Cape Cod cemetery pics, part one.

[valis2]

So while we were on our honeymoon, I told Husband that we had to visit some graveyards. He was a bit appalled at first, which bewildered me, but when we visited the first one he actually seemed to get into it, and wandered about reading epitaphs and even getting in the way of shots, lol.

So here is the first set of images. There will be three entries total, one for each site, and I'm warning you that this is the most boring set of pics of the three. The light was very low because the sun was setting, and the pics aren't as nice as I would have hoped. Still, they hold interest for fellow taphophiles, so here you go.

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These shots are all from West Yarmouth Woodside Cemetery. It was surrounded by a fence that I saw repeated at many other gravesites in the area, made of cement pillars with metal lengths embedded in them. The fence for this particular cemetery was dated 1919 or somewhere around there.

You can get a sense of what it looks like here:

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The name Crowell was very well represented in this cemetery. The cemetery's website lists many Crowells.

Here's one long row:

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I always am fascinated by the symbols on gravestones.

I loved this detail. An infinite loop of chain, beautifully rendered:



And here's a willow. I don't know why, but this symbol always resonates with me very strongly.

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I took a picture in Australia that was similar to this, with a yucca plant growing next to a gravestone. Of course, that yucca was about as tall as building.

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I love looking at the lichens that grow on gravestones.

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And this gravestone was a bit unusual, though I found similar examples in some of the other cemeteries:

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Comments

[rook543.livejournal.com]

Nice...

I have to get back into shooting cemeterys. Below is a link to my original photo project I did in ar school..

http://www.dragonfang.com/russ/site/photos.htm

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, those are fantastic!! Thanks for sharing--now I feel all sad because mind are so boring. LOL.

[djin7.livejournal.com]

These are pretty cool!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks! The third set is the best--will put that up when I get back from the post office. *hugs*

[morricone1900.livejournal.com]

I see dead people! Or, um...

[valis2.livejournal.com]

hee! I hope not! ;)

[droxy.livejournal.com]

wonderful shots, cemetary art is fascinating.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Isn't it, though? I'm always intrigued.

[gina-r-snape.livejournal.com]

Wow, so do you think the family planted the yucca and it's been growing for years and years?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I think that might be the case--there's very little yucca in Cape Cod--at least, that I could see. ;)

The last set is the best--I'm working on those right now.

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

I love old cemeteries. Nothing wrong with visiting them on your honeymoon! My husband and I went to two on our honeymoon! Of course, our honeymoon was in New Orleans, so how could you NOT visit them!?!? :D

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, NO is fantastic! Let me see...Here (http://valis2.livejournal.com/277283.html), here (http://valis2.livejournal.com/277536.html), and here (http://valis2.livejournal.com/277767.html) are the NO cemetery pics I've taken.

Husband was a little afraid that it would be too morbid, what with wedding being a new beginning, but he got into it eventually. ;)

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

Hee, we went to the same ones! Mine are here and here, from my trip there in '05 (I think!). Sadly, I don't have the ones I took during my honeymoon cause that was almost ten years ago, and they're all film and I haven't scanned them.

Bonus Dumbledore in St Louis Square on the second page. ;)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome pics--I love your pic of the Italia tomb, it's fantastic!

Seeing Café du Monde makes me want beignets. wah!

What fantastic pics--you have such a great eye!

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

Thanks! My friend Rachel actually got that one printed up for me and matted and framed for my birthday that year! Its on my wall! :D

I miss New Orleans! I want Beignets too!!!!!

Thanks! :)

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

Oh, and did you see the pics I took of the cemeteries in Boston? I LOVE Massachusetts cemeteries!!

Here and here. Oh, and Salem Burying Ground is here.

SO gorgeous!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I took pictures there too--but mine are film and I'll have to scan them in someday. :)

These are just great! Wow! I love your closeup shots. You're awesome!

I don't remember seeing some of the more intricate stones--but I had so little time, I was with two non-cemetery fans, so I had to snap pics in as short a time as possible. These are so awesome.

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks! Its cool that we can exchange them and see stuff that we may have missed! :)

[apythia.livejournal.com]

Love the second one. I like playing with lines and depths in my photos so that one instantly spoke to me.

It looks like a really cool cemetery to spend some time in. It's actually inspiring me to write a short story.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Love the second one. I like playing with lines and depths in my photos so that one instantly spoke to me.

I really loved that pic. It was so hard to get the angle--there are lots of houses and stuff behind the cemetery. I'm glad it turned out!

It looks like a really cool cemetery to spend some time in. It's actually inspiring me to write a short story.

*boggles*

Wow, that is the highest compliment of them all!! Thankyou!

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful series! I loved the yucca one! Is there some reason folks plant yucca plants on graves?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I don't know--but I've totally seen it before, so there might be. I'm surprised that it's so healthy! I would have thought the weather wasn't really that conducive...