Update from Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery

Anyway, we are very excited, overwhelmed, and terribly blessed!  Thank you so much, again!
Mike & Lynda

As you can see great things are happening! But this is just the beginning. We’ll keep you posted as the cemetery gets fixed up and even more good things come about. Again, none of this would happen without the support of you, your friends and family. Thank you!

To see the details of their story about how their cemetery was ravaged by the only storm described using the word “Hurricane” north of the 45th parallel and to find out how you can not only help restore an Oregon Pioneer cemetery, but own a piece of it too, click here!

Cemetery Etiquette Tips: Please Think Edition

Since the weather is again warm and the sun it out, flowers are blooming, the local population is returning to the cemeteries to enjoy what we all do.

But sometimes, some people get just a little carried away. This Please Think Edition is for you people, but with a tongue in cheek grain of salt smile as you say it attitude.

… Mostly.

#1. I realize cemeteries are interesting and something we all do (I think those who aren’t regulars do this more) is look at dates. Seeing the dates gives us a much more important reference than even their name, since we can gauge by the events in what social and world climate they lived in. That’s what kick starts the gears of our imagination!

But please, please don’t run from marker to marker, loudly calling out the dates. We can all read for ourselves, I promise. Cemeteries are a place to go for me to find quiet. If I wanted to see grown men running around and yelling, I would actually enjoy watching sports and do that instead.

#2. Don’t bring your beer into the cemetery. I try my hardest not to judge others, but when I see you walking around with Pabst Blue Ribbon in your hand letting your dog poop infront of grave stones… Well, I fail at that whole not judging thing. Then I feel bad. So please, don’t do it.

#3. If your dog relieves herself, please, don’t leave it so that I’ll step in it. Sometimes I even lay down to get low shots of short headstones. That’s bad enough, but if my camera becomes soiled I will find your vehicle and do as your dog did there.

#4. Please don’t smoke in the cemetery! Being a former smoker myself, I’m all about freedom and doing what you want. I don’t even mind the second hand smoke all that much. But people, we live in OREGON. Don’t you know this state burns down every year? I’d rather smell fresh air than a cigarette, but I’d rather not smell a new forest fire at all. And yes, most of these cemeteries are buried in forests.

For that matter, I’d rather not run for my life from it either.

#5. And for God’s Sake, control your children!