GraveOlogy

Cemetery Photography & Other Dark Delights...

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"What would life be worth if there were no death? Who would enjoy the sun if it never rained? Who would yearn for the day if there were no night? " - Glen Ringtved

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Remember, even if mere mortals don't know how you feel the darkness may...

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One lives in the hope of becoming a memory...

~ Antonio Porchia

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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. ~ Rabindranath Tagore #thedeadspeak #taphophilia #taphotourist #tombstone #taphophile #tombstonetourist #gravematters #graveology #gravecuriosity #graveyards #rhodeislandgraveyard #newenglandgraveyards #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #mementomori https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ZeKJAAs_t/?igshid=y4d7w4us4fto

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Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. ~ Sarah Williams #cemeteries #cemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryphotography #rhodeislandgraveyard #gravematters #graveology #gravecuriosity #graveyards #taphophilia #taphophile #thedeadspeak #tombstonetourist #tombstone #mementomori https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XpZz8Ab3T/?igshid=iatslmoi4h0c

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An owl’s cry, a most melancholy cry... ~ Edward Thomas #gravematters #gravecuriosity #graveyards #graveology #rhodeislandgraveyard #newenglandgraveyards #cemeteries #cemeterystatues #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #thedeadspeak #taphophilia #taphophile #tombstonetourist #tombstone #cemeteryowl https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VOPFhACc9/?igshid=xdab6wu5wbm5

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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? ~ Edgar Allan Poe #graveology #gravematters #gravecuriosity #graveyards #gravetales #mementomori #ohiocemeteries #strangetravels #dearlydeparted #taphophile #taphophilia #tombstonetourist #tombstone #thedeadspeak #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery https://www.instagram.com/p/B3PFyqJABaU/?igshid=1kq8cdki03jht

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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. ~ George Eliot #gravematters #graveology #ohiocemeteries #death #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #taphophile #thedeadspeak #taphophilia #tombstonetourist #tombstone #mementomori https://www.instagram.com/p/B3M2i7yhTy8/?igshid=7czbp6o0748c

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Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. -- Rabindranath Tagore #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #colonialgravestone #rhodeislandgraveyard #gravematters #graveology #graveyards #taphophilia #taphotourist #taphophile #tombstonetourist #thedeadspeak #tombstone https://www.instagram.com/p/B3CSTu0Bo01/?igshid=1rxx6xsrss9hv

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Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance. -- Kahlil Gibran #cemeteries #cemetery #cemeterywandering #cemeteryphotography #gravematters #graveology #graveyards #taphophilia #taphotourist #taphophile #tombstonetourist #tombstone #thedeadspeak https://www.instagram.com/p/B29dT3PhPWA/?igshid=ngk5kznwknb8

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Death has nothing to do with going away. The sun sets The moon sets But they are not gone. ~ Rumi #death #tombstonetourist #cemeteries #ohiocemeteries #marbleorchard #headstone #taphophilia #cemeterystatues #gravematters #cemeterywandering #graveology #cemeteryphotography #graveyards https://www.instagram.com/p/B24uaHvBxoQ/?igshid=1u142fwt668f2

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Come to the forest to visit me Down by the roots of a tree Live every day that is given to you Water a new flower for me. ~ Lurana Brown #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeteryphotography #colonialgravestone #rhodeislandgraveyard #taphophilia #taphotourist #taphophile #tombstonetourist #deathshead #gravematters #graveology #cemetery https://www.instagram.com/p/B24OGRkhwlQ/?igshid=133pmm6ajz7zd

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Smallpox, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, tuberculosis and dysentery, followed by periodic epidemics of cholera, scarlet fever, typhoid or influenza made funeral play a normal part of a child's life. #victoriandeath #coffindolls #funeral #cemeteries #Victoriandeathpractices #deathpractices #mementomori #cemeterywandering #taphophilia #taphophile #tombstonetourist #taphotourist #gravematters https://www.instagram.com/p/B2zCUv-hAtY/?igshid=1h2zf0oi17001

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“A baby’s cradle with no baby in it, A baby’s grave where autumn leaves drop sere; The sweet soul gathered home to Paradise, The body waiting here.” - Sing- Song : A Nursery Rhyme Book 1893 #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #ohiocemeteries #gravematters #graveology #graveyards #taphotourist #taphophilia #taphophile #tombstonetourist https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wZD1ThcRR/?igshid=89snchvskhn9

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Death, be not proud... #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #taphophilia #taphophile #tombstone #tombstonetourist #gravematters #graveology #graveyards #haunting https://www.instagram.com/p/B2uECV_h4FG/?igshid=ccncvb4zbzfp

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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. - Haruki Murakami #cemeteries #cemeterywandering #cemeterylovers #cemeteryphotography #cemetery #taphophile #taphophilia #tombstone #tombstonetourist #graveology #graveyards #gravematters #newenglandgraveyards https://www.instagram.com/p/B2r8_z7hMNP/?igshid=1unuqencd4wtb