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.
This stone reminded me of several I saw in Australia, with lovely floral carvings:
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.
I love willows on gravestones, as I've mentioned before, and this was a particularly lovely example.
And another one.
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.
I've never seen a monument quite like this:
More lichen textures.
And...just texture.
This group of family gravestones was very nicely done.
The scrolling design behind the name on this one was amazing:
And another unusual monument. The picture sucks, but at least you can see what I'm talking about.
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Have just uploaded the last set, which is the best.
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...
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! :(
There's a rock monument 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...