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An eternal guard

Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Statues, tagged cleveland, grave art, lake view cemetery, lion, ohio, sculpture, statue, statues on September 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

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Boyd Wordless Wednesday

Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Statues, tagged cause of death, cenotaph, dublin, epitaph, grave art, ireland, occupation, poem, st. patrick's cathedral, statue, statues on April 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Well, just one lion.

Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Statues, tagged cleveland, grave art, lake view cemetery, ohio, sculpture, statue on February 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

This monument was put in sometime very recently, because it was not erected yet the last time I visited Lake View Cemetery, but it was there when I traveled there Martin Luther King, Jr., weekend.

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A lovely place to spend forever

Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Statues, tagged cleveland, grave art, guitar, lakeview cemetery, ohio, sculpture, statues on November 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I’m not sure that I have any words that could illuminate more than this sculpture and its placement. It was recently installed – it definitely was not there this time last year, and it absolutely took my breath away.

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Why do birds suddenly appear/Every time, you are near…

Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Statues, tagged allen, birdbath, birds, grave art, ohio, sculpture, statue, williston cemetery on October 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

That would be because they’re metal and welded to the monument. But they’re still very cute.

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Beneath my feet and enigmatic face…

Posted in Cemetery mysteries, Cemetery Sculpture, Statues, tagged cincinnati, grave art, ohio, sculpture, spring grove cemetery, statues, unsolved on July 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t know any more about this monument than what is engraved on the stone. Davis Lawler erected it in memory of his parents – why a Sphinx made an appropriate monument to them, I don’t know. But then, that’s kind of appropriate, isn’t it?