More than you ever wanted to know about Alabama native Joe Watts
I did a quick booklet about Eco-Tourism opportunities in Alabama’s Black Belt last weekend. I got to use a good number of photos I’ve taken over the years, some photos taken by Billy Milstead, the hardest working brother-in-law to date on Black Belt GPS coordinates and photos, and a few from elsewhere. The booklet turned out pretty good. I think I’ll be able to use it for some other venues as well.
Here’s the cover:
Well, May was a crazy month, both work and home wise. Our home renovations are hopefully rounding the corner to completion and I’ve got loads of work left to do.
Just found a photo of mine taken back in 2003 used on the National Scenic Byways website: http://byways.org/explore/activities/fishing/stories/80422
Not one of my best, but it sure is a pretty view up there on Cheaha Mountain.
Just wrapping up a project for the Moore/Webb/Holmes Plantation near Marion, Alabama: http://www.holmesteadcompany.com. Done entirely in WordPress using a template and making a few modifications. I like some of WordPress. I think if I could get a little more time spent, I might have a better understanding of it than Movable Type, but I still have to admit I like this blogging program better–mainly because I’ve been using it for a good while.
The site is small, but I’m hoping that we’ll add to it as time passes!
Friend Ben Burford and I took another fun trip into the Black Belt: this time to Selma, Old Cahaba (Cahawba), Marion and Greensboro, Alabama. Check out my flickr page for more photos or read about our first adventure on Ben’s blog.
Had a very productive week this week. Lots of work on Brombergs website, most of the way done with the Tyler Eaton website, setup of the Mid-South RC&D website, a trip to Bibb and Perry County to do some work on a couple of tourism websites, the Highway 14 Antique Trail and even got to meet with a couple of potential new clients, including someone that raises all natural, grass-fed beef on their family farm that somehow they’ve managed to preserve as a family since the early 1800’s. It was a really nifty place with a good supply of historic old buildings, a general store (long since closed for business) and a house that they are considering turning into a Bed and Breakfast–something the Black Belt really needs. Did not have as much time as I would have liked to snap photos, but plan to go back to the farm and Highway 14 in the coming weeks for some more photos. Here’s one of Judson College, where several of my sisters attended.
Well, honestly, I’ve been a bit lax on updating my blog of late. I’ve really got to get back into the habit of the thing. I’m working on it. I have been really busy for the last couple of weeks. I’ve finally finished the annual report I do for the Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils (RC&D). I’ve been updating my Your Town Alabama blog, my Alabama Front Porches Blog and created another blog for others to post to called “Off the Porch,” tied to the Alabama Front Porches website project.
I’m in the process of redesigning a website for Tyler Eaton Court Reporters–still a work in progress, but I did the old site as well. I’m getting ready to do some heavy lifting on the AIA Birmingham website: just lots of updates and an upcoming newsletter. I’ve been pretty busy getting the Bromberg’s website situated–an old client that I lost to a big agency several years ago (though I didn’t do their website in those days) that has just returned! Lots to do. (Oh, and I’m totally addicted to Facebook and Flickr.)