The crunch of fallen leaves under foot at the front gate...
Won't you come along...
Peaceful and haunting...
Stories etched in stone...
A row of monuments, both beautiful and sad...
Stones drapped in colorful lichen and the forest painted in the hues of fall...
A heartbreaking tale of Our Alice, a toddler taken too soon from loving parents in another era, but the pain still reaches across time...
A sudden mist rises across the way by the empty church and chills me to the bone...
All alone on this October stroll. I leave to let the stories rest in peace for a time.
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Your photos are beautiful!!
...even if they are in a cemetery. ;-)
Pure perfection. I shivered just looking at your photos.
You always have the coolest pictures!
These pictures are so beautiful and a little haunting which makes me appreciate them all the more! They totally encompass Fall at it's best...Don't we wish we knew all the stories that go with those stones? xxx
love your photos!!! and once again it makes me jelous that i don't live in new england! dangit
So gorgeous!
Love this post!!! It's hard to explain why, but I love exploring New England cemetaries, from now on I'll just refer people here! Your pictures are amazing.
This cemetery is gorgeous. And, as always, I absolutely adore your photos. They are so beautiful.
I love cemeteries, good photography, and YOUR cemetery photos.
Looks like dreary skies in your photos just as we are having today. I hear rain dripping on the roof right now.
Aren't headstones and cemetery monuments wonderful? Poor 'our Alice'. Wonder what happened to her.
Di
oh my...what a lovely treat, thank you! It is so beautiful and haunting...
your photography is something I aspire to
I enjoyed that walk with you. Cemeteries can be peaceful places to be (sometimes spooky) and your pictures are really out of this world : )
Nuts in May
Beautiful! Are you still in Connecticut?
Well Alyson, I never did cemetery photos, but I will try one day. These ones are great, awesome compositions.
Stunning photography...would love a lesson~!!!! You blog is like looking at a gorgeous travel book...keep it up!!
Beautiful pictures, may all our stories of hardship have peace for a time.
THanks for letting me live fall vicariously through you! It is my number 1 reason I hate living in the desert! Beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing!
I pass by all these old, lovely cemeteries all the time, but never stop. I love how you've captures their beauty. I need to take the time to wander through and enjoy some of them.
domesticfringe - Thank you! I'll convert you yet to cemeteries!
Alix - So sweet! Thank you.
Kristina - I appreciate that!
Julie - So true! Wish I could know all the stories.
LifeIsGood - It is indeed a great place to live. :)
Barbaloot - Thank you, friend!
Lisa - We should explore a few together. Cemeteries in New England are really amazing.
New England Girl - Thanks, sweetie!
Julie P - Much appreciated! Thank you!
Talk about atmosphere!
Nice shots. I love walking in cemeteries, especially in the fall. The old monuments and stones are so interesting. You're right -- it's both beautiful and sad.
Alyson
Beautiful post and pictures! The one picture that grabbed my attention was 'Our Alice'. I could'nt help but wonder what this little one looked like and how old she was when she passed?? Thanks for sharing.
Tracy :)
Your gorgeous photos capture New England as do your most poetically chosen words. The cemetery is just right for Halloween too. Shivers….
I've always wanted to walk through and old cemetary. Maybe now I will. :)
I know a lot of people are creeped out by cemeteries, but I think old cemeteries are fascinating. You can learn so much about a place and its people and history from reading tombstones.
Great pictures and words to go along with them :-)
Kelly
Snappy Di - I wondered the same thing.
Heather - Thank you! It was a very haunting place indeed.
Sara - That is so sweet! Thank you!
Maggie May - Exactly how I feel. They are a great place to spend an afternoon.
Rebecca - Yes. We are still in CT. I think we may stay until the summer after next.
Barrie - Totally! There was definitely an atmosphere to that graveyard.
Adarian - Thank you! You should definitely photgraph graveyards. They are so interesting. I know you could do amazing things with it.
Donna - Thank you so much! I really, really appreciate it.
Kaylynn - Thank you. :)
Erika - Any time! :)
Charlotte - You really should! These old graveyards are a treasure of New England.
Erica - Yes, fall is really the best time to wander around the old cemeteries. Gives them such atmosphere.
Tracy - Thank you! If I remember correctly, little Alice was 18 months when she passed. So sad. I don't know how she died, but found it so heartbreaking to see her simple epitaph. Obviously she was greatly loved.
So cool! Great pics, thanks for sharring =)
Your photography is so beautiful. And the New England scenery is so captivating...the starkness of the buildings in the background especially.
Great photos! I have a similar post from a few years back....
I am SUPER excited to finally meet you on Friday! Hope you are feeling better.... Hugs!
Oh how hauntingly beautiful!!! Happy Halloween girly!
Seriously Allyson, Your photos move me!
~motherboard
Simply beautiful and so full of feeling.
if your goal was to take us to this mystical place and make us feel like we were right there with u then u have success ed ma dear...beautiful work as always.... =)
Peaceful doesn't even begin to describe a New England cemetery. Nice shots.
Really beautiful stroll there Alyson, beautiful colors, textures on the stones, very peaceful, haunting ...
Gorgeous-o.
Probably this is the first time this season I've actually missed Fall (85 degrees here, thank you!).
I really love your posts and wanted to share that with my readers. I mentioned you in a recent post on my blog: http://jointhegossip.blogspot.com/2009/10/beauty-of-fall.html
Thanks for the wonderful blog you have =)
Perfect Americana. Gorgeous, gorgeous pictures. New England autumn is really the perfect backdrop for a cemetary.
Willow (from Life at Willow Manor) did an interesting piece on grave markers/symbolism this week. You would enjoy it.
I love your pictures. Beautiful.
Children's tombstones are always so terribly sad. Lovely photos though.
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