Patiently Waiting

Good Dog!

She's enjoying the sights and sounds of Riverfront Market Day

 as her master shops.

Linking to Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Buddy the Clown

He made his first balloon dog at age six.

 Now he twists some 300 creations

 to wow both children and adults!

 He's Buddy the Clown, and the Vermont native is down South 

for the winter, stopping in Selma last Saturday 

for Riverfront Market Day.

He also offers balloon making classes, school shows and church ministries.

Linking to Monday Mellow Yellows and City Daily Photo Blogs

Comb Concert

Have you ever played the comb?

 Ever attended a comb concert?

We have one in Selma every year at the Alabama Tale-Tellin' Festival. 

The evenings of storytelling and music end with an "I'll Fly Away" comb concert

 led by The Dill Pickers. Make plans to attend this family-friendly event

 next October, and you don't even have to play your own comb! 

Tale-Tellin' supplies the comb and the tissue paper! 

Comb concerts in Selma were the creation of Selma storyteller/author

 Kathryn Tucker Windham, who also founded the festival.

 Ever since she went to Heaven a few years ago, we continue to honor

 her memory with her favorite gospel song played and hummed on combs!

Linking to City Daily Photo Blogs

Playing the Tambourine

The night was filled with music and laughter Friday at the

 Alabama Tale-Tellin' Festival, and there is more tonight!

Here, one of The Dill Pickers plays the tambourine

 in that unique Dill Picker fashion.

Linking to City Daily Photo Blogs

Supper on the Terrace

Supper and snacks will be served on the terrace by the river

 at the Alabama Tale-Tellin' Festival this weekend. 

While this picture is from last year's festival, skies will be clear again

 with perfectly pleasant temperatures for outside dining and visiting. 

The Tale-Tellin' stage is inside, but doors will be open

 to let in the cool evening air. 

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for supper and the Swappin' Ground 

(where you can tell YOUR stories), and the main event with music and comedy

 by The Dill Pickers and tales by Donald Davis and Bobby Norfolk

 begins at 7. Tickets are available at the gate.

Linking to Friday Fences, Skywatch Friday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Signs of Autumn

The signs of autumn are everywhere, including at this Saturday's

 Riverfront Market Day. 

This picture was taken at last year's event, and again the weather will be perfect.

 There will be lots of arts, crafts, food, music and fun for children. 

Linking to Signs, Signs and City Daily Photo Blogs

ABC Wednesday, M is for MUSIC

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

 and M is for all the MUSIC that will be filling Water Avenue

 in Selma this weekend.

 From The Dill Pickers Stringband (pictured) and comedy troupe 

at the Alabama Tale-Tellin' Festival to Vintage Gray, The Fabulous Shades,

 Lower Society of Upper Water Avenue, The Ramblers and others

 at Riverfront Market Day, there will be lots of MUSIC!

Linking to ABC Wednesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Swappin' Ground Tales

This lady knew how to use facial expressions and hand motions to tell her story

 at last year's Alabama Tale-Tellin' Swappin' Ground. The tales begin again

 for the 35th annual festival this Friday and Saturday.

 Swappin' Ground, where folks like you can tell a tale,

  starts at 5:30, and the main event featuring nationally known storytellers

 and The Dill Pickers String Band/comedy troupe, begins at 7.

 Meanwhile, storytelling tips can be found all over the Web.

Linking to Our World Tuesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

Black-Eyed Susans

The roadsides through Dallas County are vibrant with Black-Eyed Susans

 and a smattering of blue wildflowers. Thank you, God, for colorful October! 

Guest Photographer is Kathy Prince who stopped to  snap this field

 of flowers on Summerfield Road. 

Linking to Monday Mellow Yellows and City Daily Photo Blogs

Fair Friends

The petting zoo at the Central Alabama Fair is a popular spot for little ones.

 They can hold baby chicks, ducks and rabbits or pet horses, calves

 and even goats!

Linking to Camera Critters and City Daily Photo Blogs