David Black

Spring Farmer’s Market begins

Spring Farmer’s Market begins

ByDavid Black

๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ 2025 ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™งโ€™๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›: Impressive turnout for todayโ€™s start of the spring market season–and enough wind to blow a tent over. Hibiscus, rum cakes, strawberry pie, fresh veggies, flower arrangements, honey, salsa, pasta, mushrooms, jams, locally raised beef and more–itโ€™s all here. Market facts:ใ€€Where: Behind Fairhope Public Libraryใ€€When: Thursdays, 3pm-6pmใ€€2025 dates: APR…

Container ship San Felipe

San Felipe arrives In Mobile

ByDavid Black

๐™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™จ: San Felipe, a 983 foot by 157 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Marshall Islands, passes Gaillard Island while heading to the port of Mobile Wednesday morning. Moving at 11 mph with a draught of 37 feet, the ship finishes a two day voyage from Houston. According to ship…

Bistro salad from Thyme on Section in Fairhope

thyme on Section Spring Menu

ByDavid Black

๐™‡๐™ช๐™ญ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ง๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š: Colleen and I stop in at Thyme on Section Saturday night and find that management has just recently rolled out their spring menu. I had been thinking of ordering the Bistro Steak, which has been a favorite, but notice that it has been replaced by the Bistro…

Southwest Airlines flight 3537 MAR 25 2025

Southwest Over Point Clear

ByDavid Black

๐™๐™š๐™ญ๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™: Southwest Airlines flight 3537 passes over Point Clear Tuesday afternoon while on a roughly two hour five minute flight from Jacksonville to Houston. The Boeing 737 is captured at an altitude of 38,000 feet or about 7.2 miles high, moving at a ground speed of 426 knots or about 490 mph. Photo shot…

Fairhope home sales FEB 2025

Fairhope home sales FEB 2025

ByDavid Black

Quick thoughts on the current Fairhope real estate market: โ— Not many homes are selling fast (median days on market approaches three months)โ— Many Sellers have had to reduce price to generate interestโ— Conventional resales have faced competition from new constructionโ— 30 of the 52 homes that sold in JAN used Conventional financing; 12 were…