These stones belong to a husband and wife. She on the right, he on the left. They look like giant chess pieces.
I love the texture the marble takes in this environment. It doesn't come through very well in this low-voltage scan, but the brilliant white, the velvety black and all the mossy shades in between are really beautiful.
When I grow up I want to be a weird old lady living in a weird old house surrounded by this fence.
Although Huntsville is definitely part of Texas, its East Texas. I live in West Texas. We are woefully bereft of marble, moss and little green vines. This is a shot of the north east corner of a local graveyard.
Hey! I'm from East Texas, so this is kinda like...east meets west!
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right about the marble!
I want to live somewhere where that moss and the vines are. So pretty!
ReplyDeleteI liked this Friday blog. I thought the headstones were pretty. Way better than the scary ones from last week. These seemed peaceful but like they were hiding something. lol.
ReplyDeleteI agree, way better than that goofy-looking scary guy!
ReplyDeleteRe: "I want to a weird old lady..."
Cheer up, two out of three ain't bad! You'll get old soon enough!!
Ooops, I left out the little word "be"....that could be misconstrued....I meant to type "I want to BE a weird old lady"! (As you can tell, I am already there, 100%!)
ReplyDeleteI am a weird old lady. Tranplanted from New Mexico which is a lot like West Texas. I am now in East Texas with all the green and moss. Alergries are terrible, I didn't get the lovely wrought iron fence. I left that in Albuquerque. Now I live in a rented apartment I haven't rented 40 years, be careful what you wish for.
ReplyDeleteThey do look like giant chesspieces. :) There has to be a story there!!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Grandma and Lorna!
ReplyDeleteGrandma - I love New Mexico!!! It seems that is where we end more often than not whenever we want to get away for a few days. (I also understand about those East Texas allergies!)
Annie - I dunno, I think I pretty much have a lock on the weirdness category, too. But thats cool with me!
Lorna - I don't think they have purposefully made them like chess pieces, but it is a possibility. They were really beautiful with wonderful carvings on all sides.
I'm giggling and snorting at Annie's comment. " I want to a wierd old lady."
ReplyDeletehahahhaaa!
hehe.
ok and I love the chess piece headstones. how very very cool.