going inside today… Dinosaur Exhibit at the McWayne Science Center Birmingham, Alabama *did you know that Alabama is the best place east of the Mississippi River to find the remains of dinosaurs? (I did NOT!!!) The Alabama Dinosaurs exhibit which can be found in McWane Science Center displays actual dinosaur fossils discovered around the state. Alabama Dinosaurs features rare finds from the Alabama tyrannosaur to the dangerous dromaeosaurs or “raptors.”

going inside today…

Dinosaur Exhibit at the McWayne Science Center

Birmingham, Alabama

*did you know that Alabama is the best place east of the Mississippi River to find the remains of dinosaurs? (I did NOT!!!) The Alabama Dinosaurs exhibit which can be found in McWane Science Center displays actual dinosaur fossils discovered around the state. Alabama Dinosaurs features rare finds from the Alabama tyrannosaur to the dangerous dromaeosaurs or “raptors.”

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Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham, Alabama *Birmingham Botanical Gardens is Alabama’s largest living museum with more than 12,000 different plants in its living collections and features the largest public horticulture library in the U.S..  Also houses conservatories, a wildflower garden, two rose gardens, the Southern Living garden, and Japanese Gardens with a traditionally crafted tea house.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Birmingham, Alabama

*Birmingham Botanical Gardens is Alabama’s largest living museum with more than 12,000 different plants in its living collections and features the largest public horticulture library in the U.S..  Also houses conservatories, a wildflower garden, two rose gardens, the Southern Living garden, and Japanese Gardens with a traditionally crafted tea house.

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Roadside Gardendale, Alabama *it often amazes me that there are places like this, right outside a major city

Roadside

Gardendale, Alabama

*it often amazes me that there are places like this, right outside a major city

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Residents walk around through the debris of their neighborhood after a severe storm ripped through the Trussville, Ala., area in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Jefferson County sheriff’s spokesman Randy Christian said the storm produced a possible tornado that moved across northern Jefferson County around 3:30 a.m., causing damage in Oak Grove, Graysville, Fultondale, Center Point, Clay and Trussville. / AP Photo / Butch Dill Photo by the {Montgomery Advertiser} The American Red Cross has set up shelters in the following areas for those affected by the storms in the Trussville, Clay, Pinson, Odenville, Centerpoint areas: Three shelters are open at the following locations: • First Baptist Church of Center Point - 1945 Center Point Parkway, Center Point, AL 35215• Clay Community Center – 6423 Clay-Palmerdale Road, Clay, AL• Springville First Methodist Church – 6471 U.S. Highway 11, Springville, AL 35146

Residents walk around through the debris of their neighborhood after a severe storm ripped through the Trussville, Ala., area in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Jefferson County sheriff’s spokesman Randy Christian said the storm produced a possible tornado that moved across northern Jefferson County around 3:30 a.m., causing damage in Oak Grove, Graysville, Fultondale, Center Point, Clay and Trussville. / AP Photo / Butch Dill Photo by the {Montgomery Advertiser}

The American Red Cross has set up shelters in the following areas for those affected by the storms in the Trussville, Clay, Pinson, Odenville, Centerpoint areas: 
Three shelters are open at the following locations: 
• First Baptist Church of Center Point - 1945 Center Point Parkway, Center Point, AL 35215
• Clay Community Center – 6423 Clay-Palmerdale Road, Clay, AL
• Springville First Methodist Church – 6471 U.S. Highway 11, Springville, AL 35146

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going inside today… Dinosaur Exhibit at the McWayne Science Center Birmingham, Alabama *did you know that Alabama is the best place east of the Mississippi River to find the remains of dinosaurs? (I did NOT!!!) The Alabama Dinosaurs exhibit which can be found in McWane Science Center displays actual dinosaur fossils discovered around the state. Alabama Dinosaurs features rare finds from the Alabama tyrannosaur to the dangerous dromaeosaurs or “raptors.”

going inside today…

Dinosaur Exhibit at the McWayne Science Center

Birmingham, Alabama

*did you know that Alabama is the best place east of the Mississippi River to find the remains of dinosaurs? (I did NOT!!!) The Alabama Dinosaurs exhibit which can be found in McWane Science Center displays actual dinosaur fossils discovered around the state. Alabama Dinosaurs features rare finds from the Alabama tyrannosaur to the dangerous dromaeosaurs or “raptors.”

Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham, Alabama *Birmingham Botanical Gardens is Alabama’s largest living museum with more than 12,000 different plants in its living collections and features the largest public horticulture library in the U.S..  Also houses conservatories, a wildflower garden, two rose gardens, the Southern Living garden, and Japanese Gardens with a traditionally crafted tea house.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Birmingham, Alabama

*Birmingham Botanical Gardens is Alabama’s largest living museum with more than 12,000 different plants in its living collections and features the largest public horticulture library in the U.S..  Also houses conservatories, a wildflower garden, two rose gardens, the Southern Living garden, and Japanese Gardens with a traditionally crafted tea house.

Roadside Gardendale, Alabama *it often amazes me that there are places like this, right outside a major city

Roadside

Gardendale, Alabama

*it often amazes me that there are places like this, right outside a major city

Residents walk around through the debris of their neighborhood after a severe storm ripped through the Trussville, Ala., area in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Jefferson County sheriff’s spokesman Randy Christian said the storm produced a possible tornado that moved across northern Jefferson County around 3:30 a.m., causing damage in Oak Grove, Graysville, Fultondale, Center Point, Clay and Trussville. / AP Photo / Butch Dill Photo by the {Montgomery Advertiser} The American Red Cross has set up shelters in the following areas for those affected by the storms in the Trussville, Clay, Pinson, Odenville, Centerpoint areas: Three shelters are open at the following locations: • First Baptist Church of Center Point - 1945 Center Point Parkway, Center Point, AL 35215• Clay Community Center – 6423 Clay-Palmerdale Road, Clay, AL• Springville First Methodist Church – 6471 U.S. Highway 11, Springville, AL 35146

Residents walk around through the debris of their neighborhood after a severe storm ripped through the Trussville, Ala., area in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Jefferson County sheriff’s spokesman Randy Christian said the storm produced a possible tornado that moved across northern Jefferson County around 3:30 a.m., causing damage in Oak Grove, Graysville, Fultondale, Center Point, Clay and Trussville. / AP Photo / Butch Dill Photo by the {Montgomery Advertiser}

The American Red Cross has set up shelters in the following areas for those affected by the storms in the Trussville, Clay, Pinson, Odenville, Centerpoint areas: 
Three shelters are open at the following locations: 
• First Baptist Church of Center Point - 1945 Center Point Parkway, Center Point, AL 35215
• Clay Community Center – 6423 Clay-Palmerdale Road, Clay, AL
• Springville First Methodist Church – 6471 U.S. Highway 11, Springville, AL 35146

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