Huntsville, Alabama – home of NASA, Rocket Scientist Werner Von Braun, The US Space & Rocket Center, Redstone Arsenal and King Cotton – provides many stories that are locally inspired but that are often of national interest as well. Topics include current Mayor Tommy Battle, The Historic Huntsville Depot, and picturesque Big Spring Park.
That’s when I got to know a little bit about Dr. Richard Showers. To be frank, that whole city council was a bunch of clowns. Dr. Showers, Glenn Watson, Bill Kling, Sandra Moon and Dick Hyatt were all up against an upstaging and strident Mayor Loretta Spencer. It didn’t matter what was on the meeting’s agenda, you were sure to get an entertaining show of some kind no matter.
Here are a couple of nice snapshots I took in Big Spring Park recently. My Galaxy A21 takes some practice to figure out the best use of its aspect. Sometimes a photo is transcendent and needs no explanation. These are such amazing photos.
Three dozen psyoptic “supernovas” in two weeks is too much and I am observing a pall around town and I am quite certain I am not the only one who is overdosed and disgusted. PANORAMA PHOTO INCLUDED.
Part of the improvements include flood mitigation along Pinhook Creek immediately adjacent to Church Street as seen in the photo.
Historic Davis House in Huntsville’s Twickenham District is being rebuilt.
A monumental day in Huntsville with two major happenings at Maple Hill Cemetery. Huntsville’s Confederate Monument has a new home and Huntsville First Lady Eula Battle has been laid to to rest.
A few months behind schedule the demolition began last week and is moving along quickly…
The Huntsville City Council should call a special session – immediately – and lock themselves in until they decided where it will go.
Posted: 7:15 p.m. – These were the scenes in downtown Huntsville just a few minutes ago. The George Floyd protest organized by an Oakwood University student drew a large crowd, perhaps as many as 2000.
Protesters lingered in and around Big Spring Park on Saturday evening as summer music sponsored by Arts Huntsville filled the air and attracted large crowds – mostly not standing too close together.
The shields are up in more ways than one because of COVID-19 as seen in these images captured this week. In the mean time Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is slow footed while other state leaders call to move ahead with reopenings in the wake of President Trumps three step plan to get things going again.
As the Corona Virus Virus continues to ravage our great nation people are hunkering down at home even where there is no official order and few cases of illness.
