Edgar Allan Poe

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?   ~ Edgar Allan Poe

 

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.  ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.  ~ Edgar Allan Poe


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Halloween Road Trip

Today we took a break from house-hunting, working, making things, etc. and went on a road trip.  We often do take road trips, but we haven't really had a lot of time recently to just go.

Molly Maguire Park

The photo below is from what might possibly be the strangest memorial I've been to.  (And I have seen a lot of strange things in my travels....)

(I didn't know how to pose.....I smiled, but didn't think I should smile....it was very confusing....)

Jim Thorpe, PA Old Jail

Then we headed to Jim Thorpe, PA.  I think Jim Thorpe is one of the most adorable towns and it's in such a beautiful area.  We went for a different reason than the natural beauty, though.  We went to the old prison.  In this prison, some of the alleged Molly Maguires were hanged.  The strange thing about this, however, is that one of the people who was sentenced to be hanged, Alexander Campbell, exclaimed on his way to the gallows that he was innocent and put a handprint in his cell claiming that the handprint would never disappear as a sign of his innocence.  

The hand print is still there.  It's been cleaned, painted over and even part of the wall removed, and it's still there!  There have been scientists in to investigate and no one can come up for a logical explanation of why the hand print remains.

For more information about the Molly Maguires and the Old Jail, check out their website.

I was sort of sad that we couldn't take a photo of the actual hand print - it's copyrighted.

Spontaneous Stops

One of my favorite things about taking a road trip is finding cool things along the way that you didn't even expect.  We found this awesome cemetery on our way home.

For more photos of our trip, check out my flickr photostream.

Cemeteries in Weird Places

Lately, it seems like my boyfriend and I have been fascinated with cemeteries.  I am not sure how it started or why, but we have been to a lot of cemeteries.  And I have been taking a lot of photos at cemeteries.  

I am particularly fascinated by cemeteries in strange places.  This cemetery we found while looking for another cemetery.  It is in Lancaster County's Central Park, right on the outside of the golf course.  Just several very old graves in a wooded area.  Many of the headstones are falling over.

This little area with graves is just off to the side of an off-ramp.  I must have driven by it 100's of times until one day I noticed it.

I guess it isn't really that odd how the cemeteries ended up in these places.  People bury their family on their property and then the area is developed.  I am just glad that people were respectful to the graves.

Don't be surprised to see lots of cemetery photos in my photography scrabble pendant line!  I certainly take a lot of photos at cemeteries and think that headstones have their own special beauty.  There are a few in my latest photography photo line, and there will be more in my next run of them, too.  I am currently working on a coaster set with them that is turning out just beautifully.

Weekend In Photos