A little place in a pasture right across the road from the Mississippi River in south Louisiana. Close to Carville and St. Grabriel. It is an old convict cemetery. The sign is gone so I don't remember which one.
This is an awesome tree. The one pic I really wanted blurred badly. I will be back again in a few weeks to get it.
Sundown
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Great pics Sundown, that oak tree is simply awesome! No telling how old it is! I love how it spreads and protects the ground there....boy I bet it has some stories to tell!!
Thank you for sharing it with us! How was your trip? Did you get everything done that you needed to?
It's nice to have you back home....
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If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough.-- Albert Einstein
Sundown,
Thank you for sharing journey with us. These photos are very similar to some I have of one of my own sacred places. It's an old cemetery about ten miles outside of town. A few Revolutionary War veterans are even buried there. It is the most tranquil place one could imagine. I find most old cemeteries are. I think the ceremonies of greiving and letting go that have taken place there over the years define the spirit of the place and form a spiritual boundary against the outside world. Just a thought. I just know that I feel more at peace in these forgotten boneyards than probably anywhere else. I have visited such places all hours of the day and night, even taking pictures in moonlight. I have recently had the idea of for a calendar of old cemeteries in southern Indiana. (Too bad we don't have the huge, old trees like you folks down yonder always seem to.) I don't know about you, but I find that not everyone shares my appreciation for such locales. An ex-girlfriend accuses me of having a death wish. My brother tells people I go there to satisfy my necrophilial cravings. As soon as I get a scanner, I'll share some of my own places.
I managed to get a little more history of the tree. The cemetery has only been there since 2000. The national guard wanted to put an airstrip there so the prison warden started a cemetery there, Kind of put an end to that idea. Way back when, in the late 1800's when they started the "leper colony" the clients came up the Mississippi River on a barge. There were no levees then. They were told when they saw the "Lone Oak" they were there! So the tree was large in the late 1880's. Here are a few more pics.
Den at the base of the tree
Sundown
The older I get, the less I know, the happier I am
It really is a magnificent oak Sundown.....I wonder what the circumference of that tree is? It would be amazing to sit and meditate with it for about an hour or so every day for about a week....
The stories and wisdom it has....(wow)....thank you for sharing the pictures and your wonderful wisdom with us...I always look forward to seeing the pics!
GreenMonk, I would love to see pictures of the cemetaries you visit. I agree with you, they are places of peace amd tranquility...nothing compares to the peace you can find there....a resting place......indeed....
Blessings Bright and Dark,
If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough.-- Albert Einstein
It has several faces, some rather vague that a camera can't see. The main face is in the Tree Faces thread. That one faces away from the tombstones, looking down the river (at least before the levee was there)
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Way back when, in the late 1800's when they started the "leper colony" the clients came up the Mississippi River on a barge. There were no levees then. They were told when they saw the "Lone Oak" they were there! So the tree was large in the late 1880's. Here are a few more pics.
