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Sunday, April 11, 2021

St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, 5201 Kraft Ave SE, Grand Rapids MI ~ April 8, 2021

This is a very small cemetery we've driven by several times on our way to the Ford Airport viewing area. This time we stopped to look around. Not being Catholic, and not knowing saints, the best I can figure out is that this is named after Saint Mary Joseph Rosello, who was instrumental in the formation of the Institute of the Daughters of Mercy. She lived, worked, and died in Italy (1888), and was canonized in 1949. My assumption is based solely on the death year of this monument.
The cemetery is old with many Irish Catholics as residents.
Veterans
A young Eagle scout whose grave is well-visited as he was well-loved.
A mystery plot
The baby graves are always the saddest.
"Our love goes with you and our souls wait to join you."
A good father and a good mother at rest.
A rusting marker with a resting stone.
More resting stones and markers for the Reardon family.
A tree stump stone for John (no WOW or MWA logos) and a Celtic cross behind him for the Troy family.
Lots of IHS logos (first three Greek letters of Jesus and/or the Latinized version of the Greek letters (Iesus Hominum Salvator (Jesus Savior of humankind).
Keeping the lamp lit (Matthew 25).
A buried urn.
A repaired stone with maybe a missing stone behind it.
The verse found on this stone was a mystery to us.
"Dart about as sparks through stubble. WIS 3:7 " but any Catholic will probably know it (the Catholic Bible contains seven books the Protestant Bible does not).
Respect to everyone regardless of which way he or she leans.
 

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Doe, a deer, a female deer - and a brave one at that - 8/29/12

She was a bold one. This is right outside of our bedroom window and we are watching each other. 
I was in the kitchen starting the coffee and saw her bob up in the woods.  She nicely stayed around for a few more photos, watching the cat on the patio watching her, before taking off.
Here's a deer posting from last year: Here, there, and everywhere, we have deer