Cemetery pics, Cape Cod, part two.

[valis2]

Again, these are not my favorite pics. Taken at Orleans Cemetery.

We went on a tour of the cemetery, but it turned out to be a gossip session, and I'd rather hear about the cemetery itself. The woman who gave it was very nice, but quite frankly, she was so gleeful about reading deceased women's diaries that I was a little surprised.

It was a very large cemetery, with a large modern section, hilly and without much tree cover. Not really my favorite, though a couple stones were interesting.

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This stone reminded me of several I saw in Australia, with lovely floral carvings:

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There's something about patterns and gravestones...when I see a few in a row that are similar, my brain responds. This is my favorite pic from this particular cemetery.

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I love willows on gravestones, as I've mentioned before, and this was a particularly lovely example.



And another one.

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A family plot, with markers around the edges. I saw quite a few in the modern section of this particular cemetery.



Another common theme in family plots...repeating the same gravestone, but in a different size.

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I've never seen a monument quite like this:

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More lichen textures.



And...just texture.

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This group of family gravestones was very nicely done.





The scrolling design behind the name on this one was amazing:

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And another unusual monument. The picture sucks, but at least you can see what I'm talking about.

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Comments

[gina-r-snape.livejournal.com]

Absolutely lovely. Thanks for posting them!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Thanks for commenting! *giant hugs*

[alchemia.livejournal.com]

great pics, thanks for sharing

[valis2.livejournal.com]

:) Glad you liked them. Thanks for the comment.

Have just uploaded the last set, which is the best.

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I tend to avoid tours like those. I'd rather make up my own stories about people from their stones. Feels more personal, even if I'm wrong.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

She even annoyed Husband, because she was just so...excited about who had children with whom, y'know? It was pretty silly, though honestly, I'm sure she's a nice person.

I was a bit frustrated because when we started, she took our money, and then we all went to the cemetery, and that's when she told everyone that this wasn't a tour of interesting graveyard art, but instead a full-on gossip session. Too bad we didn't hear that bit before we'd paid. Oh well. It still goes to support a historical society...

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

Yeah, aren't people more interested in what all the symbols mean? Its really interesting!! Bah. Gossip. I hope it goes to restoring the graveyard or something. Still, they should let you know what you're in for.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I loved the look of the graveyard, and I was intrigued about some of the family groupings, but I never found out anything more than that, unfortunately. :(

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

That's such a shame. :(

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

And that rock one looks a lot like the Passage Tombs in Ireland, only on a much smaller scale. I wonder if that's what they were going for. Like Newgrange or Knowth?

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Very interesting! I wonder if it's what they were trying to do. I'll have to try to look into that...

[jettdelirium.livejournal.com]

Newgrange is cool as hell. You can go all the way inside it, and if you're there on or close to the Winter Solstice, you can see the sunlight ALL the way into the middle of the hill. Like, 100 feet in!! It was CRAZY!

[tjwritter.livejournal.com]

I've gone to quite a few cemeteries and done what you have, and I have NEVER seen one like that rock one! It looks like a home for hobbits...for realz!

Also, there's something sad about the little baby replica of the larger one...talk about being insignificant even in death! Poor little baby dead person! :(

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I've gone to quite a few cemeteries and done what you have, and I have NEVER seen one like that rock one! It looks like a home for hobbits...for realz!

There's a rock monument (http://valis2.livejournal.com/87107.html) at a cemetery here in MI, but it's still not the same--I'm really intrigued with this one. It's pretty cool.

Also, there's something sad about the little baby replica of the larger one...talk about being insignificant even in death! Poor little baby dead person! :(

It's pretty typical to have a large family stone and a bunch of little stones around it, but this was an exception--this was the only small stone. I didn't check names or dates, unfortunately, so I'm not certain if it was a child's stone or not...

[apythia.livejournal.com]

I love the second pic. The mound one reminded me of what the entrance to the supposed fairy mounds are to be like.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was such an unusual tomb that I just had to get a pic. I'm drawn to oddball things, lol!

[dementordelta.livejournal.com]

Another lovely set! What a peaceful place! I love the Sparrow markers!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

The Sparrow markers were fantastic. Husband pointed them out and said, "Ha, Jack Sparrow" and I went, "OMG BEEEYOUTIFUL!" and had to take about six pics. This was the best one.