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Cemetery Angel

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This cast-iron angel watches over the entrance to the cemetery. She’s seen better days – her wings are gone as is her right arm and her left hand.

Someone, with an unsteady hand, has painted her lips, making her look even more forlorn.

St. Thomas the Apostle Cemetery
Ann Arbor, Michigan

photographed 4.20.2013

Madonna of the Sun

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On that cold morning, the Madonna looked liked she’d climbed atop the urn to better catch a ray of sunlight, as she tried to warm her marble bones.

St. Thomas the Apostle Cemetery
Ann Arbor, Michigan

photographed 4.20.2013