SHE was driving. How she spotted it, I will still never know... Crazy. Totally crazy. This cemetery is interesting because it is primarily children--there are three adults in the entire cemetery--all of the rest are young children. Even though the graves are from the early 1900s, several had gifts of children's toys on them.

Munderf--This one is home to Ben's site.

Richardsville--The most interesting part of this cemetery was a tree that had grown around an old iron fence becoming an interesting hybrid of metal and living organism (another of Juli's odd discoveries). Perhaps it is a magical doorway to some unknown land... Also, the Baptist Section of the cemetery.

Beechwoods--This cemetery was my main inspiration for celebrating Dia de los Muertos.

The random photos along the way.

My strange sighting occurred at the Munderf Cemetery. We drove along its roads with no intentions of getting out; it wasn’t the most exciting place I have ever been to. However, I spotted a tree, at the top of the back section of the cemetery that I wanted to photograph. We parked by the tree and upon getting out, I couldn’t find a shot that I liked.

Since we were there, Juli decided to check in on the sites of some of her ancestors. I began walking down the hill into the center of the cemetery. I found myself drawn to the back row and spotted a stone of interest. I took several photos from the middle rows, looking out across the horizon and then approached the grave.

It was the only stone that I approached in the entire cemetery. I had never been to the Munderf Cemetery, but had driven past it numerous times. How it is that of all the stones in the cemetery, I ended up at this one is beyond me. I can’t begin to explain how strange this was, but it made the hair rise on the back of my neck.

For six years, I heard about Ben. His passing had a huge impact on many lives—most of all, my boyfriend of the time. He told the story often as we passed the cemetery. Yet despite his grief, we never stopped to visit.

They were eleven when Ben was killed. He was hit by a car and died instantly. My boyfriend never got over it. It was his first experience with death and the loss of a close childhood friend. Perhaps this was part of his anger and rage. I do not know.

I still haven’t mentioned this to him or any of his family. It was all just too weird.

How or why these things happen, I can not say. It seemed a little bit beyond odd coincidences, in my book, though. The pictures turned out pretty cool--note the rainbow in the final picture--beyond words...

The rest of the pictures from Station Scare. Also, the bleeding walls that I came home to.

Our brief brush with fame. Streiner (left) co-produced and played Johnny in Night of the Living Dead. Co-writer, Russo, (right) also played a zombie.

Autographs and photos with two of the zombies and big wigs from the original Night of the Living Dead... Are we lucky gals or what?!

This is what happens when you let me lead. I'll get us lost, through some unknown door, into an unknown area full of scary beings...

In this case, a wrong turn made us miss half of the Night of the Living Dead Farmhouse and we ended up in a restricted area. Of course, since there were interesting things in the restricted area and we had cameras (which we later found out were also restricted), we decided to stop and pose.

At any rate, the trip down Dinosaur Alley was a fun one and we were really surprised by all of the extra rooms the second time through the Farmhouse & Cemetery! Even on our third and fourth trips through, we never did quite figure out how we ended up here!

Rather eerie, hazy, almost as though a snapshot of a dream...

We almost got poor Freddy fired, but Nikki got her photo!

Photos of where my beaver was laid to rest... Not really--don't wig on me! :)

Seriously though, this is a beautiful cemetery, with some of the most incredible mausoleums that I have ever seen (252 Crypt Addition Completed!!!)--especially note-worthy is the Leaf Mausoleum and we did catch some inside shots of it also...

Located in Reynoldsville, PA--this secluded little cemetery is literally located at the dead end of a wooded country lane.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of the journey along this back road is the fact that graves and headstones are randomly scattered throughout the woods and along the hillside. This goes on throughout the several mile journey to the actual cemetery.

These photos were taken in late August while the woods were still lush and full. A future trip is planned in mid-autumn (perhaps for Halloween or All Saint's Day) when the leaves have fallen and the hillside and headstones are visible.