Protector

Coyotes, beware! Our daddy is here!

Linking to City Daily Photo Blogs

The Spires of First Baptist

The Gothic spires and gargoyles of First Baptist Church - Lauderdale Street 

are especially beautiful in the late afternoon sun. 

Linking to InSpired Sunday and City Daily Photo Blogs 

Queen Anne's Lace

The Queen Anne's Lace has been especially abundant 

and beautiful along the roadsides his year!

Linking to Weekly Top Shot

and City Daily Photo Blogs

Highway Through the Black Belt

From this side of the barbed-wire fence and behind the tall roadside grass,

 you can see the traffic along U.S. Highway 80 through Alabama's Black Belt

 in west Dallas County. This four-lane road is MUCH less traveled

 and a lot easier to drive than an interstate.

Linking to Friday Fences, Skywatch Friday and City Daily Photo Blogs

The First

I love the signs that Kay Sasser Jacoby brought to StreetFest.

Linking to Signs, Signs and City Daily Photo Blogs

Once UPON a Time

Once UPON a time, there was a pretty little red-haired girl with curls

 and a pink bow and purple face paint!

 She was enjoying her day at StreetFest!

Linking to ABC Wednesday (the letter U) and City Daily Photo Blogs

Jeanann's Wonderful Quilts of Color

If you have fabric scraps, Jeanann can use them!

Jeanann Syzmanski designs and makes these colorful quilts from scraps

 sent to her by friends from many places. This display was part of her booth

 at last weekend's World's Widest Yard Sale. 

Linking to Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Quilted Cats

So what did I find at the World's Widest Yard Sale?

Lots...but I bought that cute, quilted cat potholder on the right.

 Many sellers set up booths beneath the pine trees out at Angie's Auction 

in Potter's Station. I never made it past that place! 

There were so many great bargains.

This year was the second for the yard sale that extends along

 and north and south of U.S. Highway 80 through central Alabama. 

Linking to Monday Mellow Yellows and City Daily Photo Blogs

St. Andrew's Church

This is St. Andrew's Church, one of the most picturesque churches and churchyards

 around. Located  40 miles west of Selma along U.S. Highway 80, it 

is a national historic landmark. Built in 1853 in the Carpenter Gothic Style,

 the design probably came from architect Richard Upjohn's "Rural Architecture."

 The style is similar to St. Luke's Church at Old Cahawba. 

Linking to InSpired Sunday and City Daily Photo Blogs 

June Theme Day, The Beauty of Decay

It's June Theme Day at City Daily Photo Blogs,

 and we are posting pictures of "The Beauty of Decay."

This tarnished cemetery monument of a young child in repose

 is a touching reminder of how fleeting life can be.

Linking to City Daily Photo Blogs and Weekly Top Shot