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DV Chaz
@dv-chaz.bsky.social
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A mix of Nature, Gardens, Art, Cemeteries, Memento Mori, Cats, Dogs, Kansas City things, and a bunch other stuff. I use my iphone to take pictures of things I like. 🏳️‍🌈
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DV Chaz @dv-chaz.bsky.social · Jun 1
Went on a Tree Tour today at Union Cemetery in
Kansas City, Missouri
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Black Iron entry gate at Union Cemetery.
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Autumn colors at
Union Cemetery in Kansas City, MO
Fall colors at an old cemetery
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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My shadow at
Union Cemetery in Kansas City, MO
My shadow in an old cemetery My shadow in an old cemetery
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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🍁 Fall color is HERE! 🍁

The Garden’s canopy is made up of 5,500+ trees, representing 1,100+ species. Fall colors range from bright golden yellow to muted copper to deep scarlet.

The Garden's experts highly recommend visiting this weekend to see fall foliage at its peak!
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#TheVictorianBookoftheDead Mourning fan of pierced and painted wood, c. 1860
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Black fan with jagged edges, painted with delicate white designs, ragged silk tassel
November 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Trade card of Richard Middleton, coffin maker and undertaker - 19th century.
A trade card for Richard Middleton featuring a black coffin and undertakers.
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Union Cemetery, est. 1857
Kansas City, Missouri
Lights were just recently added to the tower. I think it looks good!
Cemetery at night with a lighted red transmission tower in the background.
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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2/3 and another in the cathedral, this time a bat, and why not?
September 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Sexton’s Cottage
Union Cemetery est. 1857
Kansas City, Missouri
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Sexton’s Cottage and front garden at Union Cemetery, the cottage is painted white with green shutters.
September 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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In our partnership with BeeKC we are having our first honey harvest on Sunday September 7th 10am-12pm! BeeKC will be joining us to show how honey is harvested directly from hives here in the cemetery. This is a free family event! Jars will be available for purchase to take honey home that day.
August 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Union Cemetery and the KCTV broadcast tower. Image3
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Red granite column shaped monument in an old cemetery with a red broadcast tower standing tall against a blue sky.
September 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Union Cemetery and the KCTV broadcast tower. Image 2
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An old cemetery with a red broadcast tower rising at a distance.
September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Union Cemetery and the KCTV broadcast tower. Image 1
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Old marble gravestone with a draped urn sculpture on top. And a red broadcast tower standing tall against a blue sky.
September 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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It’s a coffin! A fine way to grab a death historian’s interest. This coffin pendant is a quite a bit smaller and its pop-out inhabitant is not faithful or a traitor but a memento mori skeleton. #thetraitors
A tiny gold coffin pendant. The opened lid reveals a tiny skeleton lying within. The coffin is decorated with nails and has three handles on each side.
January 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Carved from wood, this 16th-century figure shows a corpse inside a coffin. The body is decaying and worms are spilling from the stomach. The coffin is a memento mori, an object that reminds the viewer of the shortness of human life & the inevitability of death.
A small wooden coffin with a wooden corpse inside.
June 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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A red fox at Union Cemetery in Kansas City. Morning of Aug. 22
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A red fox running through a cemetery A red fox in a cemetery
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Earlier this year I took the first picture of this mausoleum. Recently I took the second picture. I remember reading about the bronze doors being stolen, soon after my first visit. Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri
Old stone mausoleum with bronze doors. An old stone mausoleum with stone masonry added in place of the missing bronze doors.
August 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Elmwood Cemetery
Kansas City, Missouri
A large cemetery monument of a seated female figure. Green grass and trees on each side, with a blue sky above.
August 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Death puts on a happy face for #MementoMoriMonday.

Marble shrouded skull with hourglass, 18th c.
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marble carving of skull with missing teeth in a shroud
August 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Elmwood Cemetery
Kansas City, Missouri
Tall cemetery monument topped with a sculpture of a standing female.
August 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Tomorrow is the day! We have a few tickets remaining and @thecleverbatlfk is ready to show us how to make our very own cemetery keepsakes using UV resin and fresh pressed flowers from our pollinator gardens. 🌷🌻
August 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."
August 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Can you spot the beehives? They may be in disguise. How many do you see in this picture?
Old cemetery with old headstones and there are 6 beehives, disguised as headstones in the back area, along the fence.
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Hillside mausoleum vault
Union Cemetery, est. 1857
Kansas City, MO
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#cemetery #grave #historical #abandoned #ruins
Old hillside mausoleum vault with vines growing on the entry gate.
July 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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In preparation for August being super hot outside we've partnered with local artists to bring a month of DIY crafts indoors! August 9th we're joined by Aimee Omohundro for a UV Resin Class. Then August 23rd Kelly Aaron will be here for a Mini Headstone Making Class. Links in the comments
July 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM