Battlefield Vittles

Roasted corn, jumbo stuffed baked potatoes, grilled ribeye steak sandwiches,

 mesquite chicken sandwiches and several flavors of lemonade!

The Lemonade Saloon sure won over my taste buds at the Battle of Selma battlefield.

 Just wish I could have tried a little of everything!

Ride in a Covered Wagon

Re-enactors bring scenes from the 1860s back to life each year

 during Battle of Selma weekend. This covered wagon was among

 modes of transportation that made the school days tours more authentic. 

Posted at Scenic Sunday

Music of the 1860s

School children just love the music venue at the Battle of Selma school tours.

 This musician appears to be playing with a wooden toy.

 Do you know what it is and what it does?

Fortifications

Selma is once again ready for the Yankees in this 147th year since the Battle of Selma.

 The annual re-enactment is this weekend, and the April 1865 Society has prepared fortifications.

 Unfortunately, on Sunday, the federal cavalry will burn the house 

and spill over the fences to capture the town in one of the last battles

 of the American Civil War. Selma was important to the Confederacy

 as a major manufacturer of arms and munitions.

Posted at Friday Fences

Rural Thursday, Oxford's General Store

It seems that most of the photos I post for Rural Thursday are taken in Orrville.

 Well, here's another!

 This is the side of Oxford General Store. Go on in and take a look around!

Posted at Rural Thursday 

ABC Wednesday, O is for Old Live Oak Cemetery

ABC Wednesday is featuring the letter "O," and oh my, once again I see an opportunity

 to post a photo of Old Live Oak Cemetery!

We call it Old Live Oak, because there is also a New Live Oak Cemetery.

 The old cemetery is home to numerous outstanding monuments and billowing sheets

 of Spanish Moss. It is just optimum for snapping pictures, too!

Posted at ABC Wednesday

From Tannehill to Selma (Our World Tuesday)

We visited Tannehill State Park near Birmingham this past weekend and hiked trails that took us to old furnaces that produced iron for the Selma Arsenal and Gun Foundry. During the Civil War, Selma was second only to Richmond, Va., in the production of arms for the Confederacy. The ironworks at Tannehill were attacked by federal troops on March 31, 1865, and the Battle of Selma followed on April 2, 1865. The long war ended days later.

 

This weekend, re-enactors will once again portray the Battle of Selma with living history events for school children on Thursday and Friday at the battlefield and a Civil War Writers' Forum on Friday evening at Carneal Arts Revive.  One of the authors, James R. Bennett, wrote a book about Tannehill and the growth of the Alabama iron industry. 

A battle skirmish and Battle of Selma Ball follow on Saturday, and the main battle that destroyed much on Selma on Sunday afternoon.  

Posted at Our World Tuesday

Flowers, Seeds, Chicks

It seems everyone has the gardening bug this spring, and a cute display

 in front of Selma Hardware sure attracted my attention! I've been

 in garden centers recently where people who have never 

planted vegetables before are trying it this year.

 One older couple told a cashier that they hadn't planted a garden in years,

 but frankly, fresh veggies just cost so much at the store that it's time

 to once again plant their own in God's good earth! It appears that some

folks may also be raising their own chickens and eggs!

How about you?

Are you planting food in your yard or garden space this year?

Whatever One Sows

"Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap."

Galatians 6:7 

Posted at Scripture and a Snapshot

Everything's Coming Up Honeysuckle

Everything's coming up honeysuckle around here!

I love it's fragrance but not its appearance in my shrubbery.

Posted at Rural Thursday