Blue Skies Smiling

"Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see."

EXCEPT I do see a bird, probably a pigeon, smiling down from the tallest spire. 

Linking to Skywatch Friday  

The Gamble House

The Gamble House sits across Lauderdale Street from the St. Paul's Episcopal Church sanctuary. Used for Little Friends Preschool and Sunday School, this structure is mentioned in Selma's Windshield Tour, is older than the 1870's church building and may be antebellum.

Pick Your Pumpkin!

Come and pick your pumpkin at the St. Paul's Episcopal Pumpkin Patch!

This annual fall fling raises funds for missions and offers pumpkins for sale and activities for children. On Wednesday, a group from Morgan Academy entered the courtyard and enjoyed pumpkin decorating, pumpkin lessons, stories and face painting.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

St. Paul's Episcopal Church was founded in 1838, but this English Gothic Revival building was completed in 1875, ten years after Civil War Union Gen. J.H. Wilson's troops burned the original structure during the Battle of Selma. During that battle, the church's rector was wounded and the senior warden killed.
This building was designed by the New York firm of R. & R.M. Upjohn. Its first services were held Easter Sunday, and a number of former Confederate officers were members. They included Lt. Gen. Joseph Johnston, Lt. Gen. Joseph Hardee, Maj. Gen. John H. Forney, Capt. Catesby ap. R. Jones, and Capt. Joseph Forney Johnston, who later became governor of Alabama and a U.S. senator.

Along the Sidewalk

Along the sidewalk between First Baptist Church (Lauderdale Street) and St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a bed of pansies...one of many bright spots during these cloudy and often foggy days of January. Up ahead in the background are the Centre for Commerce and Dallas County Courthouse.