Remembered Forever

Bali - graveside flowers for services.

They bury there loved ones directly in the ground to decompose back to nature.
Once a year they close all business and celebrate life/death of those who had passed by digging up the bones and cremation ceremonies are held. They then take the ashes and put them in the ocean.
This event did not take place the weeks we were there.

Monkey graves at Ubud in Bali. They have a cremation ceremony once a year where they will then dig up those who were temporarily buried for cremation service.
Most lived to be 14-18 years old it looked like.

The Friends of Lansing's Historic Cemeteries is hosting it's 19th Annual Geranium Giveaway Saturday, May 16th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. or until the 100 free seed geraniums are gone.

They will be outside of the Cemetery Courtesy Office located at 1709 East Mt. Hope Ave., directly across from Mount Hope Cemetery.

Due to ongoing road construction the best approach is to turn on to Mt. Hope Avenue from Aurelius Rd.

Families may have up to 4 free seed geraniums to plant on loved ones grave sites in the 3 city-owned cemeteries - Evergreen, Mt. Hope and North.

This service project is made possible by FOLHC membership dues, donations and fundraisers. To help support this and other FOLHC activities, please see their website at LansingCemFriends.org or their page at LansingCemeteries.

The Friends are a 501-c-3 non-profit formed in 2007 to "protect, promote and prosper" Lansing's three city-owned cemeteries. They also operate the volunteer staffed Cemetery Courtesy Office across from Mt. Hope Cemetery.