Forest Hills Cemetery

Night lights

adamg — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:49:59 -0400

Katken attended the annual Lantern Festival at Forest Hills Cemetery last night.

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Prehistoric reptile terrorizes photographer at Forest Hills Cemetery

adamg — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:35:02 -0400

Snapping turtle with jaws of steel refuses to move when photographer approaches. No word if it then snapped a broomstick in two with its maw.

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Running with the Dead

adamg — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:26:14 -0500

Matthew jogs in Forest Hills Cemetery. Running with the Dead chronicles his runs through this "genteel necropolis of rolling hills, puddingstone outcrops, and the watchful trees."

Takeoff

adamg — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:23:10 -0500

Katken watched a heron take flight at Forest Hills Cemetery.

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Fall in Jamaica Plain

adamg — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:37:17 -0400

Some nice photos from Forest Hills Cemetery, including one of a sunning turtle.

Some nice photos from Jamaica Pond.

The tracks of her tears

adamg — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:51:51 -0400

Kathryn photographs a memorial woman at Forest Hills Cemetery.

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Flocked sky

adamg — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:31:37 -0400

LastRemnants watches geese take flight at Forest Hills Cemetery.

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Grave situation at Forest Hills Cemetery

adamg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:03:47 -0400

Mike Ball reports somebody is stealing sculptures and urns from Forest Hills Cemtery:

... You'd suppose trying to fence two very distinctive and well-known public sculptures will end up tripping up the thieves. I hope so and I bet the cemetery (and likely its insurance company) are working that angle too ...

The Globe reports officials fear the sculptures will simply be sold for scrap.

Cherubic

adamg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:22:34 -0400

Liskdc photographs a cherub at Forest Hills Cemetery.

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Dead men tell lots of tales at Forest Hills Cemetery

adamg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:44:43 -0400

You just have to know how to listen and do a bit of research. Mike Ball profiles a couple of inventors buried there, including Richard Lufkin, inventor of the first vamp folding machine, which was revolutionary for its time.