Tutu Cute!!

Oh yesterday I slogged through torrential rains for a photo shoot. At first I doubted the sanity of all that. But when I arrived at my destination, I was a very, very happy photographer. You see, I was invited to the Children's Dance Foundation in Homewood. What a wonderful place this is. They not only offer dance classes at this location, but in their words:

"Children's Dance Foundation's Community Partnership Program provides dance classes to more than 1,500 children each week at more than 25 social service agencies, child development centers and schools in Birmingham. CDF’s vision is grounded by a commitment to empower all children through dance. CDF embraces this important work with the disenfranchised and underserved, providing classes to organizations that serve these students regardless of their ability to pay."

I had the pleasure of photographing two groups of 3-4 year olds. What could be more fun? I'll have to admit I need to hone my "dancing photography" skills. They were a very exuberant bunch. I hope I captured that. Maybe I'll be invited back to visit some of the other sites in Birmingham. Today.........tiny dancers. :)

For those of you that enjoyed my friend Michael Dulin's great music here on BADP, I want to invite you to his new website here. Check the NEWS section each week. Mike will be offering an original song each and every week .....FREE!

The Falling Leaf

It's hard to catch a falling leaf even when they are falling as fast and furiously as they are around here. As I write this, we are expecting Hurricane Ida to blow through here tonight. We should be knee deep in leaves (and hopefully not water) by morning.

Today my very favorite version of "The Falling Leaves" ..... "Les Feuilles Mortes"

by the fabulous Andrea Bocelli. Enjoy

A is for ...

All About Art at the Birmingham Museum. The cleanup crew left this in the Sculpture Garden . I couldn't pass up a red ladder now could I???

HOT OFF THE PRESS (almost)

I am pleased to share that our blog friend and very talented photographer, Kevin McCollister ( -K- ) has a soon to be released book! East of West LA, is a collection of Kevin's fine, fine photographs from around Los Angeles. I can hardly wait to get my hands on a copy ( and my enormous commission for this plug!).

Want to order one?.... send ($20 + $2 s/h)

to

Brooks Roddan

1020 Palos Verdes Drive West

Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274

The Calm..........

The Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Vestavia Hills shortly before the 4Kers blew through the door for their program rehearsal.

........BEFORE THE STORM!

Last minute instructions

I'm joining the gang at Aileni's Monochrome Weekly again this week.

Have a look!

Saturday Morning Sax

Pepper Place Market

Pitcher Plants

I took this photo at Aldridge Gardens recently. I was fascinated with the shape and color of these unusual plants. I thought it migh be Swamp Lilies, but a Google search proved me wrong. I sent a pic to my faithful reader and gardener Harriet, and she passed it along to husband Richard, a plant afficianado. Richard declared it a Pitcher Plant. North American Pitcher Plant according to Wikipedia. Merci to the Reavis family for helping me out.

Autumn in Birmingham or in Paris??

This is first on both of my blogs. Today I feature very similar photographs from Birmingham and Paris. I appreciate the similarities between the two places I love the most. Is it Euro Birmingham or Southern Paris? Want to guess?