...doing some research on George Shepperd (as in Shepperd's Dell) and found his wife's headstone the other day at the Bridal Veil cemetery:
What puzzled me was the freeform inscription at the base of the headstone -- I'm having trouble making it out (and I left the moss in place at the bottom on purpose -- didn't want to alter it without a good reason):
Here's what I have:
One by one earth's ties are
broken
__________ decay
and the _______ so fondly
she_______
________to bless (?)_______
...anyone able to read more?
Tom
Need some help with a headstone...
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One by one earth’s ties are broken, as we see our love decay, and the hope so fondly cherished brighten but to pass away.
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"101 Beautiful Epitaph Examples"
http://www.svmemorials.com/?page_id=73
#64
I guess there's even more to it sometimes.
Not beautiful at all, if you ask me. We could start a whole thread on better epitaphs...
http://www.svmemorials.com/?page_id=73
#64
I guess there's even more to it sometimes.
Not beautiful at all, if you ask me. We could start a whole thread on better epitaphs...
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Live hard, die fast, leave a mangled corpse behind?
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okay, how did you figure that out Lurch?
superior eyesight and visual processing in your brain?
Karl-like processing of the picture?
familiarity with the saying?
superior Googling skills?
superior eyesight and visual processing in your brain?
Karl-like processing of the picture?
familiarity with the saying?
superior Googling skills?
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Or maybe RobFromRedland's signature
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What are you pickin' on me for?BrianEdwards wrote:Or maybe RobFromRedland's signature
I got that saying from someone I used to work with, and I really like its attitude.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW! What a ride! - Hunter S. Thompson
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It was just too perfect
Clackamas River Waterfall Project - 95 Documented, 18 to go.
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Brilliant! Thanks for the help -- though I'm still wrapping my head around the people were picking headstone inscriptions from a CATALOG way back in 1903..! So much for my romanticized view..! Thanks for that link, Chase... I kinda like No. 100, myself...
The best part is that I won't need to disturb the moss that has done such a nice job of decorating this memorial. Thanks, everyone!
-Tom
The best part is that I won't need to disturb the moss that has done such a nice job of decorating this memorial. Thanks, everyone!
-Tom
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@ Chase: so, now you've got me thinking about that last part -- in italics, below -- and whether it might be continued on the opposite side of the monument..?
-Tom
I'll have to check next time I'm up there. Definitely no room on this side of the monument, which makes me wonder if the gravestone maker had an "Oh, ####!" moment after realizing he was running long on the first line... ends up eating up two extra lines in what looks like a freeform inscription..! Or maybe an intern was working that day...?One by one earth’s ties are broken, as we see our love decay, and the hope so fondly cherished brighten but to pass away. One by one our hopes grow brighter as we near the shining shore, for we know across the river wait the loved ones gone before.
-Tom