May 28, 2004
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Burford Church Yard Cemetary in Burford, England Photo and enhancement by Chris Duffy
OK, OK, this will be the last blog about cemetaries . . . for a little while anyway. It really looks neat the way the moss grows on so many of these gravestones and above ground tombs, but then it can hardly be helped with all the rain they have there.
Church Yard Cemetary in Burford, England Photo &enhancement by C. Duffy
Here’s another one of the many above ground tombs we saw. This one was also in the Church Yard at Burford. We attended the Palm Sunday services in the Burford Church and found it to be very interesting. They had a choir only once a month and luckily it was that Sunday. The preacher has several congregations and therefore is only at any one of the churches about once a month. The Sunday we were there just happened to be his Sunday at the Burford Church and the Sunday that all the choirs from all the surrounding churches gather at the Burford Church. It was a small choir, about 15 people, but with a very nice sound. I’m sure the accoustics in those old church buildings doesn’t hurt the sound any.
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Reminds me somewhat of the above ground graveyards in New Orleans. Not my favorite kind of grave yard but still interesting and great pictures as always!
I once heard the saying that “we are never forgotten after our death as long as someone remembers us.” To me that is what these old graveyards are. Rememberances of people who lived and died long ago and who we never knew but when we visit their graves we remember them and they are not forgotten.
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i wonder if it’s more comfortable to be above ground than below? :lookaround:
NEAT! The top pic looks like something from a horror movie. Please don’t take this as an insult– I’m a total horror movie buff!
I think my next project will be photographing downtown DC. I’ve done all the kid & pet pics I feel like doing; perhaps I can find some neat unknowns in DC. I’ll let you know. :wave:
The moss on the tomb stones always remind of the Wordsworth poem:
She dwelt among the untrodden ways
Beside the springs of Dove,
A Maid whom there were none to praise
And very few to love:
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!
Must check back tomorrow when I have some sitting time.
I love cemeteries… :yes:
:goodjob: These are beautiful pictures, Chris — I love England, and love seeing your results.
, the enhancement makes the pictures very blurry, and gives them an element of unearthliness. Maybe it’s just my computer, but I thought if I said something, you might be able to fine-tune your enhancing technique so that we could have enhancement AND clarity.
But …
Just a small suggestion …