18 August 2017

Photographing Hall Cemetery

Greetings one and all.


The other day Aiden and I took a small photography trip to Hall Cemetery. A little cemetery for the historic village that is located one suburb away from our house.




It was a beautiful sunny Winter's day to explore the gravestones.
I was pleasantly surprised to see all the natural designs. So I've taken a few photos to share here.




They have a rare orchid that grows here amongst other rare grassland plants, and they've even gone to the lengths of asking people who have reserved plots where the orchids have taken up residence, to volunteer to move. Tricky. I don't think they are asking the current occupants of graves to get up and move!


Aiden went around straightening up the fallen vases and putting things to rights.


Afterwards we took a trip to the end of the road and had a picnic in the turnoff where gravel is dumped. Such a gorgeous view over the mountains.


Also on this road is an amazing monastery with silver roofs. The Free Serbian Orthodox Monastery.
Stunning! It seems very glamorous to be sitting there all alone amongst farmland.


Speaking of glamorous...my fashion model son.


Til next time,
keep on creating!

Love
Jazzy Jack

PS Just as walking is controlled falling,
living is controlled dying.

What do you think of that?





7 comments:

  1. Controlled dying eh? Well, just like walking, it can take you to some fantastic places. Well done both of you :-)

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  2. Oh Aiden! What a lovely thing to do, tidying those graves.
    I do love wandering around graveyards, we make a point of it when we're on holiday anywhere.
    Aren't some of those headstones interesting? Quite unlike anything I've seen here. xxx

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  3. A very interesting post! I will admit I feel both, beauty of the place and uneasiness about visiting it at the same time. It isn't common in my culture to visit graveyards just for the sake of it, unless someone you know passed away, or someone famous. Russian cemeteries are usually gloomy places, except for a few historical ones in Moscow or St Petersburg, I suppose. Here, it's a very different tradition. We visited historical cemeteries for a photo safari a couple of times, and they are as beautiful as parks, and people go there for a walk with little kids, or even go jogging... Maybe I'll share my photos of that place some time.

    I've never seen such designs before, seem very contemporary to me. The views are amazing, and the monastery is a stunner! You and Aiden did well, it was a great exploration. And I agree with Cris. <3

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  4. I love visiting cemeteries and reading the stories recorded on the headstones and imagining... This cemetery looks especially peaceful. Those views over the mountains are stunning!

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  6. What an amazing cemetery. The diversity in design is lovely. It was good if Aiden to tidy up!

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