Eveningtime in a cemetery or columbarium or mausoleum can be magical and beautiful.
Skogskyrkgarden, Stockholm
A path in Skogskyrkgarden Cemetery
But my, these images beckon one into a safe, reflective place.
The Helsinki Cemetery at Christmas
Most of these locations are lighted for All Souls Day and Day of the Dead (in Mexico), and Christmas. Here in San Francisco, the National AIDS Memorial Grove is holding its third “Light in the Grove” on November 30, the eve of World AIDS Day.
Nitra Cemetery, Slovakia
Srebrnica Cemetery, Bosnia
Warsaw Cemetery
Canadian Cemetery, Finland
Canadian Cemetery, Holland
Mexico: Day of the Dead
Light in the Grove, National AIDS Memorial Grove
The creek bed through the redwoods, Light in the Grove
The clear tent at Light in the Grove
Here lies magic: view from inside the clear tent, Light in the Grove
So, also think about cemeteries in another way, another time to experience them….
I love these scenes. So different from the horror movie stereotypes about nighttime in a graveyard. It would be so healthy for the living to stop fearing the dead.