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Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello followers! Are you in the right place? I post about cemeteries, folklore, Newfoundland, crafting, D&D, and other assorted (spooky) foolishness. I’m pro science, pro 2SLGBTQ+, pro climate change is real and anti racism, transphobia, homophobia, and simping for billionaires.

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah we had a carving industry by then but I would not be surprised if the UK/Ireland wasn't sending over style guides because of our close ties!

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 5h

I wouldn't be shocked only because Newfoundland was a British colony and even when we were granted the right to self rule our economy and culture was always bound up with the UK (and Ireland).

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 5h

I feel a personal connection to Henry Candey because the Marconi Station where he died later became Admiralty House Communications Museum where I worked for a bit. I like to visit his grave(s) to let him know we still remember him.

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 5h

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 11 - Military

Henry Candey, warrant officer with the Royal Naval Reserve, was tragically killed at the Marconi Station in 1917. He has two gravestones in the same cemetery. One is his actual grave, the other is located a short distance away with other military gravestones!

The real grave of Henry Candey located at the Forest Road Anglican Cemetery. It is a simple cross with the following inscription below:

Of
Your love
Pray for the soul of
Henry Wm. Candey,
Who was accidentally
Killed at the
St John's wireless
Telegraph station
Sep 14th, 1917
Aged 21 years.
Jesu Mercy

A second gravestone in the same cemetery for Henry Candey. It is located with a collection of other military graves and is a Commonwealth Grave Commission gravestone. It is a simple design which features the anchor design they use for any naval gravestone. Below that is the inscription which reads:

Henry W. Candey
Warrant telegraphist
Royal Naval Reserve
14th September 1917 age 23

Below the inscription is a cross.

A screenshot of a newspaper article from the Evening Telegram in St John's, Newfoundland. The article shown reads as follows:

Warrant Officer Henry Candley
Killed at Mount Pearl this morning.

Warrant officer Henry Candley, of the Royal Navy, attached to the Mount Pearl Marconi Station, met death by accident at an early hour this morning when he was struck by an electric discharge. Particulars of the sad happening are not yet available as an inquiry is being held and the exact cause of death will probably be made known to-morrow. Warrant Officer Candley was 26 years of age, unmarried, an only arrived from the Old Country a few months ago. This is the first fatal accident of its kind to occur in connection with the Marconi service in this country, and the sudden passing of so useful and well liked a comrade is deeply felt by the commanding officer and staff of the Marconi Station. To the relatives of the deceased in the Old Country general sympathy will be expressed.

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 19h

Brigus and Cupids are so close to each other so that makes sense to me but to have another stone as far away as Australia is so cool!

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 20h

@graveyardarch.bsky.social

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 20h

I'm starting the first movie tonight!

Psycho (1960). Norman Bates is absolutely an iconic villain and I've learn that the movie changed how we watch movies in theatres by instituting showtimes! /4

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 20h

We won't be watching together because she lives in another province (unfortunately). But we are starting this month while we work on our list for the other 11 months. I'll post the list when it's done if anyone was interested in maybe following along! /3

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 20h

Our only rules so far are:

1) we have to watch two movies each month, one in the first half and one in the last half

2) the movies we pick have to be ones neither of us have seen or we haven't watched in a long time /2

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 20h

My best friend and I saw this post on Instagram about horror movies and we've decided to set up a watch schedule that follows these themes (though we expanded the summer into different types of teen/kid horror) /1

Part 1 of a screenshot of a post by a user named drtrinitysantos. It reads:

It's simple really: October is for horror movies with highly stylized villains and iconic monsters because they make for good costumes. Early November is for gothic horror because of the fog and decay etc. Late November is for zombies (commentary on consumerist culture). December is for psychological horror and stuff where they're trapped in a room because that's when you have to go to holiday parties with your family.

Part 2 of screenshot of a post by a user named drtrinitysantos. It reads:

January is for possession and body horror (the loss of control and transformation of a new year beginning plus toxic diet culture). February is Valentine's Day so you can do whatever as long as you're horny about it.

March is for religious/cult-thened horror because of lent and Easter. Obviously April is Giallo because the blood splatter represents spring rainfall. Needs no explanation

Part 3 of a screenshot of a post by a user named drtrinitysantos. It reads:

May is for cannibalism and horror comedy (Taurus season)

All of summer is for urban legends and anything that features children with minimal adult supervision so kids can watch them and be scarred for life. September is slashes because it's back to school season and that shit always seems to happen to teenagers and college students

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 1d

Me neither. It's the footstone that originally caught my eye!

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 10 - Urn

A lovely urn with a ribbon on the grave of Susan Brown and her 4 children. The grave even has a footstone with their initials.

Old Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia

A large gravestone in the Old Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The top of the grave features an urn with a ribbon tied in a bow at the top of the urn. Below that the inscription reads:

Sacred
To the Memory of
Susan Mary
Wife of
Robert M. Brown
Who departed this life 8th July 1841
Aged 37 Years
Also their Children
Thomas W Brown died 7th Dec 1826
Aged 2 Years 1 Month & 21 Days
Joanna Maria Brown died 20th March 1828
Aged 1 Year 8 Months & 23 Days
Elizabeth Mary Brown died 1st Novbr 1831
Aged 1 Year 7 Months

(This part is cut off from this picture but the rest of the inscription reads:
Charles Brown died 28th Sept 1840
Aged 21 Days)

A large gravestone in the Old Burying Ground, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The top of the grave features an urn with a ribbon tied in a bow at the top of the urn. Below that the inscription reads:

Sacred
To the Memory of
Susan Mary
Wife of
Robert M. Brown
Who departed this life 8th July 1841
Aged 37 Years
Also their Children
Thomas W Brown died 7th Dec 1826
Aged 2 Years 1 Month & 21 Days
Joanna Maria Brown died 20th March 1828
Aged 1 Year 8 Months & 23 Days
Elizabeth Mary Brown died 1st Novbr 1831
Aged 1 Year 7 Months
Charles Brown died 28th Sept 1840
Aged 21 Days

At the foot of the grave is a small footstone with the initials of the people buried within. It simply reads:

S M B
T W B
J M B
E M B
C B

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 1d

April Fools?

