"So we go inside and we gravely read the stones,After dropping Anne off for an appointment today, I spent some time wandering around the northern-most point of the Mount Hope Cemetery looking for birds, stones and snapping some pics. I recognize, dear reader, that you may be growing bored of my winter pics, but being that it's my President's Week vacation from school (work), and I've got nothing but time and a digital camera, the forecast is calling for the occasional photo essay! In the interest of more tightly focusing this blog, I've set up a sister blog on which I will post the majority of my pics, My Magic Lantern. Those few photos included here are just a representative sampling. Please, do check out the others at the Magic Lantern!
all those people all those lives
where are they now?
With loves, and hates
and passions just like mine,
they were born
and then they lived, and then they died,
which seems so unfair,
and I want to cry."
~excerpted from Cemetery Gates by The Smiths
The Mt. Hope Cemetery is located in Rochester, New York, and was founded in 1838. It is the United States' first municipal Victorian cemetery. Quite a few significant figures in American history, especially civil rights' history, are buried here including Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas.
I always draw a solemn vibe from being in cemeteries, ambling through the snow among history--some stories which are well documented, due to fame of the characters, but all of which were relevant to someone...
Breathe in, breathe out... YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!
3 comments:
Great photos! Cemeteries are great places. One of my favorites is the real old one (name escapes me) in Plymouth, Mass., on the site of the first plantation. You walk away realizing we're all related--and we all want our stories remembered. On my blog, I've been playing around with images of statues to make them move. They're meant to capture movement, I think. Anyway, heavenly post.
thanks for your kind words... I often find myself in cemeteries while traveling, they really seem to give you a sense of the place you are in (especially when it isnt your own)... i look forward to chekcing out your blog!
Beautiful photos and scenery! Can I visit you when I go to the States? hahaha..........
You live in a beautiful place!
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