Had a great visit with Jed on Sunday. He came over from Atlanta, but had to go back Monday a.m. for an important interview Monday afternoon.
On Sunday we went to Ruffner Park in Birmingham. The weather was so hot, and I had on too many clothes to do a lot of walking, but we did see many wonderful sights, and Jed took some photos.
I thought this flower was a pitcher plant, but found it in Alabama Wildflowers, and it's really a Jack-in-the-Pulpit.
This pretty plant was blooming all around the parking lot. The best I can determine, it's a wild variety of wisteria.
Their "museum pieces" were old miners' carbide lamps, and charred remains of equipment from the 1970's explosion in the Ruffner mine.
The live wildlife exhibits were snakes, salamanders, turtles, and many others--and of course, possums. An enormous owl stared at us from the corner of a cage. The saddest one to me was a huge old rattlesnake in a pretty habitat behind glass, all by himself.
We plan to go back when the weather's cooler. I want to see (especially) the limestone quarry.
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