Crumbling Memories

Part 2 of our little mini adventure, the cemeteries. The City Cemetery and Roseland Cemetery sit next to each other tucked away in the historic district of Monticello, Florida. The City Cemetery is dated 1827.

We first wandered through the City Cemetery. The graves are all starting to crumble and return to the earth. Some work has been done to restore some stones and plots. You can tell there is some love and care put into the uptake of the cemetery but with graves so old there is only so much you can do.

This one was rather creepy, it was open on one side and all the was inside was a bible from a Tallahassee church.

This one caught us off guard at first. Most likely it was left over from a Halloween prank or even placed there by the group that does ghost tours of the cemeteries.

These were my favorite graves 

 I'd never seen anything quite like them.

Three small children's graves in a family plot all were adorned with angels, pin wheels, and jump ropes.

A small fenced plot contained graves of confederate soldiers, one had a replaced military stone.

Next door to the City Cemetery was the Roseland Cemetery. Much of the cemetery was very old graves although, there were several very new burials.

Cane syrup left on on stone

Hubby and I are still sick. I am going to try to sew today but I don't know if my mind will unfuzz enough for me to process things straight. I would hate to ruin expensive fabric.

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Mini Adventure

For Veteran's day Hubby promised me we could go anywhere I wanted. I was torn on where to choose but I finally picked Monticello. Monticello is a small historic town east of Tallahassee, it is said to be the south's most haunted small town. I can believe it- the historic district is 27 square blocks of buildings most built before 1930.

We arrived in Monticello right before lunch. We had looked up restaurants the evening before and decided we wanted to go to Tupelo's Bakery and Cafe. The food was beyond amazing, everything is made to order from fresh, local ingredients. I had a pressed sandwich with seasoned apples and Hubby had an Italian Stallion. We got the whole sandwiches with chips, drink, and we spurged on deserts. To tell the truth we should have split a sandwich and desert but our eyes were bigger than our stomachs. I can't wait to go back to and try the pesto grilled cheese.

I chose a pumpkin cheesecake and Hubby got a triple chocolate brownie. 

After lunch we walked around the historic district in an attempt to work off part of our amazing lunch.

The court house 

My simple fall outfit:

Hat- gift

Cardie- Burlington

Dress- Made by me

Shoes- Clarks, thrifted for $7

There are so many antique shops in town but I was good and didn't shop, we went to explore.

I'm pretty sure this house wasn't residential since it is in the walking tour but I wasn't sure so we only took a picture in front of it. I fell in love with the pinky/salmon color.

This gorgeous church was built in 1885.

After this we wandered a little farther and found the old city cemetery. We explored and took lots of pictures but I'll save those for next post. After the cemetery we walked back to the car and looked at a few more churches before we looked up the location of the cemetery we had planned on visiting. Silly us, the other cemetery was right next to the one we had been to already so we drove back to explore.

Another beautiful old church, this one was founded in 1828.

The Monticello Opera House is included in the town's ghost tours. Orbs are often found in photos taken in and of the building.

As I mentioned I will post the cemetery photos soon, not only is this post rather photo intense, Hubby and I seem to have caught a cold and it is all I we can do to stay awake. 

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