Sharla

C = Christmas [A nice easy one!]

Week 48 At the start of the week it was crisp and cool. This photo was taken just as the sun had set but there was still some light in the sky. I like trees in the winter simply because you get to see the amazing shapes they have.

V = Vault, aka burial vault (a sealed and lined container placed around a casket to prevent the grave from sinking and protect the casket from the surrounding area)

Q = Quaker Funeral

O = Orientation (The direction of a burial within a grave)

Week 47 Hexham Abbey has been hosting an exhibition called ‘Threads through Creation’ by the textile artist Jacqui Parkinson. It consists of twelve very large panels that absolute pulsate with colour and life. Because of their size and the way they were lit it was hard to photograph them in their entirety. This photo is just part of a panel that illustrates the creation of life in the sky and sea. The detail and amount of work in each of them was phenomenal.

M = Memorial

I hope so. I took quite a number of photos on the same day just of the clouds and I'll be using them to make papers.

K = Kirkyard (a Scottish term for graveyard)

Week 46 Some silver birch trees still with their autumn leaves against a slightly different sky – it was wonderful to get some blue skies as we’d had many grey days before it.

I = Inscription

E = Earth

T = Traditional

Q = Quotation (many appear on headstones)

Week 45 Fuchsias in bloom at the start of November! It has been so mild here in England that these flowers have kept on going. I usually lose them with the first frosts in October – last year it was on the 3rd. Amazing to still have the colour in the garden.

O = Officiant, the one who conducts the ceremony if there is one.

K = Keeper as in a cemetery keeper (the person who looks after the graves etc..)

D = Death

A = angel (stone or otherwise!)

W = wake

T = Tomb

L = Ledger Grave Marker: A decorative stone slab that covers the entire grave.

J = Jardiniere (an ornamental receptacle or stand for holding plants or flowers)

Week 44 The colours of autumn in a single tree.

G = Grave