Halloween in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Susan and I took a drive to Sleepy Hollow – we were hoping to get some nice photos of the Autumn colors, but the rain had caused most of the red leaves to fall, we did see some red but mostly yellow and brown. We decided to stop at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the weather was iffy but that seemed to keep the crowds away in the morning.

The first entrance to the cemetery seemed like the main entrance and there was a line to get in, so we drove down just a little and the 2nd entrance was empty. We did not have a map and next time we will definitely bring one.  Susan used her phone to pull up some info on the graves.  The first one which caught our interest was Spencer Blaine, the carving was very unusual.

The carved woman on the Edwin Lister grave was really interesting, I wondered what was in her hand – there is very little information about Edwin Lister.

The day really was nice – the place was crowded but we were seldom in an area with more than 1 or 2 other people.  We really had a hard time finding anyone FAMOUS, but finally we came upon the scariest mausoleum, the name was not visible from the path, and if you followed the road to the front of the building you couldn’t see anything.  Walking up the hill we could see the stained glass window of the NY Skyline on the side of the building, the path continued to the right with breathtaking views, and when you were directly in front of the door you could see the name which brought fear to so many.  HEMSLEY – if you peek in the front door you can see the stained glass featuring the Empire State Building . By the time we left many more people had come, there were lines waiting to come in at all the gates.

You can see the rest of the photos here

Hope you all had a safe Happy Halloween & Samhain

Brightest Blessings,

eirdre