Cemetery trip, Whippy Dip, and meet Chauncey

Meet Chauncey.Chauncey is a fun little sock monkey Christmas ornament that was sent to me by me friend Laura, who knows and revels in the magic of sock monkeys. Chauncey has been sitting on top of my computer hutch these last months, happy to watch me clacking away, but apparently he has dreams of the wider world beyond. See, in one of those serendipitous moments that sometimes occur, Chauncey fell into my camera bag last night. When I saw him there, I thought, "Hey! What a neat idea, to let Chauncey ride along on my photo shoots and do a little Chauncey series?" Or maybe it's not a neat idea. Maybe it's cheesy. But whatever...I'll be shooting some shots of Chauncey in these upcoming months and we'll see where it goes.

We headed to the Erie Cemetery today. Erie Cemetery is huge, encompassing some 10 square city blocks or so. We didn't venture through the whole thing, of course, but I found some neat sights.

Erie Cemetery has lots of cool mausoleums, but I think only my kids would be comfortable sitting on top of one.
Chauncey liked these rhododendron blossoms.

Em took a break while I shot a couple of neat headstones.

And I happened upon another industrious bee, this time on some white rhododendron.

Chauncey helped me make sure I got a flower shot for the POTD.

Another cool thing about cemeteries is the advice you see on the stones sometimes.

After the cemetery, we headed to the Whippy Dip. Whippy Dip is one of the older ice cream stands in Erie, and therefore, a tradition.

Everyone enjoyed their cones. Chauncey didn't eat any....he's watching his figure right now.

And until next time, Liam says, "Stay classy!"