Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Confederate graves and some kind of little stump creature




This section of Old City Cemetery is devoted to Confederate soldiers. There is a section for Union soldiers which looks very similar to this on the other side of the cemetery. I guess they didn't want to bury them too close together! In the lower left corner of the first picture, you can see the pruned stump of a little tree. The second picture is a closeup of the same stump from a different angle. It looks like a little animal with a horn, an eye, and even a sly little smile on its face to me. Click on it to enlarge and tell me if I'm imagining things!

12 comments:

Tamera said...

You're not seeing things! It looks like a prehistoric (but kind of cute) bird.

Darla said...

It does look like a stump creature. How's the window doing? Now that you have it home are you still pleased with it?

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Good eye to catch that critter, whatever it is.

Les Barr said...

That is rather odd. It does look like a "creature" of some sort. Maybe a giraffe, a camel? All depends on what your imagination can come up with. Didn't know that Florida had that many Soldiers in the Civil War.

Christine said...

I can't wait to visit this cemetery. It looks like a skinny little dragon to me Lois! Have a wonderful day! It's a nice slightly foggy morning here today.

Kaori said...

I see the Loch Ness Moster, Lois :D

Lynette said...

Neat post, Lois. The stump makes me think of the Loch Ness monster. Thanks!

Cezar and Léia said...

Bonjour dear Lois,
That Stump is interesting indeed, I don't know the reason but it reminds me a dragon! LOL Very cool capture, thanks for this great game with our imagination!
hugs
Léia

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

Confederate and Union graves in the cemetery help reinforce that the war is not merely history, but it was such a tragedy on the family level a century and a half ago. Ken Burns's documentary similarly personalized the sacrifice.

Jack said...

Good eye. I see it as a giraffe buried up to its neck.

Lowell said...

I think it looks rather like the neck and head of a giraffe! Cute!

Unknown said...

The photo is amazing. It does look like a fossil of a creature!