Carrying on with this walk through Woodlawn Cemetery in Guelph, the place was quite peaceful.
There is a mausoleum at the heart of the cemetery. It was locked, but I was able to get a shot through the front door glass.
I carried on with my walk.
Small American flags at a family plot drew my eye. The family would have come to Canada at some point in the 1970s. The father was a veteran of World War Two.
His son, bearing his name, served in the Vietnam War, and died a few years after that war had ended.
I kept walking.
This rather unusual stone with a cat carved into the back drew my eye.
For today I leave off with this view.
So much history buried there. A place of reflection.
ReplyDeleteCemeteries are fascinating places. I particularly like the one in the country town where I was raised because there are lots of familiar names on the graves.
ReplyDeleteNice photos, the mausolem is fancy. They scare me as a child after my parents explained what they are because my 4 year old mind thought the deceased are waiting for spring like live people do.
ReplyDeleteGravestones can be treasure troves for historians and they make great perches for flycatchers too.
ReplyDeleteImpressive graveyard with fascinating graves.
ReplyDeleteYou'd never see the national flag on a grave in England, except in the American War Cemetery.
ReplyDeleteHello, it is a beautiful place, the gravestones are impressive. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day. Wishing you a great new week!
ReplyDeleteA peaceful place.
ReplyDelete...I have seen many mausoleums, but this one is amazing.
ReplyDeleteMonuments to real lives.
ReplyDelete@Fun60: indeed.
ReplyDelete@Joan: I can see that.
@Maywyn: that I get.
@David: true.
@Marianne: I agree.
@John: understandable.
@Eileen: thanks!
@Marleen: very much so.
@Tom: it is.
@Sandi: indeed.
Serenity is what I see...and well tended grass! A cemetery requires lots of trimming around all those gravestones!
ReplyDeleteCemeteries are full of stories William, each gravestone a life lived and lost ✨
ReplyDeleteThe headstone in the last photo is one of the things that keep our interest in the cemetery.
ReplyDeleteEin friedlicher Ort voller Erinnerungen.
ReplyDeleteNoke
Thank you for sharing, William
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot to see in this peaceful place.
ReplyDeleteA ovely and peaceful place.
ReplyDelete@Barbara: lots of it.
ReplyDelete@Grace: true.
@Red: I agree.
@Noke: thanks!
@Cloudia: you're welcome.
@Sharon: there is.
@Bill: quite so.
It is the peacefulness of this cemetery that comes through in your photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
i enjoy the tree canopy ... i bet it keeps loved ones in the cooler temps to see their family. i enjoy the creative headstones ...they really have changed over the years. ( ;
ReplyDeleteSuch a peaceful place to walk!
ReplyDeleteCemeteries can be so peaceful. Quiet places.
ReplyDeleteA very interesting stroll through the cemetery.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many stories in cemeteries...untold.
ReplyDeleteUnusual tombstone with the cat...
ReplyDeleteOh, right, this is Guelph! sigh.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you are sharing this lovely place with us, William. Thank you.
ReplyDeletePeaceful.
ReplyDelete@Jan: it does.
ReplyDelete@Beth: there are a lot of trees.
@Marie: very much so, yes.
@Joanne: this one is.
@DJan: I found it so.
@Kay: that's the case.
@Italiafinlandia: it is.
@Jeanie: you're welcome.
@Klara: indeed.