Sic transit gloria mundi

We visited the open gardens in Temple Village today and they were lovely. But the true highlight came when we strolled into the ruins of Temple's Old Parish Church. and its churchyard. I do have an abiding and probably morbid interest in gravestones and can never resist a visit whenever I see one but Temple was in a league of its own as far as skull and crossbone images were concerned. The Church dates from the early 14th Century and the name Temple dates from the time when the Knights Templars established their chief house in Scotland.

So the graveyard is steeped in history and full of reminders of the transience of life and that time flies, and this can be seen in the blip. I have no idea who lies buried there as any writing has long since disappeared to nothing. But someone had put a wreath there. The greenery has withered but the flowers are still shining bright, because................they're plastic!! Which is not so transient.

More images from Temple Village Graveyard here
but be warned, they're not for the faint of heart.