The first few statues here are all gravestones from Ross Bay Cemetary in Victoria, British Columbia. I graduated from the University of Victoria, and during one of my years there I lived a few blocks from this cemetary and I used to love walking through it. It is an old cemetary and there are many beautiful statues there.
Flash forward a few years and I was living in Japan. I met this cute young guy and he asked me out to a movie (we saw 'The Truth About Cats and Dogs')... and who should we see in Tokyo? Godzilla! He must have ben taking a break from destroying the city.
Later that same year my friend Asami and I went to Bali for our Christmas vacation (leaving our boyfriends behind!) and this Balinese dragon flanked the swimming pool at our hotel:
Incidentally, I was married in that same skirt 9 months later...
Love all the statues...but especially the ones from the cemetary. Bravo to you for scanning in all the pictures too. I was thinking of that for this, but as I'm still behind we'll see :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have a lucky skirt!
ReplyDeleteThose are some cool statues you've stood next to!
Hey I lived near you...Richardson St at Cook.
ReplyDeletecpurl - ah well, like I said, it has been 10 years and that skirt has long worn out ;) I wish I had thought to keep a piece of it, however.
ReplyDeleteShan - I lived on Lawndale which was a couple of blocks behind the Thrifty store.
I just love old cemeteries. There's something peaceful about walking through them.
ReplyDeleteFantastic statues - I have to go to Victoria to see that cemetery!
ReplyDeleteJust a tad on the creepy side to enjoy walking thru' a cemetary.
ReplyDeleteWow. Godzilla was a lot smaller in person wasn't he? ;-)
ReplyDeleteCool shots. They've got Mr. Peanut beat hands down.
ReplyDeleteWow, you sure get around! Beautiful pictures of statues. I love cemetries and dragons!
ReplyDeleteVery cool statues. Love that dragon!
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