A Collection From A Graveyard

                                              Deer and Turkeys, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA

 

My wife and I started volunteering for find a grave a year or so ago, and while photographing headstones, it's easy to get engaged with whatever else is going on around us.  The impressive monuments, the landscape, the wildlife, all creating an ambiance that defies the typical creepy solemnity of a cemetery.

   

The Winter Crypt in Winter 

 

                                                      

                                                              Moorhead Monument

                                                 Temple of Memories Mausoleum

I usually refer to the Mausoleum as "Temporal Memories", and I've shot more pictures inside of there than anywhere else.  It's astounding, trapped in time from when it was constructed in the 1960s, including the decor.