T Stands for Another Cemetery Hop - Part 3

The third and final installment at the Highland Street Cemetery in Dover.

At the stone border of the cemetery a very weathered stone.

Hard to make out what kind of flowers were carved.  

The headstones in the "newer" section of the cemetery were some of the most unusual stones I have come across.

This stone had a very unusual shape with a highly polished surface. A puppy and a cherub stand watch. Another surprise about this cemetery is planting of flowers and shrubs is allowed. Many cemeteries now don't allow planting of any kind so mowing of the grass can go faster. Two visitors left a calling card (stones on top of the headstone) to let the deceased know they had stopped for a visit.

There were several highly polished stones with beautiful etchings like this simple spray of tulips.

Several graves had benches instead of a traditional headstone. Someone was a hockey fan.

I wonder what the story is behind the bird. Mumford also had lots of visitor.

A Scottie dog, like Greyfriars Bobby, stands guard among Impatiens. Another hocky fan.

Behind the stone, my favorite find of the day a tiny, sleeping kitty statue like my Ink.

We should all be so lucky.

I love how the family noted this gentleman's hobbies and a lovely sentiment to sum up his life. There he is in his boat next to

the love of his life. His wife was not only an artist with a camera, but an Oma (German for Grandma) Extraordinaire.

Stone flowers mirror the pretty geraniums planted at the grave.

with a photograph medallion of beloved puppy dogs.

This stone was breath-taking but so hard to photograph without my reflection in the highly polished stone.  The scene is an etched lighthouse with either a rising or setting sun in color. Visitors also left their markers.

This was probably the most beautiful stone of the day. A charming woodland scene of a pond or brook colorfully etched in the stone. I loved the male and female cardinals resting under dogwood blossoms.

A simple and beautiful spray of Lily of the Valley.

An unusual shaped rose quartz stone.

Usually when I photograph headstones, I focus on carvings of angels. This was about the only angel statue I came across in this cemetery. A guardian angel marks the grave of a young man taken too early from his family In the upper right corner is a photograph medallion of himself as a young boy and as the young man frozen in time.

Teague said one of the residents of the cemetery was a former governor of Massachusetts, Francis Sargent. We were almost ready to leave when Teague spotted his grave. He served as the 64th governor of Massachusetts from 1969 - 1975. I was a little surprised to see such a humble stone marker. 

Buried in front of Governor Sargent's grave was this unusually shaped stone

 rough hewn and carved in the shape of a harp. I believe the resident was a musician. There was a foot marker with something about a donation made to Salisbury Cathedral in England, but I didn't write down what was on the stone. I know. Shame on me.

And my beverage is my trusty mug of tea as I edit photographs for the post.

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