August has come and gone. It was hotter than hot. There was a hurricane! And rain! And a smile. Local Altadena historian Elizabeth Pomeroy stopped by to say hello. She’s the smiling author of “Lost and Found II” a book chronicling the many sights and sounds of historic Altadena. Author Elizabeth, thanks for including a chapter featuring our very own Mountain View Cemetery.

July has come and gone, and it’s been hotter than hot. There’ a cool place here. Our Scattering Garden. There’s plenty of white Roses to greet you as walk along the walls and enjoy the afternoon shadows to help keep your cool. You’ll hear the cascading water as it falls and washes against the scattering garden pond. It’s a lovely addendum to our Mother Mausoleum on Marengo Ave. See you soon.

June has come and gone, and July is here. Our Fair Oaks gates have been open almost forever. Since 1882. Open to history types. Genealogy students. Scholars. Long-lost relatives. And everyone that is interested in the past and in the future. Guessing that means just about everyone.

May has come and gone and it was a wonderful month. Starting off the month we joined in a tribute to our best pal and best gal, our mom’s. Our first teacher. Our lifelong cheerleader. It was Mother’s Day. We were busy as ever with all the visitors paying their respects to Moms, Grandmoms and teachers, all the beloved mentors in our lives.

April is here. April means Earth Day in all her glory. There are so many ways to celebrate the nurturing of Mother Earth. Green is the obvious symbol of Mother Earth and thanks to all our February and March rain, our grounds have the look of Ireland. Home gardeners, here is your inspiration. Your local hardware store is moments away!

Spring is here. There could be no better way to celebrate Spring and Woman’s History Month, than by stopping by and paying respects to Emma Bangs, Inn Keeper and entrepreneur. Pasadena tourists flocked to her early Vista Del Arroyo Hotel that she later renamed The Emma Bangs Boarding House, now the site of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Emma was one of a kind. Ahead of the curve. A Renaissance woman.

It’s January. January 2023. The start of a New Year and a reminder of our early days. It was the days before databases and online shopping. It was the days of horse power and orange groves and history in the making. Our welcoming Fair Oaks gate has been through many evolutions and has been greeting family visitors since way back in 1882.

It’s December. That special month with those special magic words. Hanukkah. Christmas. Songs. Presents. More presents. Cookies. More cookies.
Nicole, our Mountain View graduate studies in film lady, took time from speaking with our families and our neverending flower deliveries, to decorate our Mountain View Christmas tree. Her artistic eye for colors and decorations helped remind us all, that Santa, is on his way.

It’s November and nothing says November like those Midwest Fall colors that make a walk through our cemetery, a walk to remember. All those colors are here. Yellows, Reds and an occasional Rust color to add to our November natural palette. With over two hundred species of trees that grace our grounds, there’s a style and a something for everyone to see and enjoy.

October, and the cool air across our 60 acres of history reminds us that Fall has arrived. When we talk about our yesterdays, we are always reminded that your adventures in family research begin on our sidewalk. Our sidewalk starts just inside our Fair Oaks gate. If that Lao Tzu journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, then your Genealogy first step, begins, absolutely, on our sidewalk.