Senses assignment

There are times where I like to think that I’m still new to St. Catharines, but the truth is that I have actually been here for about three years now and you would think that I would have travelled around. Truth is… I haven’t. So this assignment really helped me explore a little. Now at first I was going to go to the café Rise Above, which I thought would be a little too easy because it’s just down the street from the school, so I talked to a friend and she said that she would take me somewhere but she didn’t tell me where. Having no idea where I was going made it a little more interesting and the place that she was Victoria Lawn Cemetery. At first I was a little sceptical but when we got there we got to this open area with tombstones to the right and left of it, but the centre led to some kind of monument with stairs surrounding it. It was quiet (except for a random car horn that sounded like a clown car horn) and it just left you with your thoughts. The air seemed to smell clean but with a hint of animal poo and there was nothing to taste except for whatever was in my mouth from before (probably gum) and I guess you could say everything felt cold and a lifeless (it being a cemetery and being winter). It definitely was an experience, being around such a beautiful open area but  with bodies surrounding you, having the sun block out the clouds, making it a little creepy, and then having little statues of cherubims spread throughout the sides of the monument. Overall it was a really interesting experience and a really interesting place but I’d be happy not to go back to it.

Now thing I brought back was a little stone that seemed to have been coming off of the stairs of the monument. I really didn't want to take anything because everything seemed so sacred and looked like it was meant to be there. So I opted for something that looked like it wouldn't be missed.