STL DPB ON THE ROAD - GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH

 

Liberty, Nebraska, population 67. What I'm doing here is too long a story. For our international friends, you can find an explanation of the title here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_liberty,_or_give_me_death!          

LIGHT AND DARK

Dogwood tree blooming in the sun and tombstones in the shadows at the town cemetery in Ste. Genevieve.               

Hanover Cemetery

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We had some spare time before another family event Saturday. We drove to the small town of Hanover, the place where Carolyn's parents lived after they retired from the farm until her mother moved to seniors housing in the much larger town of Marysville.

Son Andy suggested we visit the cemetery - I'd never been. The monuments were uncrowded and there was no sound but the wind in the trees. Every graveyard has its quiet stories of success and tragedy. These photos illustrate some.  

 

Vive Les Françaises

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A couple of shots of the old Ste. Genevieve cemetery while I figure out when there might be time to shoot some new stuff. As I've mentioned, the town was settled by the French after their country took control of the Louisiana Territory from Spain. Apparently they were hardy people, as M. and Mme. Valle lived into their 80s. No Obamacare then, either.

As a speaker of 21st Century English, the gravestone in the bottom photo is pretty funny. Sure, the language was more formal one or two centuries ago, but it seems like the deceased is being damned by faint praise, as the saying has it.

Sorry for the lack of comments yesterday. I just got home from work way too late.