Many of the cemeteries that I haunt have imposing entries, usually with brick gate-posts and an ornate wrought iron double entry gate for vehicles, and a side-gate for pedestrians. Today, I showcase the formal entry to Waverley Cemetery in Sydney. There are more exits than entries, with the entries up the top of the hill, and the exits down the bottom. Make of that what you will!
Welcome to the 34th week of
Taphophile Tragics.
Your contribution is most welcome. Please ensure that you include some details of the cemetery in which you took your photographs, and link directly to your post, rather than simply to your blog in general. This week, Mr Linky opens at
9:30pm Monday, Sydney time (GMT+10), and closes at 9:30pm on the Friday. When you can, please visit the other contributing bloggers to show your appreciation of their endeavours. Due to time zone variations and overcrowded schedules, some contributions are made later than Tuesday/Wednesday. As per usual, we are working with the Linky with thumbnails, and displaying the oldest entry first, with no randomising.
13 comments:
It seems that I have no interest in cemeteries today because yesterday we attended a funeral of a beautiful 42 year-old niece who died because of someone else's careless driving. Too many of these events!
Love that first photo! Almost features of a face seem to be there!
Amazing how old and solid some cemetery entrance pillars seem to be while other entrances seem so very fragile.
Strange that Kate posted a comment about driving. My post is about driving!
I can well understand your hesitation today, Kate. Stay in the bosom of your family for as long as it takes.
As Gemma says, that first photo is a prime example of pareidolia, appearing like a face!
Thanks for hosting, Julie.
pareidolia ... pareidolia ... *chuckle* ... now THAT would be a good meme ... probably with few participants!
Now how to work that word into a post ... or even down the pub this evening ...
pareidolia ... what a word ... had to look it up. Wondering why one of the circles has hole in the middle and the other doesn't. Perhaps it's winking.
Oh, yes ... most definitely ... winking ;)
Imposing! Maybe people are dying to get out? Great pictures.
I hadn't come across the word pareidolia before - thanks for mentioning it. That's a very imposing entrance.
A beautiful cemetery. Love the entrance and the wonderful iron fence.
but i wonder... how do you know which gate is the entrance and which the exit?
my neighborhood cemeteries both have several gates but the ones closest to my apartment are both always locked... i always wonder why. you can still get in somehow, but never through the gate.
Entrance, I mean, for a hearse, not for a pedestrian necessarily. But really it is just a fancy of my imagination ...
I am rather disappointed that our local cemetery does not have such fancy gates (though it does have a beautiful gatehouse that I will have to post).
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