A Hat and a Spare

Spotted at the Fishing Rodeo last Saturday at Avondale Park.

Shady Business

Straw hats by the door of my friends Mike and Paula's lovely home.

Les chapeaux

Last weekend at the Magic City Art Connection, I found these two deep in conversation. Loved their chapeaux!

Hat Check

I love a well worn straw hat! 

Tom's Chapeau

  My friend Tom is one of the few men I know who still wears a hat.  No, he's the ONLY man I know that still wears a hat.   He left his here on the table Saturday at the Pepper Place, while he went in search of iced coffee for Carol and her dad. They gather religiously in the same spot,  and I love stopping by for a chat while I'm shooting and shopping.  Later I begged him to pose for me.  He consented. Très debonair...as always!

Straw Hats - May Theme Day - Shadows

Today is the first day of May and that means Theme Day for City Daily Photo Bloggers around the world.  Our theme this month is SHADOWS.  Ahhhhh my favorite so far.  I started digging around my IPhoto library and found quite a few.  So many that I've decided to carry the theme through this entire week.  I hope you will enjoy them. 

Today, I have two. This lovely lady in the top photo had stopped to admire a stroller full of triplets at the Magic City Art Connection.  She asked me why I wanted her picture,  and I told her I loved the light and shadows from her hat. She was okay with that!  ( I wish I had gone on to tell  her how much I loved her sweet face.)   

The gentleman below made an appearance the first week or so of my blog last year.  Since I was hardly a blip on the radar at that point, I thought I'd bring him back for the rest of you to meet. He sells some mighty fine produce at the Pepper Place Market each Saturday. I took him a print of this photograph the next time I went.  He declared himself a "star"!  And he is indeed.  I hope he'll be there with his tomatoes May 16th when they reopen.

CDPB around the world have some very creative takes on "shadows".   You'll want to click the link below to see them all! 

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Straw Hat Man

This gentleman has a booth at the Pepper Place each Saturday.  You can always count on him for some mighty tasty vegetables and a friendly smile.