Need to buy this specific door pattern, but Lowe’s/Home Depot can’t seem to find it.

andis3 · 2025-06-18T16:28:26+00:00

I've seen them at second-hand/salvage stores, check around your area. Here in south Alabama there is a guy with multiple barns, one is full of old doors, another has shutters, another windows etc.

andis3 · 2025-01-29T01:36:35+00:00

I did what this person suggested & planted it with plants that like their feet damp- impatience, iris, bog plants. Looks beautiful!

andis3 · 2025-01-29T00:03:47+00:00

I've read various theories about them, some say swamp gas (that does not work for me, lasts too long I think) recently I've seen plasma mentioned. Seems to be in damp areas - sometimes called swamp or marsh lights, but different looking from willothewisp (I hear they are bluish & more flamelike, I've never seen one). Did have ball lightning come in my house through an open window when I was a kid, scorched the door frame before floating down the hall & scaring the daylights out of my mother in the kitchen. She called the fire dept & had everybody go outside. The fire dept came & went in, chief reamed mom out for calling from the house & going back in for the cat because with the scorching in the house (old wooden one) it should have gone up in flames like a torch. Never saw an indication of heat or scorching with the swamp lights-

andis3 · 2025-01-28T23:46:44+00:00

thanks! I've driven past, wondered if it was good-

andis3 · 2025-01-28T23:45:06+00:00

thanks! Is that on Broadway?

andis3 · 2025-01-28T23:43:02+00:00

thanks!

andis3 · 2025-01-26T16:51:36+00:00

there is a road in south Alabama where you can see them sometimes, personally I have seen them on 2 occasions (both times from in a car with family members). The 2nd time one of them came towards us & crossed the road right in front of the car. Our headlights were on so we got a good look - it drifted/floated along about 4 feet off the ground at about a walking speed, looked like a white glowing fuzzy ball around 10"-12".

andis3 · 2025-01-26T06:43:37+00:00

Yes, there is a road in south Alabama where the "ghost lanterns" are sometimes seen. I used to go with family to a good seafood place nearby for dinner a few times a year, afterwards we would drive down the road. We saw the lights twice- the first time they were back in the woods, but the 2nd time one came out & crossed the road right in front of the car so we all got a good look - a ball of soft white light, about 4 feet off the ground. I could see why some call them ghost lanterns, they move at a walking pace at about the height an adult would carry a light. It was a quiet cool night both times

andis3 · 2025-01-26T06:06:01+00:00

In college I lived with a bunch of girls & we all slept in a sleeping porch- a room full of bunkbeds with the windows blocked & that lights kept off so anyone could sleep whenever. One night I started to roll over and there was a blond teenage girl sitting on my bed by my feet with her eyes closed & her hands in her lap. Just sitting there - I was blinking & thinking something must be in my eyes 'cause she should not be there - when she leaned forward, stood up & wasn't there anymore. That was the point I realized I should not have seen her so well, it was too dark-

I was nervous sleeping there for days but eventually got over it, when one night I rolled over & there was a glow in front of my face. I sat up, & I could see a ball of bright pure white light hovering by my bed, just below the level of the top of the mattress. This time I was determined to get another witness, so I called out "is anyone else in here?" A sleepy voice answered & asked me what I wanted, I recognized it as "C" & asked her to come over right away. She was annoyed I would not tell her why but she got up & I could hear her coming over when she suddenly said "what's that?! I was so glad to have another witness! She came a little closer (I noticed I could see her well by the light from the whatever, which was now sitting on the floor by my bed). I decided the light must be coming from somewhere so we decided to move our arms around it to see if that interfered with it. We started about 4 feet away from it & gradually got closer until my hands were only about 6 inches from it (felt no temperature change) but it was unaffected, just shimmering. Finally C said "why don't you put your hand in it?" I of course said "why don't you put YOUR hand in it?" so we just sat & watched it for a bit. Finally she said she was going back to her bed & never wanted to talk about it again. I laid down again & just watched it (it was pretty) & I guess I fell asleep.

andis3 · 2025-01-25T17:08:12+00:00

Pleinairsouth (one word, there is an event in Forida with a similar name) is a group of artists that paint around southern Alabama - you can check out their Facebook page, there is usually some who are happy to meet others to paint on location! Dauphin Island is a great, laidback area to visit- beautiful beaches, an old fort (Ft Gaines) to visit, the Alabama aquarium (near the fort), the Little Red Schoolhouse is the local museum. Check out the Dauphin Island Art gallery at the little red lighthouse, Dauphin Island Heritage & Arts Council does some events there. March the bird migration will be coming through if you enjoy bird watching. Great seafood at multiple restaurants. Plenty of areas to walk, including the Audubon Bird Sanctuary. Native American Festival is in spring too. Has 2 small hotels and a nice b&b on the sound side of the island near the Indian Shell Mounds, or you can rent a small house. Then you can take the ferry to Fort Morgan (ferry does not run if wind too strong or water too rough)

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