The Gingerbread Question

RDP Tuesday Prompt: Day Light Savings Time

The question we ask, as we set our clocks back and then forward again- how should we use  all of that saved time and how hard should we chase after the time we lose when we Spring forward?

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

But then I wonder, if I could ask any of these people sleeping at the Oakwood Cemetery what they think of me wasting an hour and calling it meaningless, what their response would be.

Phioto A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery
Beaver Dam WI
October 2023

For some reason the one word that comes to mind as I contemplate this question and look at this picture is- run.

Run and catch every single minute before they get away.

Bring It On Home

Today’s RDP is RAPTOR
When I was a kid my best friend Ronnie was big on dinosaurs and his favorite dinosaurs were raptors.
Because Ronnie and I spent a lot of time together I learned all about raptors- first being I’m glad they’re all dead and they won’t be coming back. Those animals were the stuff of nightmares and I’m pretty sure if they turned back up for any reason they’d wipe us out before dinner time.
On the other hand, we  have the smaller feathered cousins of  the dinosaurs flying around and by that I mean birds.
Birds of prey feed on vertebrates that’s mammals, reptiles and smaller birds ( which makes them cannibals but I’ll touch on that in a moment )
Being that it is so close to Halloween I thought I would bring this prompt  on home and point out that Witches do the same thing.
They fly around, they feed on vertebrates and some of them feast on other witches- especially the ones that smell like sage and patchouli ( bwahaahaaaa).
Happy Halloween- and a word to the wise- if you are out around the witching hour this weekend, I don’t know- gee- maybe you SHOULD NOT be out and about unless you can run as fast – and I do mean very, very fast.

Photo by Pumpkinrot

Photo: Pumpkinrot

Photo By Pumpkinrot

The Peacock Family and Their Neighbors

I’ve been taking pictures at cemeteries for a few years now and I feature them here on my blog. 

This year’s collection was different- these pictures have oomph and I am excited to share them with you.

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Meet the Peacock Family:  I loved their name and call it a moment of inspiration or a haunting- but as soon as I saw the Peacock’s tombstones I just knew there’s a story here just waiting to be told.

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

J.H. Peacock and Caroline Peacock’s headstones were in the best shape, I’m sorry to say the other Peacock’s markers were harder to read.  I included them in a group portrait below:

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

The Family Tree- this was the second tombstone I saw like this one  while I was visiting Wisconsin- the other was in Fox Lake. I captured different angles so that you could see the beautiful work that went into creating this lovely tombstone.

Here is some information I found  about “Tree Stones “.

Tree-stump tombstones like these can be found in graveyards across the country ( USA). They tend to surprise people who come across them, since they’re not quite what we expect to see at the head of a grave. They date mostly to 1880s to 1920s, when funerary art in the United States was moving away from the grand mausoleums and obelisks found elsewhere in Green-Wood. The tree-stump stones were part of a movement to turn the focus of death back to life, and they’re a unique form connected with the secret societies of the time. “They qualify as folk art,” writes Susanne Ridlen, in her 1999 book Tree-Stump Tombstones.

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

As my Son and I were leaving Oakwood, we passed by this tombstone flanked by two trees glowing in  gold and red leaves and I thought of a Christmas Tree.

I know, it’s silly. After all, it’s almost Halloween.

Despite my holiday snafu, it was a beautiful sight:

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

I have more pictures to share and I will add them to my blog here through the winter. I don’t want to do a photo dump because all of my Graveyard pictures have a story to tell and I want to give them their moment to shine.
                                                                                  anita

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

Inspired by RDP Thursday Prompt: OOMPH

Tick Tick Tick

RDP Wednesday: TRACTABLE

I was scrolling through a newsite when these odd looking ads started to pop up.

Now,  alot of these ads use pictures that are gross and shocking but have nothing to do with what they’re selling. They just want you to click in. But in this case these ads were for various skin conditions and I was  puzzled.

Why were they running pictures of people with beans glued to their skin?

FAKE TICK INFESTATION: youtube screengrab

Then I realized, these were supposed to be pictures of people suffering from massive tick infestations.

FAKE TICK INFESTATION: youtube screengrab

I don’t know if anyone actually believes these are real- maybe if you’ve never seen a dried bean IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE or have never seen how fast one tick can sicken your dog and how near death an infestation will quickly take a stray  animal then maybe you’d fall for this fluff.

The thing is, Doctors and Dermatologists are trying to combat this misinformation, but here in the United States people like Donald Trump’s followers  don’t believe in science, medicine and at times common sense so videos and pictures like these- the ones that defy common sense will be seen as ‘information’ – and if you call BS on it  you’re a sheeple.

Another theory is that people just like looking at these  pictures of people infested with ‘ticks’  and take pleasure from being grossed out by them.

I guess those pictures are just more amusing satisfying then the real thing:

Photo:DERMNET

The human minds likes to be amused, used, challenged and entertained- but if you feed it a steady stream of garbage, well- if it turns to mush on you one day and leaks out of your ears, you’ll have nobody to blame but yourself.

Artist Unknown