Lots of colorful flowers and even a bright wind chime help make this one of the cemetery photos that is definitely not spooky. Owens Cross Roads, Alabama is where you will find the small cheerful Moon cemetery. If you’d like info about this area, contact https://www.huntsville.org/ Let’s look at several more that are rather charming.
If those who are laid to rest here could speak, they would complain about the loud crowds next door. On the left of Evergreen cemetery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama you can see just a bit of the Bryant-Denny stadium. That’s where thousands cheer for the football team of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Some folks do not like to walk around among graves, at all! Yet others, like me, find graveyards to have a poignant and pensive beauty. Intricately designed wrought iron fences like the ones at Old City cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida have fine craftsmanship and various patterns of patina.
While at the same Tallahassee cemetery, my friend and I saw a few headstones and monuments in need of maintenance. Places such as this deserve to be preserved and protected. My hands-on experience taught me two things; that those things are very heavy, also that there is no possible way that I can push it back into place! For some great info on Tallahassee, see https://visittallahassee.com/ and enjoy.
I love casually walking through cemeteries and will often be surprised by finding a grave of a notable or unmistakable person. Slim Whitman was a singer in the 1950’s. The 1996 comedy movie Mars Attacks used his song “Indian Love Call” to kill the Martians. Dang, y’all, that was a funny movie! This headstone is in the Middleburg Methodist cemetery in Middleburg, Florida.
Scene like the one above make me marvel. Myrtle Hill cemetery in Rome, Georgia is set on a high hill and is home to countless scenes of splendor. Dang, y’all, multiple tiers of such appeal simply make my mind reel in a wonderful way.
The Angel of Grief original was done in 1894 and is located in Rome, Italy. Many replicas have been made since that time. This one I photographed at Friendship cemetery in the beautiful town of Columbus, Mississippi. It is so captivating that a number of artists have painted the monument. The painting shown below is showcased in Columbus at the birthplace museum of playwright Tennessee Williams. www.visitcolumbusms.org
As you can see, not all cemetery photos should be considered spooky. Some are cheerful, charming, surprising, or even a bit silly. Some are art that imitates sculpture that imitates other sculpture.
Which of these photos do YOU like best? Leave a nice comment sharing your thoughts! And keep an eye out for another cemetery article soon with an opposite point of view!
Those cemeteries definitely sound interesting.
Yes, and in a few weeks I will do a completely different article about cemeteries and other places that are (supposedly) haunted!!