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There's this cemetery... in a field.

2/21/2012

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This last weekend, I took the gear out and finally took some pics for the first time in over a year. I didn't stray too far from home on this trip, but I remembered the most perfect place to go. I had gone to this location in years past, on Halloween nights with friends, and on a few photography trips. For anyone from the area, that knows where the State Park is on Wilmot Road, if you drive a little farther north, before Route 173, there is a cemetery, in the middle of a field. I'm not sure what came first, the corn field, or the cemetery, but you can't miss it. The trees are like those that you would imagine in an old spooky graveyard, and the whole thing is enclosed by a cement wall. The strangest thing about it, is the age of the stones. It must be a family plot, or a neighborhood cared for final resting place. It is always well maintained, and within in, lie those that have passed on from the 1800's, to as recently as the 1990's. I was on my own on this trip, and although it was the middle of the day, I can't say I wasn't still a bit freaked out. The wind picked up as I walked through the field, the dirt in the cemetery seemed extra unstable, and although I came out with my life, I still felt as if it may have been the last place anyone would have ever heard I went. Winter and Spring photography is difficult, without snow, and without green grass, and trees, but you can definitely find places like these to get some great shots.
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Joshua link
2/21/2012 08:00:17 pm

Very nice... There are some nice things about a snowless winter, and this is one of them! Spooky!

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Jackie
3/4/2012 11:01:26 am

Love this little cemetery!!! So odd, out there on its own. =)

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