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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Nightingale in Swan Point

Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, in the winter

Monday, November 18, 2013

Swan Point, late autumn

OK, so I post-processed these images -- using one of the HDR filters in PhotosTools from OnOne software -- but, frankly, the look I got reflects what I was seeing yesterday when I strolled through Swan Point: a growing bleakness about the grounds with hints of the cold coming on.

Alfred Stone memorial

Federici family

One of the many branches of the Sprague family

Lizzie and Carrie Vose

Philipps-Peck

Lamb family -- one son is buried in Auteuil Cemetery in Paris

William S. Sprague family


Sunday, November 17, 2013

Robert and Sofia Knight in Swan Point


Robert Knight Esq.
born in Cranston,
May 22, 1782;
died in Providence,
Dec. 5, 1862
in the 81st year of his age 

Sophia,
wife of Robert Knight,
born in Cranston,
Aug. 20, 1784,
died in Providence,
July 11, 1825,
in the 41st year of her age

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Autumn in Swan Point





George and Hannah Campbell




Anthony and Celina Zifcak in Swan Point

The inscription on the little door reads "Gone Home." How cool is that, eh?