Where are the peanuts?
We spent New Years Day walking around Dothan, Alabama, the self proclaimed 'peanut capital of the world'. Roughly half of the peanuts grown in the United States are found within a 100-mile radius of Dothan and the National Peanut Festival is celebrated in this Alabama town every November.
Peanuts Around Town is a public art project organized by The Downtown Group, consisting of peanut sculptures decorated in various fashions and displayed around Dothan. There are about 40 peanuts scattered throughout the downtown core, and here are the ones we saw:
as usual, hover your mouse over each pic for a description
Peanuts we missed include the History Nut, the Elvis Nut and the Hooters Peanut. My Fella very graciously offered to hop in the car and head back out to get a shot of the Hooters nut, but I told him it wasn't necessary :)
During our peanut search we saw a few of the murals that downtown Dothan is also famous for:
Dothan (pronounced doe - thin) trivia: One of the most well-known citizens of Dothan was former Alabama Attorney General and Lieutenant Governor, Bill Baxley.
From wiki: During his time in politics, Baxley aggressively prosecuted industrial polluters, strip miners, and corrupt elected officials. Baxley appointed the state's first African American assistant attorney general, who later became a federal judge.
Baxley's tenure was noted for its racial unrest, and Baxley himself incurred the wrath of the Ku Klux Klan when he reopened the case of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. In a letter, the Klan threatened him, compared him to JFK, and made him an "honorary nigger", but Baxley responded on official state letterhead: "My response to your letter of February 19, 1976, is -- kiss my ass."
Happy New Year, friends!!
Posted by: laurie | January 01, 2012 at 08:09 PM
Feliz Ano Nuevo, right back atcha! Give your little family a hug and smooch for us...
By the way, I can NOT open your xmas card. I've tried every morning for the past few weeks, but all that pops up is a box that asks if I want to purchase Microsoft Office 2010. ???
I was gonna tell you but I didn't want to look like a big dummy if I was just doing something wrong :)
Posted by: kelsi | January 02, 2012 at 05:55 AM
no worries. i will send it in a pdt which is what i should have done anyway!
Posted by: Laurie | January 02, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Finally got the card. Your kids are ridiculously cute.
Are you SURE they're yours? :)
Feliz Ano Nuevo, bud!
Posted by: kelsi | January 03, 2012 at 08:34 PM
the murals are very well done eh? Only five more sleeps til we're on our way, eh?
Posted by: Mave | January 04, 2012 at 09:00 PM
Only one more sleep, Mavey ... Have fun and stay safe!
Posted by: kelsi | January 08, 2012 at 06:53 AM