Children and Fido are welcome at the Valley Grande City Park, but please read the rules: Supervise your kids, and keep your dog on a leash. Also, don't bring alcohol, and if you plan a picnic, clean up when you're finished.
Follow the rules, and the park stays pleasant for everybody!
Even on a hot morning, tall pines shade walkers at Valley Grande City Park and occasionally send a breeze their way. Much work has been done on the trail, and this week we'll take a walk in the park.
A pair of sculpted brick angels blow trumpets at the entrance of Valley Grande Baptist Church.
The angels were carved from raw clay by local artist/craftsman J. Craig Pardue. You'll also find his work in a brick storefront in Gonzales, La., where he used designs of pelicans, ducks and live oak trees. Another sculpture, donated by Henry Brick Co., is on the courtyard wall at the Selma-Dallas County Public Library.
The Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center is close to completion on the campus of Wallace Community College Selma.
Formerly housed at the Craig Industrial Park, the new location features buildings for state trooper and correction officers' training as well as this dormitory.
Here's how construction of this building looked in February.
Rays of the sun stream through morning clouds on a recent summer sunrise.
Photo by Christine WeertsSee more skies at www.skyley.blogspot.com.
If you like peppermint, then you should love this amaryllis! The red and white stripes sure look like a sugary candy cane. The flower, which bloomed late this spring, was grown by one of Selma's master gardeners, Carol Henry.
The althea shrubs are making their annual splash around town, and while sometimes called rose of Sharon, they are not the same as the biblical flower of the same name. Wildflowers, possibly crocus, that grew on the plains of Sharon in Israel, may have been the original rose of Sharon.
Byrd School's live oak tree spreads shade in all directions in summer, but during the school year, it's known as The Learning Tree. A nearby plaque notes that the tree once shaded the home of Judge William Byrd, who "championed children's rights to a good education." The school, which serves elementary students, was established in 1916 and is located in Selma's Old Town Historic District.
Photo courtesy of Christine Weerts
Selma Art Camp II begins today at Dallas Academy. Like this young camper who created a woven bag in June, participants will have the opportunity to make at least seven crafts throughout the week.
Raindrops on roses are among my favorite things, and right now we are hoping to receive rain to keep summer flowers alive in the extreme July heat.
(This lovely rose is among those in the garden of Selmian Carol Henry.)
