BLOG PARTY Stolen: One Garden Trowel 18 Apr 2018April 2, 2021 It was Autumn. 1972. Mama Rabbit was preparing dinner, when I blustered through the door bringing in a swirl of fallen leaves and discarded candy wrappers. We found Papa John…
Rock of Ages Good Intentions Lost A Life (Again) 22 Jun 2015March 28, 2018 Before First Winter hit (OCT2015), I ran some errands and stopped in Fort Saskatchewan (Alberta). The cemetery there is a modestly small one; I can safely call it that as…
Your Roots Are Showing Have You Met Mary Ann? #12FamilyFinds 4 Jun 2015April 2, 2018 My memory is failing, have I introduced you to Mary Ann KELLAM? We met in Barrie, Ontario at The ATKINSON Family Reunion in 1982. (Sort of.). It was at that…
Your Roots Are Showing Finally: the Grave of a DAR Patriot 23 Mar 2015March 28, 2018 I've written a few times about Daniel, Junior's 5-times great-grandfather An American Revolutionary Patriot Lies Here, 26 JAN 2013, and Sunday’s Obituary: 1846 – Daniel SKINNER, GAR (DAR Patriot), 23 DEC 2012…
Rock of Ages Black Slate Gravestones 23 Mar 2015March 31, 2018 Mister Manton's photograph above is a beautiful capture of the aging quality of black slate gravestones. This picture is of the Lister Lane Cemetery located in Halifax, West Yorkshire in…
Poetry - RainGate Tombstone Coins 13 Feb 2014May 6, 2018 While walking through a national graveyard, well-kept and so preserved; I asked myself "Why?" Was desecration I spied? And closer I went to observe -- An old man, feeble with age, with…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit An American Revolutionary Patriot Lies Here 26 Jan 2013March 4, 2016 Saturday, January 26, 2013: WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO?!? I have offered to help my son (oldest one, Junior) with his SAR worksheets. Yes, worksheets, he has five patriots…
Genealogy… Tombstone Tuesday – Stayner Union Cemetery, ON 3 Jul 2012July 3, 2012 Ada Jane (ATKINSON) LAWSON was a daughter of William ATKINSON and Sarah "Catherine" SCHELL; a granddaughter of John ATKINSON and Jane WATSON. George was a son of Alfred LAWSON and…
Rock of Ages The Gas Light Mysteries: Alone at Hillside 4 Feb 2012April 7, 2018 I give many thanks to the membership of the Medicine Hat & District Genealogical Society (AGS) for their valuable assistance and kindness in helping me research this segment. His name…
Genealogy… Funeral Card Friday – Gramma Rabbit 6 Jan 2012April 29, 2018 I was only 12years-old when she died. Emily was “Gramma Rabbit,” the first Graveyard Rabbit, who took me through the local cemeteries to tend to the flowers by the graves…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Tombstone Tuesday – To Everything … 3 Jan 2012December 31, 2011 Looks like engraving, but up close ... it's wood! Fort Saskatchewan Cemetery Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Wordless Wednesday – Whitewash 28 Dec 2011January 27, 2018 Fort Saskatchewan Cemetery Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
Genealogy… Madness Monday – Help Wanted 20 Dec 2011December 20, 2011 As I have never come across a problem like this before, I put this to the experienced researchers out there. When searching for relatives, I am familiar with death dates…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Tombstone Tuesday: Gravestone Goldmine 20 Sep 2011December 2, 2011 A burial from 1758 and this year is 2011 -- that is 253 years. This aged stone has been braving the elements, mosses and lichen in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. (Although…
Sir Leprechaun Rabbit Not Again 20 Jun 2011May 7, 2018 What do you do when you see this? What more can you do but cry? To lose him once was painful, but to lose him again ... why?
Rock of Ages Rock of Ages 8: White Bronze 19 Apr 2011May 7, 2018 White Bronze: It's All the Rage Markers that appear to be made of a bluish-grey stone are actually made of molded metal. The material was called “White Bronze,” to make…