Have a Sunny Weekend!

One of several great cut flower stands at the Pepper Place Market. 

Tournesol Trio

My blog friend Jack at Naples/Hartford in Season photoblog, suggested that I needed to get back to more portraits. Well a spin around the Pepper Place Market last Saturday was a banner day for me. These girls were kind enough to pose with their sunflowers ( les tournesols). More to come this week.

Happy Belated Birthday To Me!

It's bad enough I forget the birthdays of friends and sometimes family so I guess it's only fitting that  I missed my very own blog birthday.  FIVE years ago yesterday, I posted my first photo on this blog.  Now 1,856 posts later, I'm still hanging in there.  Sometimes I think it's time to call it quits, then I get a great email or blog comment from a dear reader and it seems well worth the effort.  I thank all of you that read, comment, follow and share my blog. You have expanded my world and shared your friendship and I'm grateful for it.

Since my first blog post was Pepper Place Market sunflowers, I thought I'd post these lovelies today!

Sunflower and Friend

How cute is this???  The Pepper Place is always full of cute kids and this sweet girl, although a bit shy,  allowed me to take some photos of her last Saturday.

Here Comes the Sun!

We've all been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the glorious sunflowers here in Alabama. Ta dah.....!

(There will be more to come. I can't resist them!)

Just Melons

Averiett Branch Farms

Pepper Place Market

It's all about the light, isn't it!

Sunflower Girl

Saturday is Pepper Place Day for hundreds of Birminghamians.  It's the place to buy fresh vegetables and  fruits, flowers, herbs, craft items, and  divine homebaked goodies.  In addition,  you get to hear live music, see a cooking demonstration by local chefs,  AND you get to see everybody you know!  I always grab my camera, because you never know when you are going to walk past someone as lovely as this Sunflower Girl.

Still Life With Mason Jar

A picture is worth a thousand words.  Enough said.