Too Pretty To Eat

Grey Dove Oyster Mushrooms

Pepper Place Market

City Daily Photo Theme on June 1 is ZEST!

These Boots Were Made For Farming....

and that's just what they'll do!  Thanks to Jones Valley Teaching Farm, the student farmers at Oliver Elementary will be doing just that again this fall. Stay tuned for more student farmers!

If You Build It...

you'll come back!  

Bart's ArtVenture interactive gallery at the Birmingham Museum of Art, is a kid magnet...and photographers love it too!

The City Daily Photo June Theme Day is ZEST!!!!

Vintage Becky

Birmingham artist Becky Denny was in her element last Friday night. Showing her work at the yet unfinished lobby of our Lyric Theatre, her vintage mixed media work was perfect, shown on the bare walls!  This piece, MY WARDROBE, brought back many memories of vintage sewing patterns that I remember!

The Grand Marshal

Fabulous Birmingham photographer Liesa Cole was the Grand Marshal of this year's Bike Parade and Fishing Rodeo at Avondale Park.  She got in the decorating spirit herself with her Regions bike adorned with fly swatters and that knock out hat festooned with flowers.  Below she awards the First Prize for Best Decorated Bike!

Memorial Day - Remembering

 Located just south of Birmingham, the Alabama National Cemetery is a beautiful resting place for our veterans.

Sunday Church Series - Reflection

Walking through the Great Hall at Independent Presbyterian Church last week, This reflection on the highly polished floor stopped me in my tracks.

Today I think I'll join James' Weekend Reflections group! 

Jonathan Riordan, Live at the Lyric!

Pop Up Art Exhibit.......Lyric Theatre.... Jonathan Riordan. Stay tuned for more artists!

Get Your Red White and Blue On!!!

Grab the kids, decorate the bikes and scooters and whatever and get to Avondale Park on Saturday.  It's the annual Bike Parade and Fishing Rodeo. It starts at 9:00 sharp and I'll be there to photograph the whole schmolly! Some good ole community fun.

Let Me See You Shake a Tail Feather!

I visited M-Power Ministries' great community garden yesterday and the bees were hard at work.

Arthur Price

 

Birmingham artist Arthur Price's work is showing at Gallery 1930,  One of my favorite artist,  and one of my favorite galleries in Birmingham!

Avondale Bottle Tree

Chez Eaves

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

This past weekend, I celebrated my 50th Shades Valley High School reunion along with about 270 friends.  We were the largest graduating class in Shades Valley's history, 650+.  Many friends of our class joined us, and it made for a terrific weekend full of reminiscing, many laughs and dancing to The Ramblers.  The Ramblers were a group we loved in high school and lucky for us, they're still playing.  Good times rolled!

Stoking the Fire

Light Dreams II

Alys Stephens Center

Claudio's Rose

Swinging

Front porch swing, geraniums, cool temps.... good times in B'ham.

LIght Dreams II - Double Take

 

Mary Foshee, Birmingham dancer, teacher and a director at the Children's Dance Foundation, kicked up her heels while trying out the space for her Double Take, Point of Light installation last Thursday night at Light Dreams II at the Alys Stephens Center.

Late Afternoon on the Cahaba

Good friends,  good wine, and a beautiful setting.  It doesn't get any better than this.

Saxy at the Pepper Place Market

 

This saxophone player has appeared many times at the Pepper Place Market.  He appeared with Debbie Bond when I captured him this day.  If anyone knows his name, I would love to include it!

Light Dreams II - Lite Brite!

I'm not sure how many kiddos remembered the original Lite Brites from the 70's, but  at Light Dreams II, this oversized version was too much fun to pass up, no matter your age.

Happy Mother's Day!

This photograph is very special as it includes my mom, my two girls, and 3 of my 5 grandchildren.
L-R: Gigi with Chappell, Kathleen with Lindley, Mumsie, Melissa and Eva.  Now Laura Kate and Davis complete our family. I am blessed.

Light Dreams II - Wonder

Where to begin to show you the photos I took last night in one of Birmingham's greatest events, Light Dreams II.  This free event that runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at the Alys Stephens Center at UAB, was even better than last year. It is a celebration of digital projection, art ( in 3D this year) and music and is free. Today I share a photo of what looked to me like a satellite made of styrofoam packing material lit from within.  This was a favorite of the children of course.

Guarding the Garden

While her mom was away, Eudora found herself a nice bunch of iris to nap on.  I was snapping away and caught her!

Who Knew....

 

that the bark for the hackberry tree was so interesting and photogenic!   I shot the Toro's backyard yesterday, and Dinah pointed this out to me. Merci mon amie!

Pet the Pugs Market

And all this time you all thought the PPM was the Pepper Place Market! Actually, Harry and Lulu are famous and now featured on this Pepper Place promo! As a personal note, I photographed these pugs years ago at the market and now they are my downstairs neighbors!

Photographer's Obsession

Some of you will understand this, most of you won't.  I have been eying this collection of blue glass electrical "thingys" in my neighborhood for well over a year.  I toyed with the idea of just pulling  up in the driveway and snapping away but thought better of it.  As luck would have it, my neighbor knows the owner and now a world of great photo ops are now mine......legally. I know I have readers that will know the name for these lovely aqua treasures.

There Goes the Bride

 

I often assist with weddings at my church, Independent Presbyterian Church.  Usually, I tuck my camera in my bag, just in case.  This was a shot I couldn't pass up. 

Sunday Church Series - Holy Trinity- Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral

This is one of Birmingham's most beautiful churches.

Perfect Afternoon

Sunset atop Red Mountain at The Club last night with good friends.  Two are leaving for a long awaited trip to London and Paris. ( We had last minute details to discuss). The other flying off for another three weeks in Italy.  Good times.  I can't wait to hear all the details when we gather again.

Anticipation!

I adore peonies.  I will admit I've been stalking the peony garden at our fabulous Birmingham Botanical Gardens.  Yesterday they seemed ready to pop open... but not quite.  I can promise I will be back and capture them in full bloom. I can't wait!

City Daily Photo Theme Day - SQUARES

This graphic piece in the Contemporary Gallery at the Birmingham Museum of Art caught my eye and it seemed to fit our City Daily Photo Theme today....squares!

Untitled

1966

Gene Davis

Lent by John and Nancy Poynor

To see SQUARES around the world click HERE!