As promised, I have compiled a few more photos I took at the
Tolomato Cemetery. When I worked at
Ripley's I walked by the cemetery every night and not once felt at all spooked or nervous. The cemetery has many ghost stories attached to it, but I have never seen anything there at all.
Is it weird that I consider these photos to be beautiful as opposed to creepy?
ReplyDeleteNo way! I think these are beautiful as well! And not just because I took them. I like how stark they are, how in disrepair. The site I linked to up above is actually working on restoring as many of the headstones as they can. And even more cool? Although there are no where near the number showing, there are over 1000 people buried in the graveyard.
DeleteThese are gorgeous. I love old cemeteries. It reminds me of that series they just put on buzzfeed about abandoned towns. They're eerie, but beautiful at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI love old cemeteries. I have a few photos of the girls when they were younger in the Huguenot cemetery in my home town that I've always loved. They wear these expressions that scream, "Mommy, WHY?!?!" that I just love.
DeleteSilent and somber. These speak so many tales.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting walking around because the tour guide (weird a tour guide in a cemetery) was able to give us the story behind the gravestones. It made it more real.
DeleteCaptured the essence of a cemetery really well. I love the 5th one.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I am fond of the 9th one - the one that is broken. It's sad that it is broken, but it also speaks the to history and the future. You know?
DeleteI love cemeteries....I recently spent an entire morning in the hush of trees and tombstones to take pictures there. These photos are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you. As odd as it is there is something really peaceful about old cemeteries. And you're right, there is a hush in graveyards even if the road is only a step away.
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