The Echo of Graves

    The missing graves, or vanishing graves as I call them, have always interested me.  These are graves that for one reason or another have simply gone, reduced to little more than an outline in the soil.  All that remains is an 'echo' of the grave which once stood there.

    They interest me for a number of reasons, so this post is a collection of photos and comments about these vanishing graves.

Strange Last Request

    I've heard of some odd last requests, but this one is probably the strangest.  A husband decided to honour his recently deceased wife by having an "exact" replica of her vagina carved onto her gravestone.  The wife had apparently requested this, and even took photos to be used by the sculpter.

    Apparently the hardest part was finding a sculptor who would agree to do the work.  The article states how most called it "blasphemy".  Personally I think this is very wrong, it is not the job of the sculptor (or undertaker) to decide if it is right or wrong.  If that was the request then it should be honoured without prejudice or judgement.  One might not agree with the request, but it does not make it right or wrong.

http://arbroath.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/man-fulfils-wifes-last-request-by.html

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6 Feet Deep

    There is a popular idea that all graves are generally dug 6 feet deep (or 1.8 meters).  It is so common that we can see it in many songs, movies, TV Shows, books, poems and so on.  Yet, like with many other common assumptions with the funeral industry it is wrong.  A grave can easily be deeper or shallower than this depending on the circumstance.  So in this post I will address this common assumption and look at how deep a grave can be or actually is dug in NSW.