Misty Graveyard

Came upon this, from the British Lichen Society: "#Churchyards are of supreme importance for #lichen #conservation." This churchyard is certainly doing its part: here's a #gravestone covered in lichen at Cille Choirill in #Scotland.

I'm torn between appreciation of the way lichen softens a graveyard and frustration that so many inscriptions become illegible.
#LichenSubscribe #TombTuesday

https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/conservation/churchyard/churchyard-lichens

#MondayMourning: Louise the Unfortunate

No one knows Louise's real story. Legend has it that she traveled to Natchez sometime after the Civil War in search of her fiancé. For reasons unknown, she found herself stranded and husbandless.

Too proud to return home, she became a seamstress, maid, then "woman of the night." After dying in her mid-20s, a mysterious benefactor paid for her funeral and this headstone, more than what most paupers received.

The cemetery in Amlwch has a gravestone in the form of a lighthouse. It is for Thomas Cunningham, who had worked on a lighthouse in Shanghai, China, for 30 years, and retired to Anglesey. He was originally from Liverpool. It is very detailed, even with an iron ladder up the side to the doorway.
#lighthouse #anglesey #gravestone #tombstone #amlwch

Well… they’re *not* wrong

#HisAndHearsePress #Cemetery #Headstone #Gravestone #IncorrectSignage #Funeral #Mortuary #PainStopsHere #TheyreNotWrong #DeathPositive #StandingStoneSunday

: Kayla Faustus or…?

“The Kiss of Death” from Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona. An inscription reads: "So his youthful heart is fading. In his veins his blood is freezing, and all strength has slipped away. Faith is leveled as he falls into the arms of Death. Alas!” Photo: Stephan Harmes.