Friday, August 9, 2013

August in Lafayette Park

These fluffy whites are smiling down on Lafayette Park and the Pettus Bridge.
 Honestly, I don't ever recall a summer without haze! We've had rain.
 We've had clouds, and we've had blue sky, but almost daily showers
 have kept the haze away.

Lafayette Park is named for the Marquis de Lafayette, who briefly
 visited here many years ago, and the plaque commemorates 
Selma's first bridge that was built in 1884 and torn down in 1940 
when the Pettus Bridge (background) opened.

13 comments:

  1. Love the touch of red flowers in this beautiful scene.

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  2. love the angle of this shot. beautiful view. ( :

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  3. Love the way you composed this and all the colors - it does rather look like the rains cleaned up the air. We've had lots of rain, too, which means the flora is quite lush but the air is also quite humid! :)

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  4. all the arches are really pretty!

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  5. A pretty spot. I like the wrought iron fence.

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  6. This could be used as a tourist post card! Very nice image.

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  7. Very nice perspective...Love it!

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  8. Lafayette got around, didn't he? There is a Hartford statue celebrating his visit.

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