Scattering ashes in docks

[David John Busveids]

Nothing like a bit of variety.

[j.sabourn]

It’s the Spice of Life David ? JS

[happy daze john in oz]

As one of our hobbies we visit grave yards and cemeteries.
Grave yards are consecrated land within the church precinct, cemeteries are just where they bury the bodies.

But looking at some of the graves that go back to the times of the early settlers one wonders how much longer they will last.

Looking at them gives a good reason for the cookhouse style of outgoing from this world.
Some have massive headstones which no one now looks at, those who knew them at the time will remember them, but to future generations it will just be a monument.

[James Curry]

There is a cemetery not far from me a pleasent stroll on a nice day. I usually bring a book to read while sitting on a bench. The bird song is really peaceful and the silence very relaxing. On some of the benches you will see a plaque mounted. Came across this one.

Davy Smyth 2nd July1936- 19th June 2023

Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can.

I do not know if the person who put the plate up wrote those words or if they are borrowed from elsewhere.
But a nice think to be remembered for I would say.

[Bill Morrison]

As one of our hobbies we visit grave yards and cemeteries.
Grave yards are consecrated land within the church precinct, cemeteries are just where they bury the bodies.

But looking at some of the graves that go back to the times of the early settlers one wonders how much longer they will last.

Looking at them gives a good reason for the cookhouse style of outgoing from this world.
Some have massive headstones which no one now looks at, those who knew them at the time will remember them, but to future generations it will just be a monument.

Hi John. I have spent many an hour going through graveyards & cemeteries usually looking for family members. They are really a history of the past, the great & the good, victims of conflicts and tragedies and the corner with no head stone - paupers that are unknown to most.
Bill.

[happy daze john in oz]

Yes, we do it to trace where the early settlers were from.
Have found one grave of an early family from the town in County Tipperary where my wife comes from.
There are still family in that town.
But from what we have found it is very apparent that a majority of the early ones were from Ireland.

[James Curry]

A lot of the early Irish settlers there went to escape the famine. Over 2 million either emmigrated or were transported to Australia and other colonies. Same thing with the Highland Scots.

Approximately two million people - about a quarter of the population at the time - left Ireland between 1845 and 1855 due to the impact of the potato blight.

[happy daze john in oz]

Yes, we all know that.