It’s one liner Wednesday- to bad it’s Thursday. Oh well, better late then never- and speaking of “late’ I chose a quote about cemeteries and a couple of pictures that I took to go along with it.
The first was taken at a cemetery in Puyallup, Washington and the second was taken at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home and Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.
Anita
Photo: A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
In an effort to make sure that his grave was not disturbed, it is said that Shakespeare penned his own epitaph and it reads as follows:
Shakespeare’s Grave
Stratford-upon-Avon
“Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.”
Scary stuff- and I’m not sure if it worked but it may have. Curses are pretty convincing to a large segment of the population.
On the other hand that are grave makers that aren’t as creepy or theatrical but will scare the heck out of you all the same- not that they’ve run people off but they really are the stuff of nightmares.
Here are two markers that can be found in Red Gate Woods, outside of Chicago Illinois and I’m good. I don’t need to visit these sites- but I have to admit.
I am curious
Photo A.M. Moscoso
“THE WORLD’S FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR WAS REBUILT AT THIS SITE IN 1943 AFTER INITIAL OPERATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THIS REACTOR (CP-2) AND THE FIRST HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTOR (CP-3) WERE MAJOR FACILITIES AROUND WHICH DEVELOPED THE ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY THIS SITE WAS RELEASED BY THE LABORATORY IN 1956 AND THE U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION THEN BURIED THE REACTORS HERE.”
…and at Site M:
“CAUTION-DO NOT DIG Buried in this area is radioactive material from nuclear research conducted here 1945-1949. Burial area is marked by six corner markers 100ft from this center point. There is no danger to visitors. U.S. Department of Energy 1978”
RDP Tuesday: ANGEL
I suppose that Angels are comforting
to those in need
and they look boss on top of your Christmas Tree
But I like my angels cast in marble and stone
forever friends
to our sleeping bones.
The Recording Angel Waupun, Wisconsin: Photograph by A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Photograph: A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso
If you could choose your headstone or statue , something to to sum up your feelings about life and death, what would you choose?
I learned this in a screenwriting class I took- go big or go home.
This is what I want- I want this statue walking towards my grave because
in stone, in marble this statue holds inside of it exactly how I look at life.
Plus it is creepy as hell. The expression on the figures faces are a million times scarier
then any gargoyle’s face.
One last thing.
I want to buried next to someone who put their favorite fudge or cookie recipe on
their headstone.
Go big or go home.
Fate by Hugo Lederer (1896) Fate drags a man and woman by their hair through the grass toward the Von Schröder mausoleum. Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg.
Very interesting article on Von Schröder Mausoleum as well as interior shots of Mausoleum itself HERE
For RDP Thursday: VESSEL