Artist At Work

Christopher Champion made his beautiful glass pendants and beads right before our very eyes last Saturday at Sweet Pea's Garden Center's art show in Homewood

Since June 20, 2008 I have had the pleasure of being part of the world wide City Daily Photo.  The brainchild of Eric Tenin whose Paris Daily Photo was my inspiration to take the leap into blog world, it has grown to staggering numbers as more and more bloggers joined our group posting a photo of their city every single day!  It's a huge time commitment but I'm sure most will tell you it's worth it for the experience of making friends all over the world.  Today marks my 1,611th post!  It's also the day that the new City Daily Photo portal will be up and running. By visiting the link here, you can see thumbnails for all the photos recently posted and go directly to that blog.  The portal has been down for some time and is now being hosted by Julie and Peter, two Australian bloggers who have done a terrific job.  I'm also pleased to announce that my Paris Through My Lens blog will now be a part of the CDP group as well!

I hope you will visit the other daily photobloggers around the world every day and tell them I sent you!

The Pillars

The Pillars gospel sextet has been singing together for a long time. Four of the six are original members.  They will be appearing again this year in the amphitheater at Avondale Park next Saturday as a part of Art in Avondale Park.

Hanging Out at Art in Avondale Park

From time to time for this next week, I'll be posting photos from last year's very successful Art in Avondale Park show last spring.  We have another one coming up on Saturday, Oct. 20th from 10-4 so come on out and meet the artists, hear live music and let the kids do some fun activities as well.  It's a show for the whole family.

Today, vintage jewelry by my talented friend Christy Turnipseed. Here company Li'l Seeds feature jewelry made from old maps, sheet music, books...just about anything! I have Paris maps and Métro maps pendants myself!

Downtown Reflected

Spotted on 20th Street North

And on that note, I join James' Weekend Reflections!

Dominique

Nancy Jones teaches dance all over this town.  I photographed a class she held at the Alabama Ballet and caught dancer Dominique going through the stretches.

Skipping Off to Lunch

Liberty Park Elementary

High Tech

Promethean Boards are as common as spiral notebooks and No.2 pencils in our schools these days.  I had the pleasure of visiting the Vestavia Hills City Schools last spring as part of a photography assignment for the Chamber of Commerce's Vestavia Living Magazine.  Getting back into the classrooms was one of my favorite sites.   I've been retired for four years and things have changed in that short time.  

Act of Congress

Last night I joined my fellow members at Independent Presbyterian Church and other friends from around the area for some good BBQ and some very fine music.  Birmingham's Act of Congress, just home from an international tour for the State Dept. was the star but Delmar Hill's BBQ, that he smoked on the premises all day was the icing on the cake.  The whole event was sponsored by IPC's Young Adults to benefit a terrific new program. AWE,  The Art and Writing Experience, is a new after  s chool program that will reach third grade graduates from our STAIR program.  Through the Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham, these students will experience dance, drama, visual arts and writing twice a week this school year!

Life Imitating Art

Sometimes the viewer is as interesting as the artwork.

I attended the opening of Remembrance last night at Art Folk Gallery. It's a marvelous group exhibit celebrating 10 fantastic years of Dia de los Muertos.  Curated by Wendy Jarvis, it's one you won't want to miss.  I will have more photos to share.

Remembrance

Art Folk Gallery

1731 First Avenue North

October 8-26

Perhaps...

I should have saved this to post closer to Halloween!  Fog made Oak Hill Cemetery in Jasper, even more mysterious.

You Can Toot Your Own Horn...

or have metal artist Reuben Halpern turn it into another piece of art!  I captured this great lamp at Naked Art Gallery recently. They have many more terrific pieces by Reuben as well!

BADP On The Road - Auburn, Alabama

This past weekend I attended a Kappa Delta reunion in Auburn, Alabama.  A very good time was had by all 350 of us.  The main event was held at the Jule Collins Smith Museum in Auburn.   Amber Lustre, the exquisite chandelier by Dale Chihuly was so amazing I think I might have taken one zillion shots of it before I could quit. It arrived at the museum in 600 pieces and workmen on cherry pickers placed each and every piece on the metal shaft.  It was stunning to view in person.

Birmingham Rouge - Welcome!

Whoever designed this fountain at the entrance to the new Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children, knew just what they were doing.  Going to the hospital is a scary thing for children of all ages. This made me smile when I saw it. I hope it does the same for the children that come here as well.

Opa!!!!

If you're in the Birmingham area, you're in luck. This weekend marks the 40th annual Greek Festival at Holy Trinity - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Great food, drink and music!!