Moss Catcher

I think Selma shall never run out of fences for the Friday Fences blog hop,

 and many of these old iron works of art also serve as moss catchers,

 and that just adds to the southernness. 

Linking to Friday Fences and City Daily Photo Blogs

March Garden

Yellow forsythia and fuschia witch hazel make a striking combination

 for early March color in this Old Town flower garden. 

Linking to Monday Mellow Yellows and City Daily Photo Blogs

The Ultimate Mardi Gras Wreath

Beads, baubles, jesters, masks and drapery tassels?

This front-door wreath has a little of everything that spells Mardis Gras.

I'm wondering who makes these wreaths and why Selmians are decorating

 for the occasion! Several homes on Lapsley Street are decked out this year. 

Apparently, this isn't just a coastal thing anymore!

Notice the reflections of the sidewalk trees in the entry glass! That's decorative too! 

 Linking to Weekend Reflections and City Daily Photo Blogs

Patriotic Series, The American Dream

As America celebrates her birthday this week, I think this picture reflects the American 

Dream. Our nation was founded on God-given rights and freedom from tyranny

 so that its citizens might have the opportunity to pursue their dreams.  

 

 

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. 

We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.

 It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,

 or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children

 and our children's children what it was once like in the United States

 where men were free."

Ronald Reagan
40th president of US

Posted at Weekend Reflections

Heritage Village, McKinnon-Riggs Doctor's Office

This 1800's structure first served as a law office in south Dallas County before becoming a doctor's office. 

It was almost torn down before its purchase and donation to the Selma-Dallas County Historic Society and was moved to Heritage Village (near Sturdivant Hall) in 1981.   

Old Town Lily

Recognize this lily?

It sure looks like the rare Cahaba Lily that grows in Alabama's Cahaba River. However, it was found growing in Old Town Selma. Could this be a type of spider lily since it's not aquatic, or is it a land-locked variation of the hymenocallis coronaria?

Photo by Christine Weerts

April Garden

March showers brought April flowers this year, and here is one of the prettiest spring gardens in Selma at a private residence in Old Town.

Since taxes are unavoidable, then what prettier place to take your records to than an historic house office in Old Town.

Confederate Rose at White-Force Cottage

Confederate Roses are blooming at White Force Cottage on Mabry Street. The roses are a hibiscus and related to cotton and okra. The large blooms first open as white blossoms, then turn pink on the second day and blue-pink on the third day.

White-Force Cottage was the Selma home of Mary Todd Lincoln's (President Abraham Lincoln's wife) half sister, Martha Todd White, and is next door to Sturdivant Hall.

The Web

Here's the Web, Selma style...not the World Wide Web, but a bunch of spider webs across the porch and bushes (click to enlarge photo) and a web of Spanish Moss across the entire fence.

What fun it must have been for trick or treaters to have opened the gate of this fence and made their way to the porch for candy!

Friendly Ghosts

Friendly ghosts hang on the front doors of Ashford, a 1903 Victorian home in Old Town.

On Halloween, I bet little ones will enjoy their trip up the steps to meet these ghosts for treats.

Cactus and Glass

A cactus grows outside this window with stained-glass artwork. I spotted it at Gordon's Antiques in Old Town.