11/14/17 Tuesday morning before work. 9:45 to 10:40 am. 50 degrees, sunny. Calvary Cemetery. More leaves on the ground than on the trees.
Pictures taken on site –
The mausoleum is at the center of the first picture and sketch. I walked to it and sketched it as well. Basic colors and shapes done on site, more color added at home from the reference pictures.
I have been a member of 615 Rocks for a few months, but have realized that I’m not very good at painting rocks. There is so little space on the rocks, and I’m not sure how to work with the uneven surface. I have a lot of different crafts I do so I’m unwilling to master another one. I’m becoming too scattered. I need to focus on one thing.
But I had this little pile of rocks I needed to do something with. So I spray painted them copper and wrote inspiring words on them.
I took these three rocks on my wanders on Friday, 11/17/17
I left the “Hope” one at the CVS in Hermitage.
It was found by Rachel Michelle, who then took it to the CVS near Harding Place. She said “I found it the day I turned in my two weeks notice to begin a new better job!!! It was the sign I needed!”
Someone else took it to Vanderbilt hospital, where it was found by Jess Robertson, who said “Couldn’t have found this rock at a better time or place! I think I’ll hang on to it, we can definitely use a little “HOPE” right now!… Found it as I sit with my husband recovering from heart surgery…much needed!…I plan to rehide it once he’s discharged…prayerfully it provides the same hope for someone else’s family!”
How nice to know that one little rock – with nothing more than a simple word, can inspire so many people. It is wonderful to see how it is touching people’s lives.
Not far from the grave of Oliver Bland is the SAAD angel. Arabic? Calvary is a Catholic cemetery. The writing on the gravestone might be Arabic – I don’t know. It is beautiful.
Calvary cemetery 11/17/17 Friday, 1:05 pm, 59 degrees, sunny. Around sections 15 and 16.
My view on site.
Other views of the angel.
Views of the grave.
From my research, this is probably the grave of Marie Saad, buried 5-24-1927, age 30 years. This is section 15, lot 38, space 11 at Calvary cemetery, Nashville. There are several Saad family members nearby.
Calvary Cemetery, 12:45 pm, 58 degrees, sunny, Friday 11/17/17.
Original sketch on site. The quote is from a different grave – a classic message to the visitor.
More color added, water added. This is a scan, so the colors are brighter than they really are.
Sketch was done while sitting on the edge of the ledger of Oliver A. Bland – 1854 + 1940. All that space on the marker and there is just his name and birth/death years. There is room for plenty more information. But, to be honest, in 50 years it will have worn away or gotten covered in lichen.
More views from that area.
Info from Find A Grave website –
“Oliver Arthur Bland was born on October 18, 1854 in Davidson County, Tennessee, the son of Joseph Bland (ca 1832- ) and his wife Henrietta (Hughes) Bland (ca 1837- ).
He was married 1st on September 21, 1879 in Sumner County to Minerva L Hutchins (c Sep 1862- ). He was married 2nd to the much younger Sydney Crawford, who was born about 1905. Oliver had no known children.
A retired banker and lumberman living at 1903 Cedar Lane, Nashville, he was 86 years old and married when he died at home of cancer of the tongue on October 27, 1940. Burial was the next day in Calvary Cemetery, Nashville.
Most of the above is from his Death Certificate, with Sydney Crawford Bland of 1903 Cedar Lane as the informant.”
Stone Hall park, two views.
3-3:40, sunset at 4:26. 48 degrees and sunny. Standing.
Three to 4 pm, overcast, 75 degrees. Friday, 11/3/17. Sitting on the front porch of Stone Hall, pretending this is my normal view out of my house. Grateful this is a public park that I can go to, and that very few others know about.
My view
Sketch as completed on site
Sketch after adding more color at home and adding water.
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