Richard and Lillian 2



Richard and Lillian 2, originally uploaded by Bunton & Peel.

I took a wander in the lovely spring sun today around Cabbagetown to play with my Camera. I took in some lovely scenes at Allen Gardens, Riverdale Farm and the Toronto Necropolis.

Young families were all over the first two of those stops, keeping the day bright and loud. The Necropolis certainly gets less traffic and kids, but its a fascinating place to wander around.

Lots of fascinating graves, intensely ornate and reaching for the sky. Conversely, there are many like in the photo above. Quiet, unassuming and largely forgotten. Which we’ll all be one day. Mooooorbid. On that note, more than one grave made note that life is short and that time will always take its toll. Wise words me thinks.

I did run across the grave of Cpl. Dyers, a young man who was killed with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan. It was clearly well visited. But i thought i’d leave it alone with my camera.

There were many gravestones i noticed that had two names but only one set of dates. Where one spouse has died and they had the headstone made for both of them. Knowing there’s a grave out there with your name on it, waiting for someone to carve those last few characters in is intensely freaky to me.

I should not post at night after spending the day alone in a graveyard.

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