I’ve been struggling with some health stuff and things feel very hard. I’m still working on various projects, but in small doses. I did get to meet one of my fellow bloggers in person recently, which was amazing. I also continue to sell a few books a week and reviews are still coming in (thank you!)
While I’m focusing mostly on health right now, I did recently visit the historic Sacramento City Cemetery on a bright fall morning and take these photos. I hope you enjoy them and please let me know if you have a favorite.
As always, thank you for sticking around here. It means the world to me.
- Photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW
Wonderful moody soft light images Bridgette. I’m glad your book is selling and hope you feel better soon.
Thank you so much. I’m making lots of changes around here to start feeling better, but it’s taking up all my mental/physical energy at the moment. Hopefully though it means I’ll be a lot more productive soon.
It was great to be able to meet and spend an afternoon with you too, Bridgette. Thanks again for the warm welcome. 💙
Great shots of the cemetery. One of the best places we visited in Sacramento.
Thanks, Michael. It was a pleasure! I’m so glad we ended up at the cemetery. And if you find your way out here again, I’ll show you another part of town.
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Lots of things to see in that cemetery, Bridgette! I’m glad that your book is selling and I hope you feel much better soon. ❤️
Thank you so much, John. It’s been a journey for sure. It’s hard to keep pushing sales and reviews, but hopefully it starts to have it’s own momentum at some point. Meanwhile, I’m keeping busy.
I have a sense that you are not a quitter and will keep on pushing! You CAN do this, Bridgette. Have a great weekend too! 🥰
Aww! Thank you John. That I am, indeed. I’ve got a few new struggles ahead of me, but I’ll keep pushing through. I hope you have a great weekend too.
Like we said in the 70s, keep on truckin’ !! 😎
I like clever #9, two subjects for the price of one. I love walking through cemeteries and graveyards.
Thanks, Roy. I love walking cemeteries and graveyards too. I think I’ll take a little drive and find another old one to visit before the spooky season ends (although in my mind, it’s always partially spooky season). Glad you liked the dog in the cemetery. He was beautiful and luckily the owner was okay with me taking his photo.
Amazing photos in the morning light. You are so talented and skilled. I hope you are feeling better.
Thank you so much. Health can be a tricky thing, but I’m getting things back in order and hopefully am headed in the right direction.
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You know how much I love taking photos in cemeteries. But my love of closeups of bugs is even bigger. So my favorites this week are #7 (what a cool spooky photo!!!! Perfect for this time of year!), #10 (I love the light on the pedestal), #11 (my favorite little roly-polies, they made my childhood so happy!), and #19 (one of my current favorite subjects).
Thank you so much, Anna! My bug pictures aren’t nearly as good as yours, but I had fun editing them and making them extra spooky. My love of cemeteries really started with my photography journey. It’s been interesting to look for the finer details, to focus on those things in the cracks, or parts of the tombstone that doesn’t give away the names. I think I’ll visit another one before the month is up. Halloween is a good excuse.
Sometime, when we are in the same are for once, I’d love to go on a photography journey through a cemetery with you.
#11 is my favorite. I hope you are feeling better. Holler if there is anything I can do or if you need an ear.
I’m so glad you like my little roly-poly. Thank you for the kind words and I will do so. It’s a new phase of my life, and I’ve got to start working on my health so I can enjoy what comes next. Planning a big Disney trip in a year or so, and my goal is to be a lot more mobile by then. I can do it!
I’m glad you took photos of the Old City Cemetery!It’s such a weird place, with its combination of Victorian headstones and crypts and scraggly, almost feral plants. I’ve always thought it looked like Edward Gorey designed the landscaping, though I was also a little afraid to walk through there. A woman who claimed to be psychic told me the place was filled with spirits watching the living as they walked among the stones. Part of me is skeptical, but I come from a family that sees ghosts (not me, though, never that un/lucky). Your photographs capture the stillness and historic weight of the cemetery. Hope you are feeling better!
Thank you. I’m glad you liked these! You are right, it is a weird place! I could totally see what you’re saying about it looking like it was designed by Edward Gorey. The tombstone placements are so uneven and odd. It’s what I like about it actually, how varied and strange it feels. I wouldn’t doubt there are spirits about that place. I wouldn’t want to be there alone at night.
Yes, I enjoyed the photos very much as I like visiting old cemeteries. I like that you captured the nature that was there. Photos reflected a bit the dark side of death.
So glad you liked these, especially as someone who frequents old cemeteries. I had a lot of fun editing the bug photos. For some reason I’m always drawn to the tiny things, not the big impressive tombs. It’s the bug or the flower petal I want to look it.
Taking care of yourself first is the most important.
Indeed! I’ve done a poor job of taking care of myself for the last five years, letting stress get the better of me. Now, I’m being forced to face it all and it’s honestly a good thing. Better to face things head on.
I hope you feel better, Bridget. Wonderful photos you’ve captured!
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I’m so glad you like these photos, Cindy. I’m working on feeling better. I’ll need a surgery, but it’s a ways off. For now, just working on what I can.
Oh so sorry to hear that Bridget but I hope it goes well. Sending healing!!!❤️
Beautifully atmospheric photos, Bridgette. Take care of yourself. 💐
Thank you so much for the kind comment and your caring heart. I appreciate you so much.
My likes: #’s 3, 6, 8, 13, 18, 19
Oh, I’m so glad you like so many of these! I really love visiting old cemeteries and you are reminding me I need to go again soon.