Monday, October 1, 2007

October Theme Day - Cemeteries/Tombstones

This angelic monument is perhaps the most ornate and exquisite of the many memorials in Selma's Old Live Oak Cemetery. It is located within a fenced family plot where other unique tombstones reside. The cemetery, with its live oak trees, Spanish Moss, azaleas and dogwoods, is more than a burial ground. It is also a flowering garden and outdoor museum. Later this month, it will be the scene of a haunted history tour. Yes, ghosts who live here will rise again to tell their tales.

Don't forget to visit other tombstones and cemeteries around the City Daily Photo Blog world! I can hear them summoning you now... better get going!
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23 comments:

R&R said...

Looks like a cemetery with character ... nice perspective on the shot, too.

Sally said...

I like the idea of the tour.

Sydney Daily Photo

Jilly said...

Great shot - love the perspective. Love that tours are made of cemeteries - even if it is a ghost tour! This must be a very beautiful place.

~tanty~ said...

A big monument. Good choice for the theme.

Kate said...

An unique angle. Ghost tours? Sounds like Halloween!

Olivier said...

un tres beau tombeau, tres impressionnant


a very beautiful tomb, very impressive

Victoria said...

What an amazing monument! I love the angel, and it gives off a sort or sorrowful, calm feel. Very nice indeed!

Lessie said...

Beautiful momument -- I especially like the perspective you chose wtih the photo.

Susan said...

Very cool shot!

Unknown said...

Great angle for your shot, quite beautiful.

Port Angeles Daily Photo

Marie said...

Wow, très joli. I didn't know there were such beautiful monuments in American cemeteries.

You visited my second post of the day, not the main one :-)) It seemed to me that today it was normal to pay homage to le père Lachaise but my main photos are those of the old cemetery in Carcassonne.

Halcyon said...

This is a really nice cemetery, if I can say that. Maybe I'm weird, but I enjoy walking through old cemeteries and looking at how ornate gravestones and monuments used to be. Some of them would be things of beauty even in a different setting.

Lynette said...

Impressive photo for the theme--thanks for getting it at that perspective. I imagine the tours will sell out, don't you?

Anonymous said...

Nice photography.

iBlowfish said...

Beautiful, interesting perspective too.

jeremyDP said...

i like the persective of your photo, very impressive !

Anonymous said...

Lovely photo--what a stunning monument!

Thanks for your visit to Arlington DP!

Neva said...

very beautiful monument.

Keropokman said...

How interesting that it is also an outdoor museum :-)

Steve Cuddihy said...

That is very large in size....how fitting, a cemetery to house a haunted history tour.

Janet said...

Thanks for your comments. I have enjoyed visiting your cemeteries and tombstones too.
While I said that Old Live Oak is an "outdoor museum," it is not billed as a museum. It just has so many historic and beautiful monuments that it might as well be considered a "museum."

Steve Buser said...

The angle really makes this shot interesting. Sorry about the late comment -- we've been away from the computer for a couple days.

--steve buser
New Orleans Daily Photo

NorthBayPhoto said...

Great theme day photo!