Hello!

It's been forever since I have had time to even look at my blog.  I have not forgotten about it or my readers I promise! It has just been a crazy busy year so far and I've had no time at all to do any gravin.  But I promise as soon as I have time I will get back to posting.  I sure have missed working on it.  Hope everyone is doing well and having a great year.

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND HAPPY ONE!

Hi Again!

Just a quick update. I haven't forgotten about you guys.  Life has just been so busy with the business relocation and all.  I hope to hit the ground running again just as soon as Thanksgiving is over.  I will be back I promise.

Thanks for being patient.

Hello!

Hello All,
I know I have been absent from my blog for a while now and I am sorry about that. Please be patient I am in the middle of a business relocation that is taking up much of my free time and once that is all done and over with I promise I will be back and blogging.

Thank you all for being patient with me and my lack of posting lately.
Have a great week,
Tammi

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and a Blessed Samhain!

Hello All,

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  Life has gotten in the way of me getting out and going gravin lately. But as soon as things calm back down and my gravin buddy has recovered from her surgery I will start posting again. So don't give up on me yet.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween.

Subscribe By Email, Twitter or Networkedblogs

Just wanted to point out that I have added a few new ways to follow my blog.

By email - Located on the right side of this blog just enter your email address and you will receive an email every time a new blog post goes up.

By Networkedblogs on Facebook.

And Twitter - Search Silentcities or Tammi Thiele.

500 Posts!

Believe it or not I have manage to put up 500 blog posts.  Whew! It has been a lot of work and loads of fun.

So now I want to hear what you guys think.

Tell me:

• What you would like to see.
• How you think I am doing.
• Things I could change.
• Basically anything you think would make my blog better.
• I am also thinking about adding a weekly discussion post. Give me some topics you guys would like to discuss.

Thank you all for reading my blog. I look forward to reading all your suggestions.

Investigation: Arkansas' Cemeteries Lost - ArkansasMatters.com

Great interview by some of my fellow Arkansas Gravestones friends.  Watch the video it's much better than the written part. 

Investigation: Arkansas' Cemeteries Lost - ArkansasMatters.com

My Little Graveyard Bunny And Our Trip To Ruddick Cemetery

My little one asked me the other day if we could go out and wander around a cemetery together.  Of course I said heck yeah. So we headed out to Ruddick and Union Chapel Cemetery in Garfield, AR.

 Here are a few interesting pics I took.

Here she is taking down names and dates. I love this picture! How could I not when two of my favorite things come together in a photograph?

This particular stone was really neat.  I will show it better in my next post. 

We thought these two looked like fairy rings around the unknown grave markers. 

I look at this one every time I go to Ruddick Cemetery because its such and interesting and unique marker.  Just wish I knew who resided beneath it.

The way this cemetery is laid out it has Ruddick Cemetery in the Front and Union Chapel Cemetery is in the very back part. This is the bell that marks the beginning of Union Chapel Cemetery.

Union Chapel Cemetery

Graves from Beaver Lake reservoir moved here August 1961

Bell purchased in 1902 for church and school in Mundell

Community relocated as a memorial July 1966.

My Blog Is A Year Old!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!

Can you believe it! I started my blog a year ago today.  Who knew it would take on a life all its own.  It sure has turned out to be much more than I ever expected.

In that year I have made 419 posts, visited 250 cemeteries, started writing articles for The Graveyard Rabbits Journal,  had a newspaper article written about me, and became one of the top 40 blogs for the Familytree magazine.

That to me is just amazing! Because honestly I never really thought my blog would even be around after a year. I started it on a whim but over the year I have really begun to enjoy creating this blog. 

Thank you all for following my blog. If it wasn't for you guys giving me encouragement I doubt I would still be writing a blog.

I hope to see you guys back here in another year to celebrate with me again.

Woo Hoo! I Made The Top 40!

I want to thank all my wonderful readers for voting and making my blog one of the top 40.

You can click the above pic to read the announcement.

I also want to congratulate the other fellow GYR that made the list.

You Never Know What You Will Find

One never knows what they will find when photographing a cemetery.

A Little Off Topic...

I know this is a bit off topic but I thought it was a bit interesting and wanted to share and see what you think it is.

I always like to photgraph the old buildings that are around the cemeteries.  There are some very interesting old building still standing.  This is a building I photographed in Washington County Arkansas.  This isn't a great photo I took it through the windshield of the car. But you can still see what I'm talking about.

Ok, so here is the interesting thing.  Do you see the flying creature above the house? It's rather large and odd looking.

I swear wasn't there when I took the picture.  Neither I nor my friend Theresa saw it when I took the photo. I didn't even notice it until I uploaded the pic onto my computer.  Odd hu? I know logic tells me it had to be there but still neither of us remember seeing it and Theresa took a photo at the roughly the same time and it wasn't in her photo.

  I'm still not sure what it is. It doesn't look like a bird. Wings are too smooth for it to be a bird.  I thought it might be a bat.  I researched bats in Arkansas and the Hoary Bat has a 16.1 inch wingspan so that might be it. But isn't it odd for bats to be out in the day time?

What do you think it is?

Happy New Year!

Happy Yule and Merry Xmas!

Last Day To Vote

Don't forget to go vote for the top 40 genealogy blogs.  I'm in section two for cemetery blogs.

Click here to vote

My fingers are crossed.

I Got Nominated!

Family Tree Magazine 40 Best Genealogy Blogs - Voting has begun
Family Tree Magazine has opened voting for their second annual round of the 40 Best Genealogy Blogs as chosen by the Genealogy Community.

The categories this year are:
•Local/regional history and genealogy
•Heritage groups
•Research advice and how-to
•Cemeteries
•“My Family History”
•“Everything” blogs
•New blogs
•Technology

My blog has been honored with a nomination in the "Cemeteries" category.

You can vote by clicking the link below, Voting is open through Monday December 20th.

Click Here To Vote

This makes me say HMMM?

While out looking for a specific cemetery I drove past this house and noticed all theses crosses.  They lined this driveway that led up to the house.  Behind each of the crosses is a rock cairn that appears to be a grave.  I wonder if they are actual graves.

Surprise Visitor

Happy Thanksgiving!