Alabama the Beautiful

by snowbird 21 Replies latest social current

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  betterdaze

  Hi snowbird, I might just take a little trip to Gee's Bend soon...
  
  Gee’s Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt
  http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/311.html
  
  "Presented are approximately seventy-four extraordinary quilts that demonstrate how the artists play upon the structure or "architecture" of traditional quilt patterns. Each quilt is unique, yet shares a common visual vocabulary with others made in Gee’s Bend. With newly discovered work from the 1930s to the 1980s, as well as more recent designs by established quiltmakers and the younger generation they have inspired, the exhibition documents the development of key patterns—such as housetop, courthouse steps, flying geese, and strip quilting—through outstanding examples."
  
  Linda Day Clark: The Gee's Bend Photographs
  http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/323.html
  
  "Clark’s photographs capture the richness of the rural landscape as well as the strong sense of community forged by the women who are carrying on the quiltmaking tradition in Gee's Bend. One image, titled The Road to Paradise (shown here), shows a narrow lane of red clay earth surrounded by pine trees that leads to a vista known as Paradise Point among locals. Also included in this exhibition are powerful photographic portraits of the artists such as Mary Lee Bendolph, Creola Pettway, Arlonzia Pettway, and Annie Mae Young, whose work is featured in the Gee’s Bend exhibition."
  
  
  Any one you know, whose work I should look out for?
  
  ~Sue
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  leavingwt

  I did some forestry work, near Huntsville, on Keel Mountain. It's gorgeous up there.
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  snowbird

  Hi Sue,

  I grew up right across the Alabama River from Gee's Bend. The quilters are all awesome, but Mary Lee Bendolph takes the prize. Here's a link to part of her story.

  http://www.pulitzer.org/works/2000,Feature+Writing

  I remember when the ferry was discontinued. Those were dark, dark days. The climate of fear and oppression hung so heavily that many just picked up and left. I have family members scattered all over the USA.

  Sylvia
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  BurnTheShips

  Everything's relative in Alabama.

  I hear the deer hunting is great there.

  BTS
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  snowbird

  White tail deer hunting is a very popular sport here.

  Sylvia
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  darth frosty

  Im in MICH so we have straight up January weather right now. Its 27 degree's and I'm freexing my arse off.
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  snowbird

  Hi Darth Frosty - very fitting name for your weather, no?

  64 degrees here.

  

  Sylvia
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  Robdar

  Snowbird, please, oh please, stop inviting the yankees to Bama. If you don't, they will all retire to our lovely state and ruin it just like they did Florida.
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  snowbird

  Robdar!

  I keep forgetting - I guess my natural hospitality just overrides my common sense.

  It won't happen again. I promise.

  Sylvia
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  John Doe

  This thread title reminds me of my 6'7" friend "Tiny.'