April | Spotlight
Find the hidden dingbat! We must have made last month’s dingbat search too hard for you, because our entries were down to just more than 220. OK, we admit it. The garden shears were on Page 47, cutting along the edge of the order form for our Alabama Living cookbook. Reader G. B. Gay of Dozier contended we’d placed the dingbat in an ad (which we’ve clearly stated would not be a dingbat hiding place). Mr. Gay, we’ll concede you might think an order form is an ad, but we didn’t consider it as such. Several other readers claim to have found the shear in different photos in the magazine, including the marble quarry, a bookshelf, the peanut butter granola jar, and the pollinator shed, but we had a hard time seeing them.
Take us along! Thanks to all who have sent us photos of your travels with your copy of Alabama Living magazine! Send us a photo of yourself from your travels with a copy of your favorite magazine and you might win $25 if your photo is published! We’ll draw one winner each month. Send your photo and information to: mytravels@ alabamaliving.coop. More photos on Page 9!
Southern Pine EC member Kathleen VanSoest is pictured at Colon, Panama.
Marjorie Wynn of Frankville, a member of Clarke-Washington EMC, sent us some poetry: It keeps my brain working to be smart, Finding the dingbat thrills my heart. As did Eleanor Madigan of Dothan: Peanut butter makes my tastebuds dance, That’s why I gave the cookbook order form a glance. A cut-out shear came with the advertising, How clever and enticing. This month we’ve hidden something we’ve all been using a lot of lately: an umbrella. So don’t get wet while you hunt for it! Send us your answers by April 10. By email: dingbat@alabamaliving.com
By mail: Find the Dingbat Alabama Living PO Box 244014 Montgomery, AL 36124
Janie Whelton of Foley and a member of Baldwin EMC, visited the International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City, Utah. The gardens were founded by local citizens who wanted to further peace between people and nations.
Jean Head of Boaz, a member of MarshallDeKalb EC, took her copy to Jerusalem. She says she knew her house would be safe with her co-op keeping the electricity on!
Brag about your hometown! Tell us why your hometown is special or unique. We’re looking for stories, no more than 200 words, about Alabama’s towns and small cities (no urban or suburban areas). Email your story to Allison Law, alaw@areapower.com, or mail it to her attention, Alabama Living magazine, 340 Technacenter Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117. Please include your name and contact information. Deadline is April 13, 2020.
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Donna Gurneck of Orange Beach, a member of Baldwin EMC, vacationed in Nassau, the Bahamas, with her copy.
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