Shadows

Shadows at the cemetery of Almere haven.

Linking to "Shadow Shot Sunday 2"

Friday Fences

The entrance gate to the "Eastern Cemetery" in Amsterdam.

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Tribute

Although the Taphophile Tragics site about cemeteries and graves has closed I post this grave anyway, insprired by fellow blogger CaT of picture/day,  because I like the nice sculpture on it. It is a grave for an Amsterdam actress Carolina te Mijtelaar-Grader who died in 1914. In 1933 friends who adored her, decided to make this beautiful tribute to her with the stone and the sculpture of the woman.

 

 

Cemetery

This grave at the New Easter cemetery in Amsterdam looked a bit neglected.

 

The only thing I could see was a little sign of a book with the text "A life, a story".

No names, no dates. The administrator of the cemetery apparently had no information about the relatives and has put a sign on the grave with the request to contact him.

It is a very old cemetery and when relatives don't pay anymore every 10 years, a grave will be cleared out.
I hadn't noticed the Taphophile Tragics site had stopped last week, but I post this anyway.

Autumn at the cemetary

 Fall was rather late this year, we still have trees with lots of green leaves, but at this cemetary in Amsterdam the graves and the paths were covered with fallen leaves.

 

I understand that the leaves have to be removed, but these guys made a lot of noise with their motorized blowers. We didn't have those protectors on our ears, where are the good old rake and broom?

Taphophile Tragics # 7

This is our local cemetery in Almere Haven. It dates from 1974 when this village was built. It is situated right behind the dyke and divided in circles with hedges around. I pass here many times on a walk to the dyke, but never enter the circles, I think it is to private and to new, I feel a bit as an intruder. I liked this one of an apparently cat-lover.

Some circles are only for childrens graves, which is very touching. I was shocked by the amount of them.

An overview of the cemetery from the dyke. The hedges are brown now because of the winter, but in summer they are green.

This is my tribute to Taphophile Tragics