A row of graves in the Pleasant Valley cemetery in the Deep Creek neighborhood. Though Frank's folks are buried there, these are not our relatives, but an old familiar pioneer family of the area. There are still descendants in the area. I found myself reading the inscription on the far stone (not the big one in the background, but the furthest of the row of flat stones). It was Annie Pillsbury Marshall, first wife of Wm B. Marshall. She was only 25 years old when she died in 1857. Then there are a couple of children who died young, then Sarah (second wife and mother of the children), Wm B Marshall himself, and finally the closest stone, which appears to be an adult son of Wm B and Sarah. It says "our brother" and birth date in 1877 would be about right to be their son -- with a stone put up by his siblings. Family and local history always interests me. If I have time sometime, I'll check into the makeup of their family. I know some folks who would probably know.
Hi Mary! I'm your partner this week for get pushed. My mother and brother actually live in Wichita KS and I really miss seeing those wide open fields. This week for get pushed I would like you to do a landscape shot of the Kansas around you... If that's open fields covered in snow, I will be very reminiscent =)
@mcsiegle Really with the snow? That's surprising, my mom just posted some pics on fb of all the snow they were getting in Wichita... but I know what you mean =)
@oreos808 Right here where I live it seems a lot of the extreme weather goes either north or south of us. That's not to say we don't ever get it, just that, growing up, I never counted on having a white Christmas. The 28 years my husband and I spent in Minneapolis, MN were a different story! I could drive down to visit my brother in Wichita, but driving 2+ hours in pursuit of a landscape photo seems extreme, so probably not. If it snows here this week, I'll be outside in a flash, but weather predictions on weather.com are mostly sunny or partly cloudy for the next 10 days.
