[SakSquash]

Finally, after all this time, I got one. Thanks to Mira for helpin' a bratha' out.

http://deadeyes.textamerica.com/

It's still new, so there's still a lot I have to do with it. But it's a start.

[UPtimist]

Why congratulations!

A Dutchie died... And what's that behind the grave? Looks like a can... Respect the deceased indeed...

But hey, nice photos!

[saucyminx]

Looking good. Can't wait for more!

[SakSquash]

Originally Posted by UPtimist

Why congratulations!

A Dutchie died... And what's that behind the grave? Looks like a can... Respect the deceased indeed...

But hey, nice photos!

Oh my god. I never noticed that!! Shit, if I had known it was there, I would have picked it up and thrown it out.

Any idea as to what it says?

Thanks for the words mira!

[jjacob]

Originally Posted by SakSquash

Oh my god. I never noticed that!! Shit, if I had known it was there, I would have picked it up and thrown it out.

Any idea as to what it says?

Thanks for the words mira!

Nice blog! As to what the (piratey ) grave says (in very old Dutch):
"Here lays the body of Garardus Duychinck of New York. Deceased Jul 27 of 1746 at 51 years of age. He may have died but a nice life is burried with Garardus" then it becomes unreadable, but that last sentence rhymes in Dutch

[SakSquash]

Ah, thanks for the translate. I should take more pictures of other stones and have you do them.

[Karmillo]

More Pirate stones!

and nice pics, you should get more action shots in though!

[jjacob]

No problem Kind of fun reading about New Netherlands on wikipedia, never learned that in-depth in school, and I was kind of surprised to read trivia such as the Roosevelts being descendants of some Dutch guy, Brooklyn once being Breuckelen, Long and Staten Island once being Lang and Staten Eylandt etc. Plus, a lot of New Yorkers share a common ancestry with us Dutch - I'm so going to see New York soon

[SakSquash]

There are still a lot of the old dutch families that founded Kingston running the show even today.

[jjacob]

Awesome Do they still speak a little Dutch, or Jersey Dutch or something?

[Melanie68]

Gorgeous pictures! Your nature shots are very impressive.

[nikoniko]

Very nice stuff. I like the mix of casual and serious commentary.

The gravestone reminds me that I should put up some of my own pictures sometime. One of the most fascinating cemeteries I've visited was that of the state prison in Huntsville, Texas. All of the tombstones were made by inmates, and moving along the rows going from oldest to newest one could find stories in the stones.

There was a period from about 1910 to 1920 or so when the craftsmanship was thoroughly excellent, and from the character of the text on the stones it seemed each was probably carved by the same individual. Then all of a sudden the quality and style changed. I imagined that the first new stone was that of the previous craftsman.

One tombstone remembered a Mr. James B. Goode. I guess the name was too much to live up to.

Then there was a stretch in the 1990s when they stopped using names on the tombstones and marked only the inmate's prison system number. Some people in this world do terrible, ghastly things, but whatever else we strip away from them as punishment, we shouldn't take away their names.

And at all times, three graves lie open and ready for immediate use.

[Tobbe]

Nice Blog! Do you mind if I asked what kind of camera do you got?

[SakSquash]

Click.

[saucyminx]

I've put up three pictures from my Anatomy class a few days ago and just discovered that TA removed them.

[SakSquash]

Why?!

[saucyminx]

No idea. Too gory for the public, probably?

[SakSquash]

Oh god. How stupid. I wanna see them.

[saucyminx]

Try see now if it's there. Quickly before they get removed again.

[jjacob]

Great stuff, though I suspect mr. skeleton has a slight case of toenail fungus BTW how far into your studies are you Mira?