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I walk amongst the stones not to mourn,but to witness love that has nowhere to go but back to the earth.

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🥀🪦 @graveyardgirly.bsky.social · Mar 7
Spring rain in Highgate is kind of magic.
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Have you ever seen a “receiving vault” on your walks before?
What Is a Graveyard “Receiving Vault?”
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January 27, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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chriswoodyard.bsky.social
A robin comes bearing Christmas greetings on this #Caturday. The kittens seem dubious.
New York Public Library digital collections, 1911 Christmas card.
Two kittens look through a window/fence at a robin perched on holly branches, holding a "Merry Christmas" card in its beak.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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gofodgwag.bsky.social
Loved this gnarly old tree I saw on my wintery walk from Bangor to Bethesda today #photography #photo
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
graveyardgirly.bsky.social
Sorry I’ve been absent. Winter blues I think. Hope everyone is well and enjoying the run up to Christmas celebrations! The dark mornings are taking it out on me I fear !
A narrow, wet footpath runs through a small wooded footpath, leafless trees arch overhead, their dark branches tangled against a grey, misty sky. Fallen brown leaves cover the ground on either side of the path. A row of streetlamps lines the walkway, casting a warm yellow glow that reflects off the damp path and fades into fog in the distance.
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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A little Crowley compilation 💜
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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chriswoodyard.bsky.social
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead "Crape Pullers" - members of a somewhat suspect mortuary profession.
thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/c...
Funeral flowers catalog showing made-up arrangements and wire frames on which to build funeral flowers.
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
graveyardgirly.bsky.social
I did not see the aurora unfortunately, but I did see a shooting star in London tonight. A win is a win.
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Crows truly are gorgeous aren’t they.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Lunch with Crowley 🐦‍⬛
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Brought Crowley some scraps from last nights dinner (Roast chicken.
he was so cute today
My crow friend Crowley on the bench
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, London, Uk.
A weathered stone memorial in St Mary’s Cemetery, Kensal Green. The monument features a sculpture of an angel kneeling in prayer, her head bowed and wings folded gently behind her. She holds a small bouquet of flowers in her hands. The angel is framed by two carved stone pillars supporting a triangular pediment engraved with the name GANDOLFI. Beneath the angel, a dark marble plaque bears an oval ceramic portrait of a man, now faded with time. The surrounding graves and greenery, along with a cloudy sky, lend a peaceful atmosphere to the scene.
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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chriswoodyard.bsky.social
Allerseelenetag Hedwigskirchhof / All Souls’ Day,
Franz Skarbina, 1896
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
#TheVIctorianBookoftheDead #AllSoulsDay #AllSouls
A little girl in black lights candles on a grave headed by a silver-grey cross with a veiled woman in black standing beside her. There are other people in black and other silvery tombstones in the background.
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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recuerdalo.bsky.social
Interior of the #monument to the fallen in #WWI in Narni, Italy (1927). Their names are inscribed in red. #memorial #art #funeraryart #funeraryarchitecture #1GM #warmemorial #lestweforget #photography #warhistory
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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listerlanecem.bsky.social
Good day all.
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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dianeechambers.bsky.social
#31daysofgraves
Day 31 Memento mori
Holy Trinity Church, Old Bewick, Northumberland.
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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wolfq4.bsky.social
For the 1st day of all hallows tide & last day of #31DaysOfGraves here is my final October grave
Beautifully symbolic graveyard sculpture in St Cuthbert's Kirkyard, Edinburgh with #MementoMori & 'vive memor leti' on either side of doorway, reminding us that life is finite
#Halloween
#skystorians
Photo of the entrance to a grave in St Cuthbert's, #Edinburgh Photo credit: Lorraine Murray, 2024
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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rozanderson.bsky.social
#31daysofgraves day 31 Memento Mori. Sadly the headstones at Dunblane Cathedral graveyard, with memento mori, are now mostly worn away. These images are all from Dunblane Museum. Staff & volunteers there are helping with a new graveyard audio tour, hopefully out soon. 🤞 Cheeky wee plug! 😀
Headstone, now flat showing memento mori symbols of skull, sand timer and crossed bones. Also an heraldic shield. Small headstone showing skull, with teeth, and crossed bones also date 1740 and initials H P A I. Old photograph of headstone showing winged soul, and sand timer also cordwainer tools of measure and cutter, a crown and date 1738 and initials R C M & M. Old photograph showing headstone with winged soul skull, sand timer and crossed bones. Also farmer symbols of sock a and coulter, in centre the date 1751 on either side and initials I W and A L above split date.
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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fowarristoncem.bsky.social
#31DaysOfGraves Day 31: Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die"); symbols or tropes acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death.The most common motif is a skull, but other motifs include a coffin, hourglass or wilting flowers to signify the impermanence of life. #Edinburgh
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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alisonm.bsky.social
The last day of #31DaysOfGraves 31: memento mori. These symbols seem to be very common here in Scotland. Here are just a few from Stirling and Northumberland.
Thanks so much for sharing all your pictures. I've really enjoyed seeing them. Thanks too to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for organising! 🎃👻🎃👻
Gravestone dated 1696 featuring a skull and crossbones and an hourglass The top of an old gravestone, carved with the words 'memento mori' A skull and crossbones carved on an old gravestone An old gravestone featuring some typical memento mori symbols: a skull, compasses, an hourglass and crossed bones. St Aidan's, Bamburgh
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
graveyardgirly.bsky.social
#31daysofgraves is over now what else am I supposed to do now 😩🤣
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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scotchurchestrust.bsky.social
Day 31 of #31DaysOfGraves - #MementoMori

We're ending this year's annual celebration of the art and heritage of grave memorials with this absolutely stunning 18thC stone from Garvald, East Lothian

Thanks to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for curating the themes again this year. Happy Halloween all! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
graveyardgirly.bsky.social
Day 31: Momento Mori

Happy Halloween 🎃

#31daysofgraves
November 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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wolfq4.bsky.social
#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 is #Colour
It has to be this fabulous cast iron monument by the Sun Foundry to commemorate the Mackenzie family in the Upsilon compartment of the #Glasgow #Necropolis
It has been restored recently, and I think it looks great!
#Gothic
#DarkTourist
#Cemetery
#Taphophile
The stone tablet reads: In loving memory of Alexander Mackenzie, merchant, Glasgow, died 31st January 1875, aged 62 years Alice Melrose his wife, died 4th January 1900, aged 82 years Four other (presumably) family members are interred and listed, James, Agnes Nelson, Alexander Whitson, and James. Photo credit: Lorraine Murray, 2025
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
graveyardgirly.bsky.social
Day 30: Colour

I am a huge green moss and blue patina enjoyer.

York cemetery, North Yorkshire, UK.

#31daysofgraves
A cluster of Victorian gravestones in York Cemetery, in different colours surrounded by bare trees and a carpet of damp leaves. In the foreground stands a moss-covered headstone in a pale green, and the other white stone headstone has moss on the edges that almost looks neon. Other older, darker gravestones fill the background, giving the scene a quiet, reflective atmosphere typical of historic English cemeteries. A weathered 19th-century gravestone in York Cemetery, made of stone with a green-blue patina and ornate Gothic detailing at the top. The monument bears multiple inscriptions, divided by a central stone ridge. The stone stands among many other old gravestones, with fallen leaves on the ground and bare trees behind, a peaceful, autumn scene.
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM