Anyone who knows me knows that I love to visit cemeteries. They help put one's life in perspective. So when I was roaring down the highway between Saskatoon and Regina and I saw this beautiful cemetery I had to stop and take some pictures. There must have been a wind storm as there was branches piled high at the gate. Everything looked perfect and linear although the graves were sunken in many places. It is possible that they don't use grave liners so the dirt settles once the box collapses. Most modern cemeteries use a cement or fiberglass box to put over the casket. This is to create the pristine graveyard/park where the lawn is perfect and the Victorian veil can be maintained that death can be managed and manicured. Anyhow I digress. This was a fantastic example of a realistic cemetery.
I loved that one of the head stones was plunked down in direct contrast to all the others. I would love to know the story. This head stone was rotated 45 degrees and set in the middle of what looked like the family plot. It is possible that this stone is the marker for the whole clan and doesn't signify an individual. That or it was a very important matriarch or patriarch that marched to their own beat and died just as they lived.
Griswold cemetery in Manitoba.
Apparently river was visiting cemeteries as well with my parents. Here is my grandfather's gravestone in the morden cemetery.
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