Sunday 24 February 2013

Raising a Smile in a Graveyard!

I am aware of this poem but have never before seen it in a graveyard. It was on the reverse of a headstone in Salesbury, Lancashire.. The poem was written by Karen McLendon-Laumann.

Smiling is infectious you catch it like the flu



Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling, too.
I passed around the corner, and someone saw my grin.
When he smiled I realized, I’d passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile, then I realized its worth,
A single smile, just like mine, could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin, don’t leave it undetected
Let’s start an epidemic quick, and get the world infected!
Karen McLendon-Laumann

Sunday 17 February 2013

A Sunny Day in the Churchyard

What a beautiful day it has been. Sunshine! I wandered down to our local churchyard to take a photograph or two. I love this little side gate and the view of the church,once you have stepped through it..






Sunday 3 February 2013

Fragments of a Life

I find myself drawn to photograph gravestones that are crumbling away. I also feel a certain sorrow that the names recorded upon them are becoming lost. In the case of this graveyard in Ribchester (Church of St Peter and St Paul's), I fear no one has recorded the memorial inscriptions . . .
                                             

                                      









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An illustrated look at the World of Graveyards and Cemeteries. There are many Stories behind the Stones that Stand in them. Who knows what we might find?

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