Ideas for Infants

Spring and Easter are on the way, and Carter Drug Co. downtown

 is brimming with bonnets, blankets and bunnies for infants and toddlers.

 I just love their baby bed display!

Linking to ABC Wednesday (The Letter I)

Thursday Lunch

If  you are in town on Thursdays, have lunch at Carter Drug's sidewalk cafe!

Linking to Weekend Reflections and City Daily Photo Blogs

Blue Sky with Stars and Stripes

Away with the rain, and out with blue sky and stars and stripes!

Linking to Skywatch Friday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Curbside at Carter Drug

When there is no space for drive-up service downtown,

 curbside service is a great alternative!

Linking to Signs, Signs and City Daily Photo Blogs

A Painted Window (Weekend Reflections)

A Painted Window at Carter Drug. Co. reflects the library across Broad Street.

 

A LEAF
by Aileen Fisher

If I were a leaf
(but I wouldn't be)
I'd have to be tied
to a tree, tree, tree.
I couldn't walk off
(or skip or run)
and my nose would get burned
by the sun, sun, sun.
In summer I'd roast,
(in winter I'd freeze)
and all through October
I'd sneeze, sneeze, sneeze.

 

You can ponder more reflections over at the Weekend Reflections Meme here.

The Big, Red Honda

I've taken a picture of this big, red Honda before, but the other day, it shouted at me again, "Shoot me! Shoot me!" So I did. Perhaps someday, I shall find out who drives it!

Carter's Fall Display

Continuing with Selma's downtown autumn decorations, we arrive at Carter Drug Co. and its cute, colorful window boxes. Click on the photo for a larger version and notice the pumpkin stands near the entrance.

Photograph by Christine Weerts

Carter Drug Grand Re-opening

Vendors Pam Parker and Julie Freeland of Birmingham were on hand Friday at Carter Drug Co.'s grand re-opening. Pam is a sales representative for Tyler Candles and Julie for 225 Unlimited.

They greeted shoppers and exhibited products such as pineapple crush hand-poured candles, decorative plates, frames and more. Other vendors demonstrated their wares and gave goodies to their purchasers.

The drugstore recently underwent a major interior renovation.

From Carter's Corner

Here's a typical summer day in downtown Selma. This view is from the corner of Carter Drug Co. I recently posted another view looking toward the store HERE.

Good Reading

If you're into reading true tales of the South, check out the book corner at Carter Drug Co. in downtown Selma. Here are just two of many shelves stocked with good books. There's a whole section filled with local and regional books, including the new edition of Alabama: One Big Front Porch by Selma author and storyteller Kathryn Tucker Windham. (I showed you my original, worn copy recently.)

Then, imagine my surprise when Smilnsigh of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., informed me that she recently ordered "Miss Kathryn's" book from Amazon after reading about it on this blog, and on Tuesday, she posted a picture of it on her blog. (Hope you are enjoying it, Smilnsigh!)

You can listen to "Miss Kathryn" tell her stories in person at the Alabama Tale Tellin' Festival Oct. 10 and 11. That's the same weekend as Riverfront Market Day and the unveiling of the butterfly sculptures.

Now, look closely at the book on the left side of the top shelf...House of Abraham. That's a book about Abe Lincoln's (both the president and the Brookville, Ohio, blogger) Confederate kin...or rather his wife's kin. Some of the Todds lived in Selma during the "War of Northern Aggression, and they sure weren't Yankees! This book tells the story of Lincoln's "House Divided."

Carter Drug Co.

One of the most attractive corners in downtown Selma is that of Carter Drug. Co. I love the hanging ferns and posts out front as well as the red cycle parked on the sidewalk!
I will take you inside this longtime store later. The drugstore is well known for staying open late so folks can get those after-hours and emergency prescriptions filled.