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 1d

Oh how the gentle wind
Beckons through the leaves
As autumn colours fall
Dancing in a swirl
Of golden memories
The loveliest lies of all

Katie's right hand. Two of the nails are painted in shades of green, one in a shade of brown, and two nails have nail art. One is Enoch, a pumpkin-headed figure. The other is a rock with a face painted on it and the words Rock Fact around it. The art is from the tv show Over the Garden Wall.

Katie's left hand. One of the nails is painted red, one gold, one navy blue, and two nails have nail art. One is a shadow figure with antlers and glowing white eyes called The Beast. The other is a silhouette of two boys among the trees, one wearing a pointed hat and the other wearing an upside teapot on his head. The art is from the tv show Over the Garden Wall.

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 2d

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 9 - Hand

Loving the details of the hand on this stone in Greenspond, NL.

I can't see the carvers' mark, but I would be shocked if this wasn't a Skinner stone. Their style is pretty distinct. Definitely my favourites of the local carvers of the time!

A marble headstone in a cemetery in Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador. At the top is an incredibly details hand holding a quill over an open book which has the word Home written on it. Vines and leaves wrap around the book. Below that it reads:

In
Loving memory
Of
Stuart G. Bragg
Accidentally drowned
May 30th, 1931
Aged 25 years.
Erected by his wife Minnie.

Lo where this silent marble weeps
A husband, son and brother sleeps
A heart within whose sacred cell
The peaceful virtues loved to dwell.

Just apart where no shadows fall
In perfect peace awaiting all
Safe in the land that knows not pain
He is longing to meet us all again

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 2d

Me neither 😞

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 2d

Man I don't know that I've ever paid attention to the number amounts for votes in the municipal election before, but they seem really dismal? I'm glad most of the people I voted for got elected. But damn, is voter turn out always this small?

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 8 - Glass

Glass protects this graveside altar in Panteón Xoco, CDMX. I particularly love the golden sun and moon motif!

Visiting during Dia de Muertos a few years ago was an extremely moving experience. I loved all the colour, life, and memories in the cemetery!

A graveside altar in Panteón Xoco, CDMX (Mexico City). Glass protects a photo of Jesus, a cross, and a small statue inside. The door to the altar has a golden border and a small sun and moon motif. Below the altar are the gravestones for Concepcion Rodriguez Pineda, Abraham Trejo Quintanar, Pilar Munoz Rodriguez, and Jesus Trejo Munoz.

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 4d

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 7 - Angel

Did this Angel inspire Joss Whedon to create the character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Maybe, maybe not. But he did go to Winchester College and this Angel watches over West Hill Cemetery, Winchester, only a 12 minute walk away.

An Angel statue, hollding a bunch of wilting roses, overlooks a grave in West Hill Cemetery, Winchester. There is a wrought iron fence behind the Angel.

Reposted by Katie Crane

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 5d

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 6 - Gender

Emmeline Pankhurst was a suffragette, founding the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903. Her pallbearers were fellow WSPU suffragettes.

Brompton Cemetery, London

A talll celtic cross style gravestone. The top features a hand and two angels carrying an urn and some draped fabric. Below that is the figure of a woman with a halo. There is an art deco or art nouveau feel about the imagery. The base of the gravestone has a Votes for Women banner tied around it, some flowers, and a Welsh flag. This gravestone is in Brompton Cemetery, London

The inscription reads:

In loving memory of
Emmeline Pankhurst
Wife of
R. M. Pankhurst LLD
At rest
June 14, 1928

A photo of Emmeline Pankhurst. She sits on a wooden chair, staring at the camera, one hand on her lap, the other down by her side away from the camera. She is wearing high collared blouse with decorative buttons and a bow tie. This photo was taken in 1913.

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 5d

Soupsgiving 2

1: roasted carrot soup with carrot top pesto
2: avgolemono with gluten free pasta instead of orzo (extra thick due to noodles absorbing sauce)
3: pozole rojo with the toppings sunk to the bottom
4: potato lentil stew

A bowl of roasted carrot soup with a dollop of carrot top pesto on top.

A bowl of avgolemono soup that has been thickened a little much in the transportation of the soup

A bowl of pozole with the toppings sunk to the bottom

A bowl of potato lentil stew that has been thickened a little much but still kind of resembles a stew

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a similar bird from Highgate that was pointed out to us on the tour as a pelican. Yours might be a pelican too!

A gravestone half hidden amongst greenery. The image on the top of the gravestone is a pelican with its wings open and feeding a nest of baby pelicans

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 6d

Today is my D&D group's second annual Soupsgiving. I'm bringing pozole rojo. The Mexican grocery store only have comically large cans of hominy so I see more pozole in my future.

Coconut milk can for scale

A comically large can of Mexican style hominy. The can contains 6 lbs and 12 oz of hominy.

The comically large can of hominy next to a normal 400ml can of coconut milk

Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social · 6d

I had my first visit last year! If it weren't an ocean away I'd spend so much time there