Autumn Colors at The Brownstone Manor

Autumn colors were brilliant at The Brownstone Manor this year.

 Our world in the Deep South changed quickly,

 and this morning we are shivering 25-degree F cold!

Guest Photo by Christine Weerts

Linking to Our World Tuesday

and City Daily Photo Blogs

A Peek into Selma's Air Force History

This jet mounted in front of Memorial Stadium reminds Selmians

 of our years when Craig Air Force Base was the largest flying field in the U.S.

 Craig provided flight training for young Air Force pilots and was open

 from the World War II years until the late 1970s when it

 was closed by the Jimmy Carter Administration. 

Another post on aircraft displayed at the stadium is HERE.

Linking to Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Photo by guest photographer Christine Weerts

Autumn at the Mabry-Jones House

Orange and gold leaves frame the antebellum Mabry-Jones House

 on Tremont Street in Old Town Selma. Temperatures dipped

 into the 20s this morning, so our beautiful autumn will soon be gone.

Photo by guest photographer Christine Weerts

Linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 

and City Daily Photo Blogs

Double Delight

Today, I am thankful to be an early riser and able to catch both a double rainbow

 and rosy sky at dawn! The gingko tree is the same one that I posted

 in the night photo yesterday. 

Linking to Our World Tuesday, Skywatch Friday and City Daily Photo Blogs

The Chapel Cross

The cross atop the chapel at Concordia College rises above the trees

 along Broad Street. The chapel was formerly part

 of the United Methodist Children's Home.

 (Photo by guest photographer Christine Weerts)

Linking to City Daily Photo Blogs

First Baptist Steeple

The steeple of First Baptist Church rises above brilliant red leaves as autumn wanes.

Photograph by Christine Weerts

Walking on Gold

There's nothing like an afternoon walk on a ground paved with gold!

Last of the Leaves

The sidewalk in front of the old Dallas Academy building turned red and gold this week. Leaves fell fast, and today's heavy rain and wind should finish the task.

Photography by Christine Weerts

Just Leaves

Hurricane Ida (greatly downgraded) brought four inches of rain and a day's worth of strong breezes to our area earlier this week. Here are some of the leaves she knocked to the ground.

Thanks to guest photographer Christine Weerts for sending this colorful, autumn picture.

Skywatch Friday (Sugar Maple)

Autumn leaves are most brilliant in Selma in November. Wish our town was full of sugar maples like this one!

To see more skies, go to www.skyley.blogspot.com.

Photo by Christine Weerts

Autumn Angle

A view of the Pettus Bridge from Bienville Park is barely possible in summer, but as leaves shed, we are treated to a this angle.

Birds of a Feather (Skywatch Friday)

As the saying goes: "Birds of a feather flock together," and that sure was true of these little birds.
Against a cloudy-bright sky, they were enjoying the scarlet-leafed and berry-laden shrubs next to the Old Depot Museum this week. While I only see two in the photo, many more flew away just before the picture was snapped.

Anybody know what kind of birds these are? They were smaller than they appear here.

Check out other Skywatch photos at www.skyley.blogspot.com.
Happy Skywatching!

Going, Going, Almost Gone

The ginkgo leaves are going, going...almost gone! Rain tonight could finish their fall.

Tree of Gold

Seems I just can't get enough of autumn colors this year! It's supposed to rain (hurray!) Wednesday and Thursday, then turn cold, so I'd better catch these oranges and golds while they are still around. That blue sky just sets a perfect background.

Lapsley Street: Live and in Color!

Byrd Elementary School is almost hidden behind a wall of color. These brilliant hues can be seen all along this section of Lapsley Street.

Autumn Red

Autumn colors are peaking in Selma this week, and here is the brightest red I found. An inch of rain and a couple of frosts really seem to have brought fall in with gusto just before Thanksgiving.

First Frost

I notice that Selma, Alabama, and Nashville, Tennessee, both had their first frost this past week. Here is the frost on our dogwood tree. The temperature fell into the upper 20s before daylight.

Autumn Comes Softly

Autumn comes softly to central Alabama and pretty much stays that way! Occasionally, there's a vivid tree here or there, and evergreen pines tend to dominate landscapes. I was lucky to catch this pair of colorful leaves in my backyard. The ginkgo leaf on the left is turning color early, and with lots of rain expected Tuesday, the tree might be bare by Wednesday! I hope not, but almost every year, as soon as my prize autumn tree turns gold, the leaves just drop. So I took pictures today.