Carol Wells's Photos

Geese in Berlin Park, one of the Camden County Parks. Apparently this tree is a crowd favorite with these birds as this small gaggle of geese guarded it to keep people away. Reason why is unknown as no one spotted any nests nearby.

Carol Wells has other photographs, taken at Berlin Park, such as a squirrel sleeping in a tree and mating damsels. She also has other Photographs of Animals you may enjoy viewing.

(Photograph taken June 2006 in Borough of Berlin NJ and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, crop, resize, cloned out some - but not all - feathers on ground, and saved at 72dpi)

Yellow Dragonfly, but just one of many yellow dragonflies that sunny afternoon, flitting around this field by Route 73 and White Horse Pike in Camden County. Carol Wells has four more photos of these dragonflies plus other Photographs of Insects that you may enjoy viewing.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Borough of Berlin NJ and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, crop, and saved at 72dpi)

Bee gathering some pollen from a Tiger Lily along Route 73 and White Horse Pike. Carol Wells has more Photographs of Insects and Photographs of Plants that you may enjoy viewing.

(Photograph taken June 2006 in Borough of Berlin NJ and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, crop, resize, sharpen, and saved at 72dpi)

Speed Bumps, for some reason, are referred to as Speed Humps in South New Jersey area. Why? No idea! This speed hump is located by the Haddonfield NJ Patco Station

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Haddonfield NJ and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, clone of license plate, crop, resize, sharpen, and saved at 72dpi)

Butterfly exploring its surroundings on the ground along Jackson Road and Route 73. Carol Wells has another photograph of this butterfly along with other Photographs of Insects you may enjoy viewing.

(Photograph taken June 2006 in Borough of Berlin NJ and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, crop, resize, sharpen, and saved at 72dpi)

(Photograph taken in July 2006 in Borough of Berlin NJ and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, crop, resize, and saved at 72dpi)

Christ Church Burial Grounds opened to the public, for visiting, in 2007 to help raise funds for maintainence and restoration efforts. Although many past patriots, and other individuals with some claim to fame, now reside within its walls the most famous may be the resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, crop, image manipulation)

Christ Church is still active and one of the oldest churches in Philadelphia. Members of its congregation, from Carol's understanding, may still opt to be buried in this cemetery, or burial grounds although, from Carol's observation, that seems to be a rarity these days.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify, crop, image manipulation)

Corner of one of the brick walls around Christ Church Burial Grounds.

Part of the outside wall near the main entrance to Christ Church Burial Grounds. On the other side of this section of wrought iron fence is Benjamin Franklin's gravesite. Philly lore is that a person will have good luck if they toss a penny onto his gravesite - so there is always pennies, and other coins, on his grave.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify)

Here Ly[et]h the Body of] ELEANOR BURDEN The D[au]ghter of JOHN BURDEN & SARAH his Wife who Departed this Life June ? 21 1745 Ag[ed] Five Mounth 2 weeks And 3 Days Little Eleanor's headstone is one of a few from that time period that is still, for the most part, fully legible in Christ Church Burial Grounds.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify)

CHRIST CHURCH BURIAL GROUNDS A. D. 1719 There are 3 sets of doors, similar to the above, but only one is the main entrance and the other two sets rarely, if ever, used these days.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify)

Part of the brick wall, erected in 1927, that encloses Christ Church Burial Grounds. Liked the colorful design created with the use of darker bricks in the "panels".

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify)

In memory of THOMAS W. FRANCIS who departed this life on the ?2nd of June 1815 in the 48th year of his age. lamented in his death as he had been beloved throughout his life. Victorian Era produced some of the more striking grave markers found in cemeteries. This is one of two in Christ Church Burial Grounds that shared an Egyptian or Pyramid theme. Preservation of this stone is visible with an attempt to seal a large crack that runs through part of the inscription.

Replacement headstone, for 3 generations of Wheeler males in Christ Church Burial Grounds, that likely is true, in shape and form, to the original. Although the replacement was put into place in the mid-1980s, by family descendants, the headstone is already showing effects of exposure to the elements.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify)

Small grouping of children grave sites from the mid-1700s in Christ Church Burial Grounds.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify)

Not certain but these may be matching sets: headstones and foot stones. The smaller ones, which would be the footstones, are similar in style to the larger ones.

(Photograph taken July 2006 in Philadelphia PA and is not Public Domain or Creative Commons)
(Edited in Paint Shop Pro - clarify)