The Strawberry Effect

These bowls were tempting enough at Saturday's StreetFest,

 but fresh strawberries just made this one even more enticing. 

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Up with the Roof

The amphitheatre is shaping up!

Roofs are in place with construction of the stage section under way.

 Soon it will look a lot more like the architectural drawing.  

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Geraniums

These pots of red geraniums make a striking arrangement in this yard in Old Town. 

Linking to Friday Fences and City Daily Photo Blogs

Signs, Signs, 2013 StreetFest

Come on down to StreetFest on Saturday!

 StreetFest celebrates "All Things Alabama" and includes arts, crafts, children's 

activities, farm-raised produce, a U.S. Farm-Raised catfish fry, live entertainment

 all day (Grasshopper String Band, Morgan students' Harlem Shake, Morgan Singers, 

Providence Men's Group and the Alabama Symphony 

Orchestra with music composer and historian Bobby Horton. 

Admission is FREE!

Linking to Signs, Signs and  City Daily Photo Blogs

REVIVE the Arts

Selma will REVIVE the arts this Saturday with the third annual StreetFest 

 which celebrates "All Things Alabama." That includes arts, crafts, music, 

food and produce! 

I took this photo at last year's festival. which is part street fair, part catfish fry

 and part classy music concert. This year's evening entertainment will be

 the Alabama Symphony Orchestra's "Alabama: Here We Stay" with

 Alabama composer and music historian Bobby Horton. Earlier in the day,

 The Grasshopper String Band will play, and there are many more activities planned

 at the Carneal ArtsRevive corner at Water Avenue and Church Street. 

Linking to ABC Wednesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

The Roseland Office and Apothecary

 

While Sturdivant Hall is the main attraction on the Sturdivant Museum property,

this handsome Greek Revival structure is well worth a visit. 

It was once the office/apothecary at Roseland Plantation near Uniontown 

and was given to the Sturdivant Association for preservation.

Linking to Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Evening Sun at City Hall

City Hall is dressed its best in the late evening sun.

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Steeple Views

The steeples of Church Street United Methodist Church , left,

 and First Baptist Church on Lauderdale Street, right, are impressive

 against the evening sky in downtown Selma. 

Linking to InSpired Sunday, Weekly Top Shots and City Daily Photo Blogs

Kathryn's Quilt

I am pleased as punch to have finally visited the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum

 in Thomasville! Greeted by librarian, tour guide and KTW Storytelling Club organizer 

Deborah Rankins, who posed in front of "Kathryn's Quilt," I admire

 Alabama's Storyteller even more than before!

Kathryn, (aka The Ghost Lady) was born in Thomasville but lived most of her life

 in Selma. She was a newspaper reporter, photographer, ghost-story writer,

 southern folklore author, editor and renowned storyteller. She captured 

the rural South like no other, and this quilt (made by Dorothy Shepard)

 captures that essence.

The museum is located in the library building at Alabama Southern 

Community College just south of Thomasville on Alabama Highway 43. 

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Skywatch Friday, Alabama River Sunset

Guest photographer Jed Kirk captured this beautiful sunset above the Alabama River

 on one of his recent boating excursions. With summer almost upon us,

 the river traffic will increase significantly!

Linking to Skywatch Friday and City Daily Photo Blogs