Tag: Alabama

  • Tired Places in Old Madison

    Tired Places in Old Madison

    Madison, Alabama, has a cute little historic downtown. It’s not large—only a block or two long—and although it looks fresh and well-manicured, if you stray even a short distance beyond that immediate area there are a lot of structures that have been abandoned or neglected. It’s entirely predictable where I ended up. The building above…

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  • Gear Envy

    Gear Envy

    Huntsville, Alabama. March 2025.

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  • Shady Shores

    Shady Shores

    A few months ago I posted about our visit to the Alabama gulf coast, in particular Gulf State Park and the birds I photographed in the area. One day while we were driving back to our hotel, I spotted the brightly multi-colored building featured here. I didn’t stop then, but made sure to go back.…

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  • Desoto State Park

    Desoto State Park

    For the next few weeks I am going to circle back to Alabama and fill in a few entries that got squeezed out by the Yorkshire trip. We’ll start with Desoto State Park in far northeast Alabama. The part is divided into two disjoint pieces: the main section with the campgrounds (where Google Maps will…

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  • Dam Log

    Dam Log

    Desoto State Park, Alabama. April 2025.

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  • Charred

    Charred

    Huntsville, Alabama. May 2025.

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  • Lush

    Lush

    Madison, Alabama. May 2025.

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  • Across Eighteen Visits

    Across Eighteen Visits

    This past spring I spent 8 weeks living in Madison, Alabama. Early in our stay, we discovered the Bradford Creek Greenway, and it became our favored walking spot. My Lightroom catalog has images from eighteen different dates, and I am sure there were a few other times when I either didn’t have my camera or…

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  • Gulf State Park

    Gulf State Park

    Gulf State Park, which figured prominently in last week’s post, had more on offer than birds. In addition to an abundance of wide paths that easily accommodated walkers and bikers both, there were some nice boardwalks that gave a slightly elevated perspective. The image of ferns, above, definitely benefited from this. I know that ferns…

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  • Alabama Gulf Coast Birds

    Alabama Gulf Coast Birds

    In our efforts to explore as much of Alabama as we could manage during our ten weeks there, we spent a weekend down on the gulf coast. Given that it was still only April, it was very humid—not a comfortable place in the summer, to be sure, but that can be said for all of…

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