Last week we stayed in a hotel next to Temple Square in Salt Lake City. This is the Mormon temple Allen and I were married in and my favorite one. Built in 1893 it took 40 years to construct with its huge granite blocks carved from a nearby mountainside then hauled to the site by oxen and rail. Quite a history. We were married on the temple's 100th anniversary in 1993.
The grounds around the temple are magnificent especially in Springtime with flowers of every kind and color. I love to walk around the area-it's so peaceful and quiet.
I really love that statue too. Mr. Smith is very talented. I can see why you like that temple so much. The flowers are just magnificent.
ReplyDeleteThat is an amazing building and the grounds are so pretty..I bet it would be a peaceful place to be...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures. Amazing building and gardens!
ReplyDeleteTom and I stopped in Salt Lake City on one of our trips to Colorado. It was a Sunday morning in the spring. The choir was singing in the round building, the tabernacle I think, as we strolled the grounds around the temple. As you have shown, the flower beds and grounds around the temple were incredibly beautiful. I drank in so much with my eyes that I have a vivid memory of that beauty.
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