Old Town Cemeteries

 We were in Sandwich the other day and had some time to kill between appointments so my trusty chauffeur took me around to take pics.  He is usually pretty creeped out by cemeteries but I love them, so I was surprised he said he'd take a walk through the super old one on Shawme Pond, where many of the town founding families are buried. 

Most of the graves date to the 1700s and 1800s.  The really old ones, from the late 1600s are worn too much to read.  The most recent year of death I saw was 1924.

Lichen and moss are doing a number on the fragile stones.

It was late afternoon and a perfect time to take a stroll.  So quiet.

First Church of Christ

Shawme Pond

The old stone art is beautiful.  Gravestone rubbings are illegal here.

This is at the Catholic cemetery, St. Peter's.  This section is called 'Crucifixion' and my dad, cousins, aunt and uncle are buried directly behind it. 

Every now and then you'll see these super sad children's stones.

I wonder what happened to her?

Looking at the Round Barn at Heritage Plantation.

Tooling Around Town

To say my hubby is going stir crazy sitting around the house would be an understatement.  Any time I need to go to Sandwich he jumps at the chance to come with me.  And of course Sagan doesn't want to be left out now that it's not summer and ten trillion degrees in the car.  

There was a very high tide that coincided with the Super Moon earlier this month so we headed down to Sandy Neck for a quick walk. 

The beach extends a good 8 or 10 miles to the tip and snowy owls have been spotted way down.  It's too bad we don't have a 4-wheel drive cause I would love to have seen them.

So much to sniff!

Then over to Boardwalk where the marshes were completely flooded.

I've always been nervous to cross at high tide but there was no way I was going over with it THIS high!!  I wouldn't even walk to the bridge even though it's close to the parking lot.

 Then we drove over to the Town Neck Beach side.  

I love this little solar powered Christmas tree!  There are a few ornaments on it and I've seen it lit at night.  It's not as bright as I thought it would be.  Or maybe it didn't get enough of a solar charge the night I saw it.  

It took a great deal of willpower for my OCD self to not try and straighten out that tree.  It was KILLING me.

This poor thing needs to be fixed AGAIN.  No matter what state of the art wood-like product they use to make Boardwalk, it ends up cattywampus after the harsh winters.

Over to the other side of the beach to see the rock art.  Can't get enough.

Look at how meticulously these were stacked!

And of course a swing by the downtown core which is just so beautiful and untouched that it has managed to maintain it's colonial charm while the rest of the town has gone to hell. 

Grist Mill and Town Hall.

Herring run/fish ladder

First Church of Christ (Unitarian)

Christmas is truly a special time in Sandwich.  It's postcard beautiful!