Cemetery pics, Cape Cod, part two.

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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

[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!