Light

The sun getting ready to hide behind the trees at Riverside Cemetery.

One

This mockingbird was singing a beautiful song as it rested on the top of a tall gravestone at Old Chapel Hill Cemetery this morning.

Building/Architecture

Taken at Oakwood Cemetery, this is a memorial to North Carolina soldiers of all wars, located next to the Confederate Cemetery section there.

Wealth

A family crypt at Oakwood Cemetery.

Music

From Oak Grove Cemetery, it's obvious that music was important to Mr. Coley.

Small

This little guy cooperated by posing next to a nickel that had been left on top of a gravestone.

Building

The church at Collins Grove Cemetery is now Shadow Ridge Baptist Church.

Job

When I visited Glennview Cemetery to fulfill a Find a Grave request, the groundskeepers were so helpful. They took me to the grave and spent several minutes cleaning the marker so that my photo would look nice! It's a tough job to work outside when the temperature is over 100º!

Under Lock and Key

I like to stop at cemeteries that I see when I'm driving around. Imagine my disappointment when I found that Brakeman Cemetery was surrounded by a chain-link fence with a locked gate.

Time

This sundial marks a grave at Oak Spring Cemetery.

Landscape

The view looking southeast from Enon Cemetery.

Broken

Broken gravestones have been collected and piled up at Old Concord Cemetery.

Old-New

This is the grave of my 5th great-grandfather, William Faris (1734-1818). The original marker will probably disintegrate eventually and seems to be sinking, but the nice new military marker was placed there sometime after 2005. You can see where he's buried on Find a Grave.

Path

Taken at Saint Mary's Chapel Cemetery, the entrance to the cemetery lies to the right and the path to the left leads to the chapel.

Numeric

This is a closeup of the statue on the top of the crypt shown in my entry HERE.

White

This huge mausoleum is found at Maplewood Cemetery. It's engraved "Mangum, 1905". Mangum is a common name around here, but it's also the name of a street in downtown Durham, so I bet it's the final resting place of someone really important!

Protector

So sad. Photographed at Olive Branch Church Cemetery.

Best Macro of 2008

Since I promised myself I wasn't going to ever re-post photos for the entries in this blog, you're looking at the "best" macro I shot this year that I haven't used yet. Although "best" is so subjective, IMO, maybe I should call it my favorite?

And below is a sampling of thumbnails of my favorite macros that have been previously posted in this blog, all taken in 2008:

Gray

The huge gray coal silos of the Consol Energy's Bailey Mine site overshadow Enon Cemetery below them. This is what the cemetery looks like from along Enon Church Road.

Weathered

This weathered marker is found at Beulah Cemetery.