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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 17h

Short for Pestilence House; a small sanatorium for, in this case, smallpox victims

Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 19h

Unmarked headstones at Provincetown Pest House/Smallpox Cemetery

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Provincetown #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

NO 12 is the grave of William H. Butler Died 01/07/1873 age unknown

NO 4 is the grave of Elizabeth Hill who died 05/20/1860 aged 51

NO 5 is the grave of Kennis Fergerson who died 05/20/1860 aged 22

NO 10 is the grave of Frank Sofrine who died 12/24/1872 aged unknown

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 1d

Painted Turtles at Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary; Barnstable MA 09/29/25

#turtles #turtles #PaintedTurtle #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #photography #Barnstable #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyPhotographers 🐢🌿

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 1d

Gravestone at Rhode Island Historical Cemetery: Middletown #27 – Gardiner/Hopkins Lot

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Middletown #RhodeIsland #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

Epitaph reads:

In Memory of
ELIZABETH
daughter of BEN
JAMIN and ELI
ZABETH GAR
DINER died May
29th 1786 in the 5th
year of her Age

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 1d

Grey Seal at Race Point Beach Provincetown MA 10/07/25

#Seals #GreySeals #mammals #seal #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #Provincetown #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBlueSky 🌿🦭

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 2d

Gravestone at Chatham Small Pox Cemetery, Chatham MA

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Chatham #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

Epitaph reads:

Here Lies buried
Mr Stephen Rider
Dec'd Jan'ry ye 18th
1766 in ye 49th year
of his Age
with the Small pox.

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 3d

Grey Seal at Chatham Fish Pier MA 10/09/25

#GreySeal #Seal #Mammals #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #nature #wildlife #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Chatham #ChathamFishPier #CapeCod #marinemammals 🦭🌿

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 3d

Gravestone at Hall Cemetery, Dennis MA

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Dennis #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

The epitaph reads:
BATHA DAU'R
TO SAMUEL &
PASHENCH HALL
AGED 6 WEEKS
DIED FEB'RY
1698

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 4d

Fin Whale from the shore Provincetown MA 10/07/25

#FinWhale #whales #Whale #MarineLife #MarineMammals #mammals #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🐋

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 4d

Gravestone at Yarmouth Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth MA

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Yarmouth #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

The epitaph reads:

Here Lyes Buried
ye Body of Mr
ANTHONY PADDOCK
Who was Dround in ye
Vineyard Sound on that
Very Cold Day Feb'ry
ye 15th 1731/2 in ye 22d
Year of his Age.

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 4d

Red-tailed Hawk over Provincetown MA 10/07/25

#RedtailedHawk #Hawk #birds #bird #BirdLife #BirdPhotography`#NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Provincetown #CapeCod 🌿🪶

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 5d

Gravestone at Howes Cemetery, Dennis MA

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Dennis #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

The epitaph reads:
In Memory of
Mrs SARAH HOWES
wife of
Mr Thomas Howes
Died in march 1776
in the 100th year
of her age

This is the only gravestone on Cape Cod from the 18th century of a person aged 100+

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 6d

Cormorant diving at Chatham Fish Pier MA 09/29/25

#cormorant #birds #bird #BirdLife #BirdPhotography`#NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #BlueskyPhotographers #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #Chatham #CapeCod 🌿🪶

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 6d

Gravestone at Hingham Cemetery, Hingham MA

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Hingham #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

The epitaph reads:
An Infant Son
of Mr. Jeremiah
& Mrs. Mary
Chubbuck Still
Born Feb.ry 18th 1727/8

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 7d

Grey Seal at Race Point Beach Provincetown MA 10/07/25

#Seals #GreySeals #mammals #seal #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #Provincetown #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBlueSky 🌿🦭

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 7d

Rhode Island Historical Cemetery: Exeter #22 – Chestnut Hill Cemetery. Exeter, RI
#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #Photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Exeter #RhodeIsland #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky #MercyBrown

Yes, THAT Mercy Brown
Epitaph reads:
MERCY L.
daughter of
GEORGE T. & MARY E.
BROWN.
Died Jan. 17, 1892.
Aged 19 years

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 7d

Check out some of my Grey Seal pictures over here #Seal #GreySeal #photography

the-avocado.bsky.social @the-avocado.bsky.social · 7d

Creative Endeavors Breaks the Seal

This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self p…

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 8d

Red-tailed Hawk at Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, Barnstable MA 10/05/25

#RedtailedHawk #hawk #raptors #BirdsofPrey #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #nature #wildlife #Barnstable #CapeCod #MassAudubon #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky 🌿🪶

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 8d

Gravestone at Old North Cemetery Truro MA

#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Truro #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

The epitaph reads:

Here Lyes Buried the
Body of Mrs RUTH
AVERY Wife to the
Rev'd Mr JOHN AVERY
She Deceased Oct'r the
1st 1732 in the
46th Year of her Age

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 8d

Grey Seal at Chatham Fish Pier MA 09/29/25

#GreySeal #Seal #Mammals #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #nature #wildlife #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky #PhotographersUnited #Chatham #ChathamFishPier #CapeCod 🦭🌿

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 9d

Gravestone at Falmouth Old Burying Ground Falmouth MA
#Graveyard #Cemetery #CemeteryPhotography #photography #Gravestone #Headstone #GraveyardPhotography #31DaysofGraves #Falmouth #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky

The, obscured, Gravestone reads in full:

In Memory of MRS
ELISABETH
the Wife of MR
THOMAS PALMER
who died Dec'r the
23d 1768 In the
27th Year of her
Age

Whilst in this Life She did Dwell But few of her Age Did her Excell

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 10d

American Mink at the Cape Cod Canal 10/04/25
#MInk #Mammals #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #animals #CapeCodCanal #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBluesky 🌿

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 11d

Grey Seal at Race Point Beach Provincetown MA 10/03/25

#Seals #GreySeals #mammals #seal #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #Provincetown #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBlueSky 🌿🦭

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 12d

Grey Seal at Race Point Beach Provincetown MA 10/03/25
#Seals #GreySeals #mammals #seal #MarineLife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #Provincetown #CapeCod #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersofBlueSky 🌿🦭

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Cape Cod Adventure Pictures @capecodpictures.bsky.social · 12d

Throwback Thursday! White-tailed Deer at Sachuest Point RI08/07/25

#WhitetailedDeer #deer #mammals #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #nature #wildlife #SachuestPoint #RhodeIsland #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky #ThrowbackThursday 🌿🦌

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