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Our Sunshine

Remember, it is sad and painful to lose a loved one. Reading some stones can bring one to tears.

twins

Anyone who goes about to view a strange graveyard must have aspects of a melancholy nature. There is sadness. It is approaching an hundred years that these two boys died. They lived less than three weeks outside their mother's womb, and then they were interred into the womb of mother earth. If anyone had seen them alive, and is still alive to-day, he would be near ancient to-day. What can be said about infants, the weest of babes who never had much life?

German fracture

 Hier ruht

Matthias Schonung.
Geb. den 16 Sept. 1805.
In Lambrecht Rhein Pfalz Baiern.
Gest. den 12 Aug. 1854.

Ruhe seiner Asche

Here rests Matthias Schonung. Born 16 September 1805.  Lambrecht Rhein Pfalz, Bavaria. Died 12 August 1854. Rest his ashes.

On top, there is a Christogram, a variation of the letters: IHS (a mediæval latinate abbreviation of the the first three Greek letters of Jesus). Then there is the biographical information with letters cut very finely. The German phrase is equivalent, but not the same as rest in peace.

At some time the right arm of the cross split cleanly off. Partly because, the camera used does not have a view finder, and the day being very bright with a low winter sun, i could not see a shadow profile fall on the cross. Interesting picture it did make.

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