Gardening season again!

Well, we've gone directly from winter coats to t-shirts. Typical Alabama weather for early spring, but it always takes me by surprise. 

Today I've been doing some clean-up and weeding in the garden and the yard and it's felt really great to be outside. Robbie's stained the raised-bed garden and it looks excellent! It always did look neat and tidy, but with the addition of the stain it even looks fancy. 

Last week I had to take some things down to my favorite bookstore downtown and stopped to take some pictures. 

Strolling along....

This picture doesn't begin to to this place justice. I need to go back at dusk or on a cloudy day so the inside will show more. It is from another time altogether. 

And how about that shoe?! I don't know when mens shoes stopped being ankle high, but apparently this sign dates from then. 

Caw! A detail from the old Protective Life building.

Stain! 

The stainer