When we create memorials to mark the resting place of those who have gone on before us, those memorials in the first part of their life look beautiful to the eye.
Those memorials are cared for, and decorated with flowers or toys they not only will say when that person was born and left this Earth they are also saying, ‘ this person was loved and is still loved ‘.
Photo A.M. Moscoso Evergreen Washelli- Seattle, Washington USA
Photo A.M. Moscoso Saint Louis Cemetery Number One
Some people think Death is the bad guy in the grand scheme of things- but we know that the real villain is time.
Time will eat and wear away, word by word, atom by atom those memorials that were crafted to defy time ( HA! ).
Photo A.M. Moscoso
Photo A.M. Moscoso Saint Louis Cemetery Number One
Photo A.M. Moscoso Bear Creek Cemetery/Turner Cemetery Washington state.
We create memorials to those we loved that have gone on before us- but in the end time has the last word and it’s vocabulary is brutal.
I’ve been taking pictures at cemeteries for a few years now and I feature them here on my blog.
This year’s collection was different- these pictures have oomph and I am excited to share them with you.
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
Meet the Peacock Family: I loved their name and call it a moment of inspiration or a haunting- but as soon as I saw the Peacock’s tombstones I just knew there’s a story here just waiting to be told.
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
J.H. Peacock and Caroline Peacock’s headstones were in the best shape, I’m sorry to say the other Peacock’s markers were harder to read. I included them in a group portrait below:
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
The Family Tree- this was the second tombstone I saw like this one while I was visiting Wisconsin- the other was in Fox Lake. I captured different angles so that you could see the beautiful work that went into creating this lovely tombstone.
Here is some information I found about “Tree Stones “.
Tree-stump tombstones like these can be found in graveyards across the country ( USA). They tend to surprise people who come across them, since they’re not quite what we expect to see at the head of a grave. They date mostly to 1880s to 1920s, when funerary art in the United States was moving away from the grand mausoleums and obelisks found elsewhere in Green-Wood. The tree-stump stones were part of a movement to turn the focus of death back to life, and they’re a unique form connected with the secret societies of the time. “They qualify as folk art,” writes Susanne Ridlen, in her 1999 book Tree-Stump Tombstones.
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
As my Son and I were leaving Oakwood, we passed by this tombstone flanked by two trees glowing in gold and red leaves and I thought of a Christmas Tree.
I know, it’s silly. After all, it’s almost Halloween.
Despite my holiday snafu, it was a beautiful sight:
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
I have more pictures to share and I will add them to my blog here through the winter. I don’t want to do a photo dump because all of my Graveyard pictures have a story to tell and I want to give them their moment to shine.
anita
Photo A.M. Moscoso Oakwood Cemetery. Beaver Dam WI USA October2023
