You are exceedingly kind, dear Chantal. Thank you so much! Should you ever find yourself out this way and like to visit (Mt. Ida Cemetry) together, please don’t hesitate to drop me a line. It would be such a pleasure to spend a lovely afternoon together at that tranquil South Shuswap burial ground.

Warm hugs for these ever chillier winter days,
🖤 Autumn

You are tremendously kind, dear Janey. Thank you very much for your wonderfully kind words.

We were very fortunate to visit multiple cemeteries within about a five-hour radius this fall (some for the first time). I took photos every step of the way and am truly looking forward to shining the spotlight on the other burial grounds we spent time at this season in future posts in this series.

As things stand now, I’m aiming for 2 – 4 Cemetery Journeys entries per year, as I feel that pace gives me a fair amount of time before I risk running out of cemeteries (in the general area) to feature. Plus, with any luck, we’ll do some travelling again in the coming years and that should help open up the cemetery sphere all the more for me/us.

Plus, technically, I have photos from various cemeteries that predate the launch of this series and I can totally dip into those, if needed/desired, too.

I really appreciate each and every one of your recent blog comments and hope that your December is off to a lovely start.

Many hugs,
🖤 Autumn

xoxo
-Janey

Thank you deeply on every count, my treasured friend.

You are absolutely right regarding what a blessing it is that Tony understands both how important + meaningful cemeteries are to me in general, as well as what a positive impact spending time there usually has on my health and well-being. That is not something I take lightly for a moment.

I would say that for Tony, his equivalent would be time spent on or near the water (I also find such settings to be hugely relaxing and beneficial), so we really try to make a point of doing so as often as possible – especially during the warmer half of the year.

Fall is rapidly winding down here. We got at least four inches of snow on the weekend. Some of it melted in the first half of the week, but hefty-sized flakes are tumbling down as I type these words, so we’ll likely be up to the same height or more in snow in no time. Tis the season, as they say!

While I like to celebrate and honour fall straight on unto the Winter Solstice, with less than a month until Yule and precisely a month until Christmas at this point, my mind is shifting towards the coming holiday season and I’ll soon start decorating accordingly.

Post-fire, we don’t yet have a Christmas tree, but happily we do have some seasonal decor and I use the main shelf on our TV unit in lieu of a fireplace mantle, decorating it much as I would if we had one of those. I also pepper festive elements elsewhere around our wee house, including the kitchen and our bedroom.

Have you started making the season decor shift from our beloved fall to the festivities of winter as well?

Many thanks again, dear Debi. I think of you often and really hope that your November is going splendidly. 🧡

Warm hugs from ever chillier BC,
🖤 Autumn

Hello dear Sofia, thank you very much for your lovely comment and for letting me know that you’re new to my blog. It’s a pleasure to connect with you and in turn to discover your own delightful site.

How wonderful that you call Madrid home. On a list of my dream travel destinations, Madrid would be up there for sure. I was actually, very briefly, in parts of Spain once more than twenty years ago now while on a trip to Portugual with some relatives. We barely crossed the Spanish border though, so I really didn’ get to see or experience the country properly. Still, I have technically stood on Spanish soil, which thinking about always makes me smile.

Have you ever been to (my country of) Canada?

I’m sure that many of the cemeteries in Spain are extraordinarily lovely and positively chock-a-block with incredible history. You can bet your last Euro that if I am ever fortunate to find my way back there, visiting as many Spanish burial grounds as I possibly can will be at the very top of my itinerary.

Many heartfelt thanks again for your comment.

Big hugs from (already very) snowy Canada,
🖤 Autumn

Thank you so very much, my lovely friend and fellow taphophile. I hugely appreciate you sharing with me about your cemetery page. I took a head-swooningly enjoyable virtual tour and had such a lovely, peaceful time doing so. Thank you deeply for giving me the opportunity to experience Spring Grove. You are so sweet!

It’s awesome as well that you had a chance to visit BC once. Whereabouts did you get to see while up this way? I’ve lived throughout various parts of the province, with the Lower Mainland and Okanagan regions being the primary spots. Beyond those, I’ve travelled extensively here in BC for much of my life and love this province beyond measure. Happily, there’s still plenty more I haven’t seen yet and tons of spots I hope to return to. Between its size and incredibly diverse landscapes + climates, it’s almost like British Columbia is a country unto itself in some respects.

If you’re ever up these Western Canadian ways again, please do not hesitate to let me know. Should you be near by, we could aim to meet up and either way, I’d be happy to share tips on what to do see and do (cemeteries visiting included) while in this neck of the woods, if you so desired.

Thank you again wholeheartedly. I’m delighted to learn that you’re huge on cemeteries as well. That is another wonderful point that we share in common. 🧡

Oodles of late fall time hugs & blessings,
🖤 Autumn

Thank you abundantly, my sweet friend. I’m delighted to know that you enjoyed this post. There are scarcely words enough to describe how much I enjoy every aspect of putting my Cemetery Journeys entries together. From visiting the burial grounds themselves to researching their history further, it is a meaningful and highly enjoyable process for me every step of the way.

Before Ol’ Man winter came calling earlier this month, Tony and I were able to visit a few more cemeteries (further afield from our wee town), giving me enough locations to hit my target of 2 – 4 Cemetery Journeys entries per year for 2022. Of course, time will tell if circumstances are conducive to that pace, but it’s my goal all the same (both for next year and in the years that will follow 2022). I’m sooo looking forward to shining the spotlight on each of those beautiful, history rich cemeteries as well.

I’m so sorry that fall foliage is hit or miss in your corner of Missouri. That must be frustrating for sure – especially if one is a huge fan of fall, as you are. I have never seen NY in person, let alone in the autumn, but I know that the colours there are legendary and dream of taking a trip to New York state one day during the fall.

The season was just kicking off here when I took the snaps for this post. You will it in the photos for the aforementioned additional cemeteries as well. Which, I’m not gonna lie, makes me even more excited to share those locations here, too.

You are always guaranteed a healthy dose of fall here throughout the year, so I hope that in a small way, that helps to make not experiencing the same level of autumn weather as when you lived in NY a little easier to bear. 🧡

Big hugs & the happiest of wishes for late November,
🖤 Autumn

Thank you deeply, sweet Meg. What a supportive, wonderfully kind comment.

I too am hit hard each time I see a child or very young adult’s gravemarker. They speak immediately of a life cut tragically short and a future that was not to be on this side of the veil.

Also profoundly heartbreaking is something I’ve not seen a number of times at various cemeteries over the years and that is when a young woman and an infant are buried side-by-side (or in the same coffin even, in some instances), indicating that it was the act of birth itself or complications ensuing from such that likely brought about both of their ends.

As someone who is impacted by severe infertility, these “mother and baby” gravesites seem to hit me just that much harder.

On a much more positive note, since our time spent at Mount Ida nearly two months ago now, we’ve visited a few other cemeteries further afield from our town and I’m already looking forward to hopefully dedicating a Cemetery Journeys post to each of them as time goes on (I’m aiming for 2 – 4 or so such posts here each year).

Many sincere thanks again. May you have a cozy, wonderful tail end of November.

🖤 Autumn