Jesus-Special in Brugge

My -presumably- last post for April is all about Jesus. This fits because easter is still in my mind. And easter is all about Jesus, isn't it?

It even fits better because i've revisited the Cemetery in Brugge again. As i mentioned before the last time i was there more than two years ago. It was January and obviously it was quite cold, grey and gloomy.

This year however it was unbelievably sunny and warm; spring was all about and though it was a cemetery it was literally buzzing with life.

This time we strolled around much more intense (we were geocaching there as well) and after 10 minutes on the Cemetery it was plain to see that this Cemetery has a main focus on Jesus. Enough of the words, here are the Pictures:

More or less "standard Jesus on the cross". There were plenty of them....

A detail of an odd iron cross rusting away slowly. There are hundreds of them there.

Bronze. Face. Even with tears.

This Jesus is unique. And it gives me the reason to tag "Angels" as wel...

Many Jesus-Miniatures are just laying on the stone Grave Lid and when they are made out of concrete they decay in a very gloomy way.

This is an example of a porcelain-Jesus. They don't decay, but they are obviously not indistructable. I seriously wonder who did this and what he felt when he did this. 

Another fine example. 

This was actually taken 1 day before good friday, so it was a fairly good timing.

Another example of mass production? 

Another porcelain miniature.

The last Jesus for today. 

Brugge Cemetery 2011

I just came back from Belgium and i'd like to share 2 pictures with you:

Brugge Cemetery, spring 2011

Brugge Cemetery, Spring 2011

We had incredible luck regarding the weather this year, so the light and the shadows were absolutely phantastic. And (at least in my opinion) my ability as a photographer improved significantly if you compare it with the pictures i've made 2 years ago on the same cemetery.

Happy easter to all of you!

Looking back to look forward: Brugge Cemetery 2009

This post a bit of a taster of things to expect over the next few weeks at this blog. Tomorrow we'll visit Belgium again and the revisit of the Brugge Cemetery is approved by the family council. The first visit of the cemetery in Bruxelles ist approved too so this is a week i'm really looking for.

The last months were -regarding cemeteries- quite dull (with the exception of the Stöcken Cemetery, Hannover),  but this will end from tomorrow on.

Here are three pictures from the last visit (January 2009):

Father and son

Jesus, light bondage?

a beginners mistake: Didn't i see the damned tree? It's ruining a -despite the trunk- good picture. Next week i'll make it better! Promised!

Clones on Cemeteries

Something odd today: The first three photographs were taken at the cemtery in Brugge, Belgium. They show 3 different sculptures, made by one manufacturer, obviously.

The next was was shot at the Nellfield Cemetery, Aberdeen:

And this was taken at the Johannis-Cemtery, Bielefeld, Germany:

The last one was taken at the Stöcken Cemetery, Hannover, Germany:

I wonder how many more clones i will find in the future....

January... It's the most dreadful month of the year so far...

....which is not surprising since it's the only month so far in 2011. But even when it sounds a bit silly: I'm guessing it will stay that way. February will be better: It's shorter. And the days will grow longer. And lo! Spring approaches. My point is: January sucks! Today, for example i've got an appointment with my dentist. This is one of the real dreadful things in life. Black despair is what i feel right now......

Which brings me to my pictures for today: They were taken exactly two years ago in Brügge, Belgium and since i'm in terrible need of hope they show the man who died for us and our sins...

Skulls and crossed Bones

As an old symbol for mortality and evanescence the skull is often found on Cemeteries:

This one here is particulary scary:

The first three i've found in Lisboa, the last one is in Brugge.