A chronicle of a saturday wandering

I suppose it had something to do with the memorial gathering I attended for a friend's father on Friday night, but after tearing about some off-the-map locales around Dallas I zen-navigated to Greenwood Cemetery in Uptown. Of course wandering around and looking at things with a photographic eye is a very meditative practice anyway, but doing so in a gorgeous old cemetery really gets one in a contemplative mood.

You will see I met one Mr. Fox there. By all accounts he has quite a little family hiding out right in the middle of Uptown Dallas, which comes as a surprise to many visitors to Greenwood. In any case, we had a bit of a chat, he was vaguely interested in my photographic endeavors for a moment, but ultimately found me bad company. You never know with foxes.

I was looking for some sort of mythological association between fox and graveyards, but haven't found any strong ties along those lines. Still, it would be an interesting thought to have a kitsune guarding over the resting souls of Dallas (even though our Mr. Fox only has one tail.)

You might also note that I didn't take many pictures of gravestones, per se. I had this odd notion in my skull of it being rude to just take pictures of the resting places of strangers. I suppose I still have a recent reading The Graveyard Book in the back of my consciousness.

Also take note of the findagrave.com link at the top of this post. It looks like a very helpful, free, open-submission site to help out with researchers and genealogists. I always like to help point people to interesting online resources.

There are more photos from earlier in the day, but the Greenwood set seemed the most cohesive to start with.

The surprisingly secluded, civil war to modern era contemplation and escape spot in Dallas can be found on the map below...

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