Cemetery pics, Cape Cod, part three.

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Okay, now these are my favorites. This cemetery was fantastic. It was the Old Town Cemetery, which was in Sandwich (which claims it is the oldest town in New England), and it was on a hillside next to a river, and had lots of trees and atmosphere and was just gorgeous. It had some of the coolest stones. I had to turn up the contrast on some of the photos so you can see the text.

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As soon as I walked in, I was entranced. This pic is very near the entrance:



A little further in. I love the sun-dappled grass.

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The view of the river:

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Some memorable stones. Oldest first (this is a reproduction, though, the original must not have survived):



This one cracked me up because it says the amiable and virtuous widow.



This one was also fascinating, because it says: He was a vertious righteous & merciful man, and a great friend to Indians, and it's absolutely beautiful.

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These are probably my favorite two pics of all of the cemetery pics I took in Cape Cod:



(Willow design, of course)

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Two more wonderful old stones:

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And one last unusual stone--these gravestones were usually done for people who were important in some way:

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Comments

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These are all such fantastic pictures, I enjoyed them all. Of course, you get to see much older gravestones out east -- at the cemetaries around here and up north, I don't think I've ever seen a willow or cherub carved even once.

Yes, I've never seen a memento mori anywhere except in New England, sad to say! I love them.

I have seen willows, however, here in MI cemeteries.

One of my favorites -- in an odd sort of way -- is a very tall monument in Lakewood Cemetery. The front side goes on at some length about the husband's accomplishments in life, and then you go around to the back side, where it says "and his wife". I stick my tongue out at the husband's side every time we go there, I can't help it.

ahahah!! That's hilarious.

There's a common symbol you find in cemeteries, that of a hand with a single finger pointed toward Heaven, but I've seen a pic where a husband put on his wife's stone the hand with the finger pointed toward someplace far warmer...lol!

Also, I love our default icons next to each other. Two big, bossy cats.

Don't they rock? *giggles*

Also, I've just posted an entry about watching the Riptide pilot for the first time in years...hee!