Yesterday, I finished the monthly newsletter for the American Institute of Architects, Birmingham Chapter (www.aiabham.org). This morning, I’m preparing to finish up the monthly newsletter for CGH Insurance Group. Hopefully, I’ll have it wrapped up by the end of the day. (I’ve been working harder on this one than usual–mainly because I’ve been trying to set aside more lead time for other folks.) More to follow…
Weekend Party for Sis
That’s the inscription on the back, along with a date stamp of August 26, 1941.
The Hinson Family Reunion
And, as I continue to rummage through the boxes of old photos, I’m constantly amazed at how many people there are in our family! This photo was taken in the 1990’s at Ezells Fish Camp in Lavaca, Alabama. Delicious fish, great fried dill pickles, and perfect slaw. I could eat that slaw and dill pickles all day. Oh, and, of course, they have huge glasses for the sweet tea.
Watts Skinner Family Photo 1934
WIlliam Sylvester Skinner, Joseph Gustavus Watts, William Lauren Skinner, William Skinner Watts, Annie Townsend Skinner Watts, Clark Etheldred Watts, Barvel Haddox Watts
Photo taken in 1934. This was found in an envelope with the names of all those in the photo listed. Let this be a reminder to you, IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS, BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAMES OF PEOPLE IN THEM!
Southwest Alabama Tourism
Went to Thomasville, Alabama on Wednesday (we took a different route than my normal path down Highway 5 through Brent and Marion by going down I-65 through Maplesville and on through Selma and Orville, Alabama). Beautiful drive, but haven’t gone that way in years.
Met with the Ala-Tom RC&D folks to discuss the website for Southwest Alabama Regional Tourism (alabamasfrontporches.com). We had a great productive meeting and I’ve downloaded all the files and started working on revamping the site. First, I corrected a few glaring problems–like setting appropriate fonts and resizing photos. I’m looking forward to getting into the real meat of the subject in the coming weeks as the folks down south send me information to fill in the site. We’re starting with 5 attractions in each county (11 total counties) and we’ll work our way through that in the next two months. Once we’ve completed that, we’re going to create some Black Belt Driving Tours and some other information about festivals in Southwest Alabama. Should be fun.
The whole point is to get folks who are traveling through to stop and also to encourage travelers to come and visit Alabama’s Front Porches and learn about Southwest Alabama.
New Scanner, New Photos
How exciting. I got my new scanner hooked up today. I should be working, but I just couldn’t resist taking a few minutes to play with it (it is, by the way, great so far).
Before and after retouching. This needs a good bit more retouching, but this was a fun start. Inscription on the back: Daddy and Phebe (Lollar’s Birmingham Jan 5, 1939) (My mother’s father and youngest sister.)