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Oak Hill Cemetery

CDP Theme Day - Statues

Our Lady of the Gas Meters

My City Daily Photoblogger friends around the world are posting statues of all shapes and sizes today. Please give them a visit.

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A Quiet Courtyard Downtown

This quiet little courtyard on Second Avenue North in downtown Birmingham was created in memory of Ronnie Noojin, a Birmingham attorney and past president of the Birmingham Bar Foundation. Ronnie was loved and admired by many. What a lovely tribute to him.

Herb Garden to Go!

Well this is just genius if you ask me. All the herbs, planted in these great old boxes, the whole schamolly DONE! All you have to do is drop down to the Pepper Place Market next Saturday and pick one up.

Where's V?? Maybe this hint will help.

My New Meds???

Recently I dropped in Architectural Heritage to have a little look around. I spotted these old medicine bottles and got a chuckle when I spotted one named pour moi! I could Google polygala, but I decided my clever commenters would have more creative ideas. All I can say is, I hope whatever the remedy it provides includes poison ivy relief!

This week, I'll be having a fine time with a very fun crowd of fellow bloggers and blog readers. I won't have a lot of time for blog visits, I hope you'll understand. Oh yes, there will be photos to follow.

Cooling Off

This pretty girl found a grand way to cool off by dipping her toes in the fountain at Linn Park, in downtown Birmingham during the Magic City Art Connection.

For the next week I will be visiting with fellow bloggers so I regret I won't be able to visit your blogs as often. Stay tuned for many photos!

100+ Strangers Challenge - Le Chanteur

Stranger #102

I returned to the Magic City Art Connection again yesterday, and I'm very glad I did. What would you think the chances would be that I would walk by someone singing French songs in Linn Park in downtown Birmingham, Alabama? Well, I was very fortunate to find Michelet Innocent playing the guitar and singing a French chanson, and with a beautiful voice, I might add. I couldn't get my money out fast enough to purchase his CD L'Existence. A very nice "Paris Moment" right here at home.

Magic City Art Connection - Art to Dye For

Friday I spent about three hours downtown at Linn Park. The Magic City Art Connection cranked up at 10 and I was right there. Sadly Saturday was a wash out. Today looks much better, so you Birmingham readers PLEASE go down and support the artists that have come from all over the country for this great event. Sunday hours.....10-6!

Today, I am featuring Jonah Tobin Shaffer, who had a wonderful display of tie dyed garments and fabric that was gloriously blowing in the wonderful spring breeze.

Many more photos of this great event to follow this week.

Man's Best Friend

I took this shot yesterday at Linn Park. This man and his best friend touched my heart. My dear Baxter looked just like this one, and I can promise you I loved him as much as this man does his beautiful friend. Don't worry, I gave this pup a scratch behind the ears and told him what a good boy he was! As a photographer , it is a privilege to capture some special moments with my camera. This is one of those times for me.

I Want To Hold Your Hand!

This cute little guy happens to be the grandson of my friend Joe O'Donnell. He was having some big fun dancing to the music at the Pepper Place last Saturday, but I loved this shot the most, as he grabbed his sweet Momma's hand.

I thought I'd let the Beatles sing a little song for you today, I Want To Hold Your Hand of course! What else?

Sweet!

Homemade jelly from the Pepper Place Market.

It's Greek To Me

Recently I've found another interesting blog to follow ( like I need more!). Costas' Naturedigital has some wonderful photographs from his very photogenic homeland of Greece. I have many dear Greek friends here in Birmingham, and so I have been particularly interested in his blog. It reminded me that I visited Tsitalia recently. This is the place to go for fabulous pots, jars and urns of ALL sizes and shapes from Greece and Turkey . They also sell wonderful spices, olives and olive oil. I'll be shopping there more often as it's on the Southside, near my home.

The top photo is a weathered jar that I thought just so sculptural and beautiful. Yes, I wanted to take it right home-except there is this SIZE problem. At the bottom are threshing boards. Wikipedia says "they are obsolete farm implements used to separate the cereals from their straw." I wanted one of those too. I do a lot of threshing and I need a new one!

100+ Strangers Challenge -The Drummer

Stranger 101

Sunday, I visited the Magic City Blues Society's Phelan Park Music Series for the first time. Well I've been missing out on some mighty fine music, I can tell you that much! Today I add Stranger 101 to the ongoing challenge. This is the drummer for Robin Rogers' Band. What a nice guy! More from the festival in days to come.

The Garden Nymph

Sometimes you don't have to look far for an image. Last week all I had to do was stroll out on my friend Susan's terrace with a glass of wine and voilà! There she was hanging on the wall, with tendrils of greenery framing her sweet face. She reminded me of some lovely sculpture found on many buildings in Paris that I've featured today on Paris Through My Lens.