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Located in County | What you’ll find:Off the Porch with Judy and Do …
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Located in County | What you’ll find:Off The Porch with Judy and Do …
13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey Commemorative Edition
Located in County | What you’ll find:Written in the rich tradition …
A Visit to the National Voting Rights Museum
Located in County | What you’ll find: Historical | MuseumSelma is famous for its Selma March, commemorated every spring with a Jubilee Bridge Crossing. It also has the National Voting Rights Museum open all year around. The museum has recently moved to new headquarters from a historic building on Water Street.
Autumn Birding in the Black Belt
Located in County | What you’ll find: Birding | Outdoor RecreationThese two Corps of Engineers parks offer opportunities to bird in a variety of habitats including upland mixed pine hardwood forest, cypress sloughs, lake and shoreline. And while spring and summer will produce the largest variety of species, our most recent visit on the afternoon of November 10 allowed us to enjoy twenty-six of the species that spend the winter with us.
Birding Backbone Creek
Located in County | What you’ll find: BirdingThe many blocks of the David K. Nelson Wildlife Management Area offer some exceptional birding opportunities. One of our favorites is Backbone Creek in southernmost Greene County. It’s located just a few miles northeast of Demopolis and provides easy access to the backwaters of the Black Warrior River and Lake Demopolis.
Birding Chickasaw State Park
Located in County | What you’ll find:Off the Porch with Judy and Do …
Birding Old Lock 1 Park & Bashi Creek
Located in County | What you’ll find:With spring migration winding down and the breeding season in full swing, May is a great time to bird southwest Alabama’s floodplain forests. Two of our favorites are Old Lock 1 Park and Bashi Creek Public Use Area. Both are maintained by the US Corps of Engineers. Management Rd, Demopolis, AL 36732; phone: 334-289-3540 and both provide excellent access to the backwaters of the Tombigbee River.
Celebrating the Season’s Flowers
Located in County | What you’ll find:I know spring is here when I see the daffodils, the bridal wreath, the flowering quince and the camellias all abloom. We’ve had such an unseasonably cold winter that our earliest spring blooms are more appreciated than usual. My wonderful camellias that usually grace the garden from November to April have just started blooming. My white camellia is at least 20 feet tall.
Changing Seasons in Southwest Alabama
Located in County | What you’ll find:A glance at the calendar, our backyard bird feeders and the forest tells us that we still have a few weeks to go before the end of winter. Although we’ve had red and dark green of Teaberries to brighten the forest floor and occasional bursts of colorful fungi after a frontal passage, winter in Alabama’s hardwood forests is still largely a study in browns and grays.
Christmas Traditions in Evergreen, Alabama
Located in County | What you’ll find:No one is left out in Evergreen Alabama when it comes to celebrating Christmas—from your companion animals, children, and the elderly citizens, there is something for everyone to enjoy. My favorites include The Christmas Journey—a live nativity scene presented by the members of the Community of Christ Church on the corner of Rural and Martin Streets a block from Historic Downtown Evergreen one weekend out of the month of December. The church members dress up as members of that Nativity scene of long-ago with live animals; visitors can drive by or park and get out and walk along the sidewalk with luminaries lighting their way. This is a project in which the church members give back to their community—a gift to Evergreen—every year.
Fooling Folks into the Black Belt
Located in County | What you’ll find:A group of tourists from Michigan recently visited: they traveled through Selma and walked across the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge that is the landmark of the Voting Rights Movement. From there, it was on to Gees Bend and then to Black Belt Treasures before dinner at Gaines Ridge.
Ghosts of the Black Belt
Located in County | What you’ll find:photo collage from Live Oak Ce …
Great Backyard Bird Count
Located in County | What you’ll find:OFF THE PORCH with Judy and Do …
In the Kitchen by My Grandmother’s Side
Located in County | What you’ll find:Chef Scott Wilson (with recipe …
Living with History
Located in County | What you’ll find:Living in an old house is both a delight and a responsibility. Like old people, old houses require more maintenance to keep them looking good. My old house was built in 1897, The man who built it owned a sawmill. He said he never wanted his house to pop and creak. Mr. Alex Gunn was a 90 something year old neighbor of mine said that there is enough lumber in the foundation of my house to build two houses, This fact turned out to be true.
Quilting Lessons at Gees Bend
Located in County | What you’ll find:Have you heard of the Gees Bend Quilters? Lots of people have. Many people have been to Gees Bend to see them. Even more have purchased their quilts to display as fine art. Now, for the first time, people are actually coming to Gees Bend to take quilting lessons!
Spring is in the Air
Located in County | What you’ll find:Bridge Crossing Jubilee, March …
The Annual Hummer Invasion
Located in County | What you’ll find:Off the Porch with Judy and Do …
The Old Claiborne Cemetery
Located in County | What you’ll find: HistoricalTears fell like a soft rain on …
