Grea pics lmcshane!

  I took a graveyard scene, too, but I am saving that for another post--I though of you, Eternity, as funeral music drifted through the trees and the sweet breeze stirred the leaves--eternal peace. 
 

Interesting that you might mention scenic graveyards, as in the South, graveyards entail so much more than burying the dead.  This can also be said of (Paris) France where they have transformed cemetaries into a pure art form; like Cimitere Pere La Chaise. 

In reference to the South--in Atlanta, we have a cemetary here called the Oakland Cemetary.  It's across the street from the MLK center, and I can promise you the beauty of the place will leave you utterly speechless; rolling hills, massive oak trees and monumental sculptures of every sort.  Let's just put it this way, the cemetary is so beautiful, they have a full staff that gives walking tours and carriage rides. 

But you know, some of the smaller cemetaries can be equally as beautiful, in a more quiet, trancendental way.

Cemetaries get a bad rap.  Though maybe that's because we Westerners are so obsessed with youth, we are ashamed of the reality of death.

Have you heard of Dead Can Dance?

Eternity