Showing posts with label snowball tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowball tree. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Snowball Tree

We have snowballs in April!

This snowball tree graces the rear courtyard at the Vaughan-Smitherman Museum.
 I've seen quite a few of these small trees around town,
 and they are just magnificent!

The structure in the background was built with part of the facade
 from the old Hotel Albert, which was located where the City Hall complex 
now stands. Designed after the Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy,
 the hotel was built before and after the Civil War.
 It was demolished in 1969, a loss that spurred Selmians to try harder
 to preserve their historic structures.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Snowballs in April


Snowballs in April? Enlarge the picture and take a look at the burgeoning snowball tree in the background. Today's heavy rain will probably end the show of blossoms around Selma.