At first cock-crow....

At first cock-crow the ghosts must go
Back to their quiet graves below.

~ Theodosia Garrison ~

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It's near Halloween...

When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.

~Author Unknown

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My Wordless Sunday #35 in Charleston, SC

The Church by Alice's Grave

The historic sign

The iron gate to the church and to the grave yard

They offer also healing services ,
and I thought only Benny Hinn is doing that :-)

The pretty little porch in front of the entrance to the small chapel

View trough the window into the chapel,
and a self portrait of the photographer too :-)

A nice decoration on a kid grave stone

And last but not least: where death is, there is also life!
An other photographer was doing in the same time some wedding pictures
in the grave yard, close by Alice's grave.

(About Alice's grave, see my post from yesterday!)

Spooky Friday and the Story of Alice's Ghost

On the same journey we've also visited Pawleys Island and the legendary grave yard

Pawleys Island, SC is located 70 miles north of Charleston and 25 miles south of Myrtle Beach and is known as one of the oldest summer resorts on the East Coast

I love old cemeteries and this one was very special in any kind

Here is also the writer J.Dickey buried who wrote the novel to the movie "Deliverance" filmed in 1972

The legendary grave stone of Alice Flagg who returns every night and people have seen her walking around her grave,
still looking for her lost wedding ring.

Notice please: there is no grass growing anymore around her grave!

Rest in peace Alice!

Welcome to the grave of Alice Flagg. It is said that Alice died of a fever in 1849 at the age of 15. She was the daughter of a wealthy area planter. She was also secretly engaged to a lumberman, a man whom her parents disapproved of. Alice wore the lumberman's ring around her neck on a ribbon until one day it was discovered by her brother. Alice's brother took the ring and threw it out of Alice's bedroom window. The ring disappeared into a salt marsh below.


It is said that Alice has been seen wandering the cemetery looking for her lost ring ever since her death. Local legend also says that if you walk backwards around her grave 13 times, you will feel a tug on your ring or ring finger.

Key West Cemetary

I think, not all cemeteries gives you that morbid and death feelings as usually they do - for sure not here in Key West.
You can see and enjoy here so many colorful and with fantasy created gravestones. It's a must to visit this place the next time when you are here on "Bone Island".

Five relaxing Things to do in Key West - Series 2

Stroll down Elizabeth Street to see all the cute Conch houses.....

Visiting the cemetary with all these special grave stones.....

Like this one here.....

And smelling the flowers every where you go. If it's in the "Secret Garden" or

just over the fence.... they are all georgeous! Did you had a relaxing walk?

Famous Grave Stone

And this is what I was talking about yesterday: I like the hidden black humor behind these words, they make you smile for sure. We have in Key West more such funny grave stones. and it worths anytime to visit that spooky place. This pictures is not to sell for aestethic reasons.

Und dies ist nun ein Beispiel wovon ich gestern gesprochen habe: Der versteckte schwarze Humor in diesen Worten laesst jeden schmunzeln, wenn er dies liest. Wir haben noch mehr solch skurrile und aber auch lustige Arten von Grabsteinen auf dem Friedhof in Key West. Es lohnt sich alleweil ihm einen Besuch abzustatten. Aus aesthetischen Gruenden ist das Bild nicht zum Verkauf ausgeschrieben.

1.Advent

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Today is the first Advent Sunday and soon it will be Christmas again. This angel figure was found in the Key West cemetary which is a very special place for photographic subjects. I'll tell you why later as more pictures from here will follow.

Heute am 1. Adventssonntag bringe ich dieses Foto eines Engels, der ja in der Bibel die frohe Botschaft verkuendete. Fotografiert habe ich den Engel auf dem Friedhof in Key West, welcher ein ganz spezieller Platz ist fuer Fotografen. Ich werde das "Warum" beantworten in weiteren, folgenden Bildern.