Comments on Women of Mystery: My Town Monday: Peternity

What a great post. I sincerely hope that last one ...

2008-04-15T18:05:00.000-04:00

What a great post. I sincerely hope that last one is a breeder, or maybe a family/generational plot and the original headstone just got replaced as it was too small.

Oops. I meant 40 years of Yum Yums.

2008-04-15T13:58:00.000-04:00

Oops. I meant 40 years of Yum Yums.

Bag Lady- I choose my equipment with engines base...

2008-04-15T13:56:00.000-04:00

Bag Lady- I choose my equipment with engines based on the location and quantity of cupholders, too.

Britta- Some of these headstones are decades old and have been added and added to (with dates). I forgot to post the wonderful one that showed 20 years of Yum Yums from I to IV, ranging from 1963 to 2007. Perhaps this one shows a century of pampered and pedigreed hamsters.

I've never seen a pet cemetary before (if you don'...

2008-04-15T13:21:00.000-04:00

I've never seen a pet cemetary before (if you don't count the Stephen King flick). What an interesting post.

I'm with you--I sure hope that last pic was all fish. Or maybe some type of animal farm?

Clare! Too funny! No, it's a ride-on mower, so the...

2008-04-15T13:03:00.000-04:00

Clare! Too funny! No, it's a ride-on mower, so there's always a funny little drunken glitch in the track there, where the Bag Lady is wiping her eyes on her sleeve.... Not that the Bag Lady drinks when she's mowing the lawn, you understand....well, only on the hot days...why else would there be a cup-holder on the lawn mower...and, sheesh, it takes 3 hours to mow the damned lawn. You'd need a beer, too!!!

Dear tender-hearted Bag Lady-I sure hope you don't...

2008-04-15T11:36:00.000-04:00

Dear tender-hearted Bag Lady-

I sure hope you don't have an electric mower.

Clare, what a lovely post! The Bag lady is very te...

2008-04-15T09:40:00.000-04:00

Clare, what a lovely post! The Bag lady is very tender-hearted when it comes to her pets, and has both her favourite dogs buried in the back yard. She even made markers for them - dog bones carved out of wood.
Unfortunately, the sight of the markers makes her cry every time she mows the lawn, so perhaps it wasn't the best idea........

Lois-I think part of it is that animals are so inn...

2008-04-14T20:57:00.000-04:00

Lois-

I think part of it is that animals are so innocent. I don't mean that they don't do destructive and/or annoying things, and that many don't live off the deaths of other ones. What I mean is that they're always perfectly themselves, no apologies or evasions, always completely dogly or catly or birdly or ratly. And humans with our differing faces for different places and subtexts and dissembling can envy the apparent simplicity of such forthright, earnest self-possession. At least I do.

Besides, lots of them are elegant or interesting or cute. I forget who said: we love them for their bodies.

I'd have expected this cemetery to be in nearby Va...

2008-04-14T19:16:00.000-04:00

I'd have expected this cemetery to be in nearby Valhalla.

Why is it we get so sappy over animals? I tell you I can't buy anything but free range eggs, don't eat meat, and weep during Thirteen's Nature programs. We do bury our pets, but have not yet paid for a plot or gravestone.

It's funny, I very often end up living very close ...

2008-04-14T17:22:00.000-04:00

It's funny, I very often end up living very close to cemeteries for some reason. Just a strange coincidence. But I do love them. They have such a beauty and peace about them and so much history. I have visited many in my travels around the world. Thanks for lovely post.

So what's with all the buried food? Souffle, Muff...

2008-04-14T16:55:00.000-04:00

So what's with all the buried food? Souffle, Muffin, Skippy, Spuds, Sprouts? I mean, I've had some baking disasters, but I don't usually memorialize them...

Was the basis or setting of Stephen King's story?

2008-04-14T16:29:00.000-04:00

Was the basis or setting of Stephen King's story?

But...are the goldfish buried there or are they fl...

2008-04-14T15:25:00.000-04:00

But...are the goldfish buried there or are they flushed away? Hmmmm..please elaborate. I would hate to bury my goldfish and while I am digging away, churning up the earth for my newest victim to gold fish gluttony, find the last victim, staring through hollow eyes...

Just a thought.

Great post. I've always been fascinated with death and graveyards.

Thanks for sharing!

~C

We have similar cemetaries here in England - very ...

2008-04-14T14:31:00.000-04:00

We have similar cemetaries here in England - very interesting post Thank you

Cemeteries have their own fascination and the ones...

2008-04-14T13:24:00.000-04:00

Cemeteries have their own fascination and the ones geared to pets that much more so.

I have also found graveyards to be a fascinating l...

2008-04-14T12:41:00.000-04:00

I have also found graveyards to be a fascinating look at local history.
We make funeral urns, both for pets and for people, so it doesn't surprise me that folks choose to remember their pets in the way you have shared. Thanks for a nice post.

Oh my! What a wonderful homage. I don't know if I ...

2008-04-14T12:30:00.000-04:00

Oh my! What a wonderful homage. I don't know if I could go through there...I'd probably bawl my eyes out. I'm a total sap where animals are concerned. I even cry at the ASPCA commercials. Thanks for sharing. Very touching.