Park Model

I've shown several photos of Riverfront Park and the riverwalk recently,

 but here is the model for the whole project. At top is the old warehouse

 that is under major renovation for the amphitheater. 

Linking to Rurality and City Daily Photo Blogs

Getting Ready for Guests

We're celebrating the letter G over at ABC Wednesday

 as Selma hotels and motels GET ready for GUESTS

 this weekend due to the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee.

We hear that the vice president is coming, and if so,

 then the national news media can't be far behind! 

So, let's hope they don't GARBLE the truth about our town!

 Back in 2000, when President Bill Clinton came for the 35th anniversary,

 I read one article from an out-of-state writer who complained

 that Selma's storefronts looked out of date...as if they

 were from the previous century! Well, they ARE from the previous century,

 and merchants worked hard back in the 1980s to remove

 unattractive modern metal facades and return the buildings to their

 original, architecturally beautiful appearances.

Linking to ABC Wednesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Brokenhearted Wife

We don't know who S.B. McC. was, but this simple tombstone in

 Confederate Circle at Old Live Oak Cemetery was erected

 by his broken-hearted wife. 

Thanks to guest photographer Kathy Prince for this photograph!

Linking to Taphophile Tragics, Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Budding Azaleas

It's still a long way until Spring, but some of the azaleas

 in Old Live Oak Cemetery just can't wait!

Linking to City Daily Photo Blogs

Touch of Pink

There's a touch of pink along the riverbank, thanks to the persistence

 of these roses on the terrace behind the St. James Hotel.

Linking to Weekly Top Shot and City Daily Photo Blogs

Late Morning at the Riverwalk

Shadows are bold along the riverwalk in late morning,

 but I was thankful for a sunny day!

 In the background on the high bank is the St. James Hotel.

 

Linking to The Weekend in Black and White,

 Shadow Shot Sunday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Picture Window

Here's yet another way to photograph the Edmund Pettus Bridge...its reflection

 in the windows of the Selma Interpretive Center across the street. 

Those bright clouds show up well as does an interior chandelier inside the lobby. 

Linking to Skywatch Friday, Weekend Reflections and City Daily Photo Blogs

Where's the Grass?

"Where's the grass?"

It's about a month away if the cows will quit breaking

 through the fence to graze it before it's ready!

Linking to Rurality and City Daily Photo Blogs  

Work at the Old Warehouse

We're blogging the letter "F" this week over at ABC Wednesday,

 and the FUTURE of this old warehouse came to mind.  

Work progresses on the building, and someday in the FUTURE, 

it will be part of the Riverfront Park Amphitheatre scheduled

 for completion by early 2014. 

Meanwhile, I'm not sure about the FUTURE of this FACADE since it seems

 clearly marked for "No Patching, Future Demo." Does that mean

 the wall is marked for demolition? Time will tell!  

Linking to ABC Wednesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Antiquing with Elodie

This year's Selma Pilgrimage guests are invited to Antiquing with Elodie,

 a luncheon in an historic home on Dallas Avenue.The lunches on March 15 and 16

 will include a menu of chicken salad, turkey/ham sandwich or grilled chicken salad.

Elodie (whose fine memorial is in Old Live Oak Cemetery) was  President Abraham Lincoln's 

sister-in-law. Born in Kentucky in 1840, Elodie Breck Todd met her future husband,

  N.H.R. Dawson, while visiting a sister in Selma. It is said that she and her sister

 smuggled medicines and other supplies to the South after visiting Mary Todd Lincoln

 at the White House. Elodie was active in other efforts for the Southern Cause,

 including raising funds for the Confederate monument that stands in the same cemetery.

 She died while only in her 30s, and her husband, who served as a Confederate officer

 and later as U.S. Commissioner of Education, memorialized

 his beloved Elodie with this monument.

Linking to Taphophile Tragics, Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs