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All Saint’s Day 08

Filed: About Town @ 6:56pm on November 16, 2008 One comment! :| Tags: , , ,

I don’t have family buried in here New Orleans, so there aren’t any tombs to be whitewashed and such for me, but I’ve always really admired that sense of family living beyond the now.

So I set out to see the celebration of All Saint’s Day, when people go en famile to clean, tend and generally hang out with each other and those who went before.

Unfortunately, it seems like the tradition has died out somewhat with the newer generations. I saw no picnics and nearly no kids running around on this beautiful day.

I did, however get some nice photos…and although I’ve always found this setup interesting, I don’t think I ever photographed it:

The idea of a clock on a funeral home ad, hanging over the cemetery? Genius! And also…::::shiver:::

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One Response to “All Saint’s Day 08”

  1. Maybe I really do have ADD… | Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams Says:
    November 16th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    [...] editing photos from November 1st, All Saint’s Day, and end up posting to the other blog this photo of the Schoen’s Funeral Home clock/ advertisement that hangs over St. Patrick’s [...]

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