Arts & Letters at Cedar Hill

Tombstone of poet and insurance executive Wallace Stevens.
(Photo courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation FB).

This was my fourth Cedar Hill Walk/Tour of the 2017 season. The tour leader, Debbie Alter, took us to the graves of 11 artists, actors, and authors:

• Nicholas Hudson Holt (actor, d1979)
• William Gedney Bunce (artist ,d1916)
• Charles Dudley Warner (writer, news editor, author, d1900)
• William Glackens (artist-painter, d1938)[Husband of Edith Dimock]
• Edith Dimock (artist-watercolor painter, d1955)[wife of William Glackens]
• Dorothy Ulrich Troubetzkoy (writer, poet, d2003)

Hepburn Family marker
(Courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation web site)

• Katharine Hepburn (actress, d2003)
• Robert Ames (actor, d1931)
• Fern Andra (actress, d1974) [no marker]

Fern Andra
(Courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery FB)

• Wallace Stevens (poet, d1955)
• Frances Laughlin Wadsworth (artist-sculpturer, d1978).

The weather was excellent: warm and sunny. Good group of about ~20 people,. The walk lasted about 75 minutes.

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Links:
https://www.facebook.com/cedarhillcemeteryfoundation/
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7192409
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/william-gedney-bunce/
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/william-glackens/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Dimock
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/dorothy-ulrich-troubetzkoy/
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/katharine-houghton-hepburn/
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/robert-ames/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Andra
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/notable-residents/wallace-stevens/
https://connecticuthistory.org/frances-laughlin-wadsworth-sculpting-the-past/
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Written Saturday 10 June 2017

CT Trails Day-Tree Walk at Cedar Hill

It turned out to be a beautiful morning for checking out the variety of trees.

Today was Connecticut Trails Day, part of National Trails Day. Like last year, Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation sponsored a Tree Walk at Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Like last year, UCONN arborist John Kehoe lead the walk. The weather started out very gray and cool with threatening clouds approaching from the north. In spite of the weather, the crowd at the start was very large (~50 people). 

Of course, when we got far enough from the cars, the rain started. At first the drops were sporadic but the downpour grew steadily until it could no longer be ignored. We gathered under a large tree and pondered about continuing.

I walked back to the cars with a woman from my church who lives near the cemetery. Once I saw her off, I got my umbrella and drove my car looking for the group. I joined them under the tree where I had left them. There was still a sizable number remaining. And a few minutes later, the rain stopped, the clouds lifted and blue sky and sunshine appeared. So we moved on and had a great tour.

Tour leader John Kehoe points out finer aspects of a tree.
Can you see me in the back row, at the left, behind the lady in blue writing on her map
(Photo courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation FB)

This photo provides a good perspective on the size of the group.
(Photo courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation FB)

Talking to the trees. I like this picture because you can see me at the left
(in blue cap, sweat shirt, and khaki shorts).
(Photo courtesy of Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation FB)

The map you see some folks holding in the pictures is a nice self-guided tour for the trees.

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Links:

http://nationaltrailsday.americanhiking.org/
http://ricketwrite.blogspot.com/2016/06/tree-tour-at-cedar-hill.html

http://cedarhillfoundation.org/

http://www.cedarhillcemetery.org/
https://www.facebook.com/cedarhillcemeteryfoundation/
http://cedarhillfoundation.org/visit-cedar-hill/self-guided-tours/
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Written Saturday 10 June 2017