Blossoms at Sunset/Skywatch

When the sky "caught fire" last night, the glow was so bright that it provided an orange backlight through my neighbor's blossoming tree. What a perfect ending to a perfect day!

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Skywatch Friday, A Layered Sky

The sky over this Monroe County field was literally in layers just before sunset. A stationary front finally gave way to cool, windy weather.

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Spiders in the Sky?

Spiders in the sky?

These giant metal spidery looking things were on display at the Central Alabama Fair last week, and they're brand-new hay tools (hay rakes) manufactured by our local Bush Hog company.

Bush Hog was founded in Selma by Selma people some 60 years ago, and if you've ever heard of  "bush hogging" a pasture, that expression came from here! The Bush Hog rotary cutter transformed clearing a pasture or cornfield from primitive methods to modern. No more hoeing those corn stalks for days on end! 

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sans spiders, at Skywatch Friday.

(Skywatch Friday) October's Bright, Blue Weather

"O sun and skies and clouds of June
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather."

...Helen Hunt Jackson 

It' s Skywatch Friday again, and as the first day of October arrives, what could describe this picture better than the first verse of a poem we memorized in second grade.   

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Skywatch Friday, Sunset on County Road 38

This sunset along County Road 38 in Perry County, Alabama is one of the most spectacular I've ever seen. Perhaps that's because it arrived shortly after the dark clouds and rain from a tropical system departed.  (Double click the photo for a larger view.)

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