October 20, 2021
A brief stop at Mount Hope Cemetery would help my extended birthday celebration include another of my favorite pastimes, roaming about historical cemeteries with a camera. Established in 1838, Mount Hope was thee first municipal cemetery in the United States, says someone on wikipedia. On a time limit, our stop Read more…
August 15, 2021
It was a quest to find one of my favorite angel replicas at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, New York: The heartbreaking Angel of Grief. But there were plenty of other beautiful sculptures to admire and capture on the grounds. Many sculptures had very nice detailing. Look at this Read more…
July 16, 2021
With a friend in town, it is busy times in Brooklyn and Queens, starting with a mermaid shoot at Jacob Riis in the Rockaways. Of course we had to jump in the water with record-high heat! Before and after the Atlantic ocean… Brekkie at Le Petit Monstre.. despite everything looking Read more…
July 9, 2021
Staying close by in Albany, I took a quick trip in Albany Rural Cemetery because my previous visit was snow-blanketed. And I am pretty nostalgic for cemetery visiting. But soon the Fall will give way to the cold and it’ll be cemetery season once again. Here are the ladies of Read more…
May 19, 2021
Sometimes when I get out of work, my feet take me to Green-Wood Cemetery… usually when it is beautiful out or when I have my good camera on me or if it’s been a minute. Most of the time I don’t deconstruct it. I just go, and let the why Read more…
March 23, 2021
Though it’s too early for the flowering trees I am waiting for, the gorgeous weather had me dropping in on Green-Wood Cemetery early for some crocuses, the start of some daffodils and some quiet contemplation. The pretty purple crocuses were scattered about here and there. Their vibrant shade is a Read more…
November 28, 2020
With beautiful weather and the price gouging of Thanksgiving over, I rented a car and hit the road. On the itinerary was a visit to Springfield Cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts… to see a sculptured woman I’ve been long admiring. When I entered the historic cemetery I was struck by her Read more…
November 8, 2020
Since my trip to Manhattan’s Trinity Church & Cemetery was thwarted, I headed to the other side of Green-Wood Cemetery to capture the slightly past peak foliage and the familiar dour faces inside the blaze of a summer day in autumn, before the bright orange and yellow fall. Next up, Read more…
October 22, 2020
The Allegheny Cemetery has a beautiful set of angel wings on its grounds–enormous feather-brushed bronze. The striking Porter Angel marks the resting place of Henry Kirke Porter, a congressman and businessman who died in 1921. She’s long been on my list of must-sees. And she was worth it. Pretty face, Read more…
The Homewood Cemetery has got what I like in a cemetery–it was founded in the late 1800’s, its grounds are Lawn Park style, and it’s full of gorgeous trees in peak foliage. And when you enter bright and early you can watch the bright streams of sun penetrate the morning Read more…
October 10, 2020
Staten Island’s Moravian Cemetery has it all–death heads and winged soul effigies on centuries old headstones, intriguing epitaphs, beautiful angels, heartbreaking modern-day memorials, lush green overgrowth, gorgeous trees, peace… quiet. Meandering through its paths in Autumn is the stuff that Cemetery Season is all about. Leaves are turning I found Read more…
October 4, 2020
As promised, haunting photo memorials and a couple of surprising secrets… off the beaten path at Green-Wood on that perfect Fall day.
To officially kick off the Cemetery Season, I wandered through Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery for hours, purposely not finding my way to my favorite monuments. I wanted to discover the parts that I had never explored, the parts I had passed along the way. Within this quest, I found so much Read more…
August 31, 2020
Sorry but I think the Maben Angel is more attractive than most living women. Is that weird? She’s way fierce. So after I left my apartment within quarantine to get a Covid and antibodies test in advance of maybe returning to school next week, I paid her a visit. Because Read more…
July 22, 2020
Since I declared my intention of visiting all of Virginia’s dark sky parks and camping three evenings, forces of nature have threw me some curveballs. But I subscribe to several related philosophies that have me generally accepting, catching curveballs and admiring each. Though my que sera sera-ness might not serve Read more…
June 30, 2020
Like most beautiful cemeteries (and asylums) I can spend hours within, Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, a National Historical Place, was established in the mid-1800’s. I explored most of its 555 acres with my rental car because the heat was unbearable. But I ran out of the car like 600 Read more…
June 18, 2020
Since I returned to my school briefly of course I had to visit Green-Wood Cemetery. And yet again I saw some things I had never seen before! After all my visits I am still quite sure there are paths I have never walked down… things I have yet to admire. Read more…
June 12, 2020
An afternoon at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery would bring new discoveries, even more reasons to love its grounds. And since I’ve been carless for 11 days , I walked there from my apartment… just to see how long it would take. It was an easy walk that I’ll likely do again! Read more…
May 31, 2020
With some itineraries including the exploration of Ghost Towns in Pennsylvania and Nevada, I am starting a new Urban Exploration category with this first post about an abandoned village in New Jersey: Feltville. The remains of the this village established in 1845 lies within the Watchung Reservation in Berkeley Heights, Read more…
February 28, 2020
It’s been a while since I visited one of my favorite places in Brooklyn, Green-Wood Cemetery. Come to think of it, I haven’t really been hitting any cemeteries as of late and time did not allow a visit to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on my LA trip. I miss graving! Read more…
January 19, 2020
For my return to Queens’ Cemetery Belt, a couple of Jewish cemeteries for a change. Compared to the dramatic often grandiose funerary art within Christian cemeteries, customs differ greatly in Jewish burials, including unadorned graves that are simple in decoration. Considering, there were some strays from tradition to photograph. Specifically, Read more…
December 28, 2019
I really wish I lived closer to Woodlawn Cemetery‘s 400 acres, the grounds of my Bronx angel hunt. It is one of my favorites in New York City. One can easily lose an entire day here. But I fine-tuned my search by hunting down the familiar angel faces I saw Read more…
December 22, 2019
There are tons of cemeteries adjacent to each other in Queens in an area called the Cemetery Belt. There are so many cemeteries in this vicinity that my visit today barely scratched the surface! My mission was to try out my new camera and familiarize myself with the area for Read more…
December 18, 2019
In the oldest cemetery on Staten Island I found another reason to enjoy graving… intricately carved death heads and winged soul effigies, the topic of this angel-ish hunt in the 5 boroughs. Typical of gravestones from the 1600 and 1700’s, these decorative features were the earliest form of funerary art Read more…
September 30, 2019
Another cemetery on my list gets checked off during my stay in Buffalo–Forest Lawn Cemetery. I explored most of its 269 acres on a brisk fall morning. Here is what I saw. Aspiration. She is he reason for Forest Lawn being on my list. Ever since I saw her in Read more…
