Evergreen, Alabama Photographs

Evergreen, Alabama is my childhood home. To quote Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama! I make yearly trips back to south Alabama. And, when I am there, I try to take a few photos.

Some of these photographs show scenes around my home town of Evergreen, Alabama. And, others show some of the surrounding area in Conecuh County.

Plant life around Evergreen

Because of the pleasant climate, there are growing and flowering plants almost all year. Here are some examples:

Bees gather pollen from a fragrant water lily in a swamp near Evergreen, Alabama.

This bumblebee is harvesting pollen from this stalk of crimson clover. Crimson clover is used by organic farmers as a cover crop that imparts nitrogen when it is turned under.

This bloom of crimson clover is such a beautiful, happy color. Crimson clover is used by organic farmers as a cover crop that imparts nitrogen when it is turned under.

These stalks of crimson clover glow in the late afternoon light. Crimson clover is used by organic farmers as a cover crop that imparts nitrogen when it is turned under.

This lovely pink rose was growing along a street in Evergreen, Alabama.

These native azaleas, also called Rhododendron austrinum, grow in a private cemetary south of Evergreen, Alabama.

This Oak-leaf Hydrangea is just beginning to bloom. It is like most hydrangeas in that the bloom is long-lasting changes coloras before it turns brown.

Early spring in Alabama brings beautiful azalea blooms.

This iris was growing around an ornamental pond in Evergreen, Alabama.

This southern magnolia has just opened the second time. It will turn brown in another day.

This lovely southern magnolia bloom has just opened. It will close overnight, then re-open and soon turn brown.

Southern magnolias are breath-taking when they first open. However, the blossom quickly oxidized and turns a coppery color before dropping to the ground. What remains is the magnolia cone.

Purple spiderwort grows wild along streets and roads in Evergreen, Alabama.

Wisteria flowers bloom starting in late spring in Evergreem, Alabama.

These colorful oak leaves stand out out from the brown vegetation in Evergreen, Alabama.

This is a closeup of Buford Holly Berries in front of the family home in Evergreen, Alabama.

Birds around our Evergreen home

We keep bird feeders in our backyard. Here are some of our visitors:

For all the world, this male cardinal looks like the cartoon character Angry Bird.

This brown thrasher is gathering material to add to or repair the nest. Thrashers are related to catbirds and mockingbirds. Their name may come from the fact they "thrash" the undergrowth looking for food.

This female northern cardinal is awaiting her turn at our backyard feeder in Evergreen, Alabama.

This handsome male house finch is sporting his red head and breast .

The male house finch feeds a female house finch during a courting display.

This male cardinal has spotted a tasty morsel near our backyard feeder in Evergreen, Alabama.

This Blue jay is holding nesting material in his long black beak. Blue jays are related to crows and ravens.

This closeup of a white-winged dove shows off the bright blue ring around the copper-colored eye.

Special photographs in and around Evergreen

This restored cabin sits near the lake in Evergreen Municipal Park in Evergreen, Alabama. It is a section of a larger cabin built ca. 1877 by John Daniel Weaver, Jr. This section of the cabin originally served as the dining room.

This is a picture of the fountain in the middle of the lake at Evergreen Municipal Park in Evergreen, Alabama.

This restored cabin, framed by pine trees, sits near the lake in Evergreen Municipal Park in Evergreen, Alabama.

This 1840 house was the home of one of the first doctors in Evergreen, Alabama.

This old out-building is slowing losing its fight with gravity.

The sun sets on this 1881 clapboard church in Evergreen, Alabama

The sun sets on this 1881 clapboard church, the former St. Mary's Episcopal Church, in Evergreen, Alabama.

Sunset light illuminates the steeple of Saint Mary's Episcopal Church in Evergreen, Alabama

A view through a window on the west side of St. Mary's church to a window on the east side of the church.

A pine tree is reflected in a window on the west side of the former St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Evergreen, Alabama.

All that remains of the old high school in Evergreen, Alabama

This post office, named after the Apostle Paul, served the community of Paul from 1907 to 1975.

The old post office at Burnt Corn in Conecuh County, near Evergreen, Alabama.

A Coca Cola sign adorns an old barn in Burnt Corn, Alabama, near Evergreen in Conecuh County.

Every little community has their church. This beautiful example sits up a narrow lane off CR-42, the Brooklyn Road, near Evergreen, Alabama.

Tukai, the dog, is running through a field off of Brooklyn Road near Evergreen, Alabama.

A turkey vulture soars in the blue skys near Evergreen, Alabama.

This well-camoflaged Copperhead waits silently in a small creek in south Alabama.

These gold fish circle around an ornamental pool on Mobile, Alabama.

A view of the Sepulga River from the Bull Slough Bridge near Brooklyn, Alabama, in Conecuh County. Adjacent to the bridge is a launch for the Sepulga River Canoe Trail.

Several of the locations shown in the portfolio above deserve special mention. One such location is St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. And, some others are the Bull Slough Bridge and the Sepulga River.

St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

St. Mary’s was built in 1880. Over the years the building has fallen on hard times and has been home to a string of various congregations. To see the front, go to Explore Rural SW Alabama.

Bull Slough Bridge

Not far from Evergreen, Alabama, is the Sepulga River. Crossing the Sepulga near the community of Brooklyn is the stately Bull Slough Bridge. The bridge, built in 1924, is a 232-foot long single-truss bridge.

Sepulga River

In the last few years, the idea of canoeing or kyaking down the Sepulga River has become very popular. In fact, the route down the Sepulga is called the Sepulga River Canoe Trail. To learn more about the trail, go to their Website. Here are two photos of the Sepulga: one shows the water high and the other shows the water very low.

This view, looking up the Sepulga River from the bank under the Bull Slough Bridge, shows the effects of the recent drought.

Our Evergreen, Alabama home

One of my ancestors, A. A. McKittrick, lived in this 1840 house.

A Civil War surgeon, Dr. McKittrick was one of the first doctors in Evergreen, Alabama. In fact, when phones were introduced, his number was 3: after the mayor and police department.

More photos from Alabama

Here are some more photos taken around southern Alabama.

Moundville Archaeological Park
Mobile and the Gulf Coast

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