Photo Friday: Our Darling Dora

Sad and sweet on a beautiful fall morning:

OUR DARLING

DORA

DIED

Dec. 16, 1890.

Aged

1 Y'r. 11 M's. 9 D's.

She was but as a smile

Which glistens in a tear

Seen but a little while

but oh, how loved, how dear.

Union Cemetery, Long Lake, Hennepin, Minnesota.

Photo Friday: Oak Hill Cemetery in the Morning

Oak Hill Cemetery is a beautiful old cemetery on a very steep, round hill.   It's found tucked away (now between busy roads) just off the shore of Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior, Hennepin, Minnesota.  The cemetery "road", lined with rocks and barely wide enough for one car, spirals up and up around the hill.  Gravity has performed its duty on this steep incline to ensure that hardly any of the stones are straight anymore, making it very picturesque. Happy Photo Friday!