tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post5868599136690390950..comments2024-02-26T08:43:47.488-08:00Comments on Domesticated: Mausoleums, Cemeteries and SundialsThe HouseCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-42401769250077532552012-03-22T13:11:48.662-07:002012-03-22T13:11:48.662-07:00Aww! Thankyou very much :DAww! Thankyou very much :DThe HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-62625761039077933252012-03-22T13:09:54.850-07:002012-03-22T13:09:54.850-07:00I've seen some lovely photographs of American ...I've seen some lovely photographs of American cemeteries, I didn't realise they were generally quite plain. Mind you, there's some more modern Scottish cemeteries that are plainer.The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-84824269698008062972012-03-22T07:08:02.976-07:002012-03-22T07:08:02.976-07:00I just nominated you for the (Dark) Sunshine Award...I just nominated you for the (Dark) Sunshine Award also - I knew there was at least one that I had nominated that already had been lol - but thats cause we like your blog! <br /><br />http://myspotinthespectrum.blogspot.com/2012/03/dark-sunshine-award.html <br /><br />:)Snowhytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989699915197265809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-27497370807222461852012-03-21T02:36:10.325-07:002012-03-21T02:36:10.325-07:00I'm nominating you for a [Dark] Sunshine Award...I'm nominating you for a [Dark] Sunshine Award!SarahWalrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243585007593534381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-28205325671194753922012-03-16T10:44:28.740-07:002012-03-16T10:44:28.740-07:00That's OK :) I hope to put more pictures up in...That's OK :) I hope to put more pictures up in the future, maybe not of Inverness architecture and monuments though, time for some variety.The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-74012567031909543812012-03-13T13:00:38.889-07:002012-03-13T13:00:38.889-07:00BTW, I added your blog to my link list, at my own ...BTW, I added your blog to my link list, at my own blog http://emporiumgothica.blogspot.com/Talia Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798780272848599312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-40846919075303192422012-03-13T12:57:18.215-07:002012-03-13T12:57:18.215-07:00I was amazed my first time in a Scottish graveyard...I was amazed my first time in a Scottish graveyard as well to actually see tombstones with skulls and skeletons on them -- I'd assumed it was just a way to decorate Halloween props. (I am American, we have generally boring graveyards here.)Talia Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798780272848599312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-43946108556768574912012-03-12T11:59:14.882-07:002012-03-12T11:59:14.882-07:00Thankyou, I quite enjoy pottering around looking f...Thankyou, I quite enjoy pottering around looking for photographs.The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-30417605709860886592012-03-12T11:58:29.809-07:002012-03-12T11:58:29.809-07:00The folk up here are often ardently Christian of o...The folk up here are often ardently Christian of one denomination or another, and the context is decidedly one of a Christian nature. There's definitely a strong belief in the supernatural here, such as Cloutie wells and belief in Fae, but the religion is definitely Christian, especially Free Church denomination. That said, there's a strong modern Pagan community up here. I think part of the reason there's so many skulls is the fact that until about a hundred years ago, the Highlands were still very much a wild and dangerous place, lots of mountains and terrible winters. Death must have been a common presence, maybe people were simply more pragmatic rather than delicately avoiding the thought of death. That said, in England there were memento mori in different forms, and I've just remembered one church in England, in a tiny village called Ewelme where there's a memorial with a statue of the woman laying down in her finery, and under it, in a cage of stone tracery, a version of her as a wrapped skeleton, so it is not only a Scotland thing.The HouseCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783576090040274742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-81295842554183530372012-03-10T20:13:29.585-08:002012-03-10T20:13:29.585-08:00beautiful pictures. thanks for sharingbeautiful pictures. thanks for sharingElizabeth_Bethezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488447492356797855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-83529761570838496422012-03-10T17:25:20.960-08:002012-03-10T17:25:20.960-08:00youre good in finding nice motives and angles for ...youre good in finding nice motives and angles for photos <3kakuidorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100077960614794279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406319356659344188.post-27246625478166679062012-03-09T17:35:51.539-08:002012-03-09T17:35:51.539-08:00Cemeteries are such fascinating places! I really e...Cemeteries are such fascinating places! I really enjoyed learning the distinctions between English and Scottish burial grounds. Perhaps those of the Scottish varieties contain skulls and more references to death because Paganism hasn't been quite so obliterated from Celtic culture. One of the reasons I'm fond of Celtic music is its melancholy nature and connection to the supernatural.Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.com