Skywatch Friday (Looking Up for the Weekend)

Skies are cloudy at the moment and will usher in heavy rain today for a weekend that is expected to bring blue skies and cooler weather. Can you remember what it's like to feel temps in the 80s with a cooling northwest breeze?

This Skywatch photo was taken recently along Lauderdale Street. You are walking beside the Performing Arts Centre toward St. Paul's Episcopal Church on a typical summer day full of fluffy clouds above.

Check out more Skywatch photos at www.skyley.blogspot.com.

The 2009 Official Crape Myrtle Photo

Here's the 2009 edition of the pink crape myrtle in my backyard.

Here's the one that I posted for 2008.

Future Home of Arts Revive

An old auto service building at the foot of Water Avenue is undergoing a transformation into an art center.

Perched on the bank of the Alabama River, the building will some day serve as a place for workshops and galleries with outdoor areas for inspirational views.

See the exterior plan HERE.

Southland Chemical

Need janitorial, cleaning or pool supplies? How about a Big Green Egg?

Then head over to Southland Chemical on Lauderdale Street. The red-and-white striped awning is easy to find.

Selma City Hall in Summer

Crape myrtles and magnolias frame the facade of Selma City Hall, and across the street these pretty pinks practically glow in the late evening sun.

Click the photo to enlarge, and you can see the municipal fountain on the far right. Just to the left of it is the Civil War Era Brooke Cannon. (Note that it's pointing north!)

Summer Sunday

Crape Myrtles line the sidewalks to downtown churches on summer Sundays such as this.

In the Garden

I could quote Robert Burns' Red, Red Rose verse, but even the words of that love poem wouldn't do this picture justice.

This rose grows in the garden at the St. Edmund Memorial Chapel. The statue of Mary was featured in Thursday's post.

(Photograph by Christine Weerts)

Skywatch Friday (Changes Ahead)

The skies have been changing this week as well as the wireless communication companies.

The Selma area benefited from some badly needed rain and cooler temperatures, and hopefully we will benefit from improved wireless service.

Check out more Skywatch photos HERE.

Mary Memorial

A statue of Mary, mother of Jesus, graces a small memorial garden next to the St. Edmund Memorial Chapel. The chapel was built in 1938 by the Edmundite Missions for African American Catholics. When the congregation merged with the white Catholic church in the 1970s, the former church building was converted to a chapel for the Edmundite fathers who live in Selma.

Thanks to Christine Weerts for sending her photograph.

*(City Daily Photo Blogs has reached a membership of 1,000! When Selma, Ala., Daily Photo began in March 2007, there were only about 200 members.)

Flower Mosaic

Mosaic art is a hit this year at the St. Edmund Learning Center Summer Enrichment program. Bright mosaics, many of them flowers, decorate the art room walls.

The children not only enjoyed designing their masterpieces but had fun tearing the paper into tiny pieces. After drawing a design, they glued the paper onto canvas, then used watercolor to paint over it.