Cemetery in Old Bennington, Vermont

Church in Old Bennington

Mausoleum in Old Bennington

Raven's watch in Old Bennington

This is the cemetery in Old Bennington, Vermont where Robert Frost is buried. The raven in the last photo watched me nearly the entire time I was there as though it were sentinel for those who slept peacefully beneath the sod.

There are angels among us

There are angels among us

One of my favorite subjects to photograph is cemeteries. I love the stone carvings, the muted gray colors of the headstones and the connection to long lost lives. On a cemetery headstone you read names of people you knew, people you never met and people you've heard of but never met. When a headstone is preserved in a photograph it's almost like preserving that person for all eternity.This beautiful grave stone is in our town cemetery. It was photographed May 25, 2009 during a Memorial Day ceremony.