GraveOlogy

"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

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

~ Antonio Porchia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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