Part TWO: Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia

If you missed Part ONE of the Bonaventure Cemetery photos,

please go back down below this post to read about this awesome place.

It is a place full of art and nature's best beauty.

So, let's continue, shall we?

This is the entrance gate:

I could already tell that I was going to love it there.

It looked more like a park.

Graves were tucked in amongst gorgeous palms and Spanish-moss laden gigantic oak trees:

Wonderful tree-lined trees along a river!:

Captivating headstones along the park's roads:

Marble art everywhere. These cherub angels got my attention:

I read so, so many headstones of babies and children that died at such young ages. It was heartbreaking.

Can you imagine being the mother or father of this family, and losing these two precious children , so close together?:

Some of the family plots had huge, ornate statues in their honor. This one was AMAZING:

How poignant to have a jet stream above this monument. A reminder that time truly marches on:

Just LOOK at the architectural detail in the top of the monument!:

(I just noticed the shadow above....doesn't it look like a man' profile?)

Just amazing carving detail, now layered with time's moss and wear:

Stay tuned,

I have more photos of some amazing headstones and of the beauty of this place.

Part ONE: Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia

It may sound dark and depressing (if not a bit strange) to say that part of my trip to Savannah

this time was explicitly to see Bonaventure Cemetery.

But when you see the art there, combined with the gorgeous Spanish-moss draping

the ancient, huge oak trees, you will begin to understand.

It was actually another blogger who tipped me off to tell me to look into going there

when I mentioned I loved cemeteries in general, and that I was planning a trip to Savannah.

So join me today in seeing WHY I am so, so glad I did visit this amazing place.

To me, it was like a beautiful park full of nature and art.

There were SO many beautiful headstones, carved in granite and marble...they were gorgeous.

I especially loved the ones with angels on them:

You'd think you were in an art museum, rather than a cemetery:

Look at the detail in her wings:

There were many life-sized (or bigger) statues for headstones.

We learned that many of the statues were commissioned art pieces and were made to look exactly like the deceased person.  This is a man's headstone, so it isn't the case...but in future blogposts I will show you some:

Statues, carved stone embellishments and oak trees with Spanish moss. Wow:

Look at her angelic face:

Just amazing, detailed, architectural wonders here:

Another gorgeous angel. Can you see the sorrow in her face?:

It was a huge, huge cemetery...all sitting in the midst of sky high majestic moss-lined trees.

We hadn't even seen the oldest headstones yet.

We got there late in the afternoon (due to rain earlier in the day)...

and we only had time to see PART of this wondrous place.

More blogposts will be posted soon of the headstones and beauty here.

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