my girl leans on Paris

or New Orleans… this mural is on the wall near her french classroom. She had just finished performing in a concert, which is why we were at school dressed up.

they reached the sun

& held it fast. The Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama. to photograph subjects at their best advantage depends a lot upon the position of the light source. if you have the perfect subject, but the sun isn’t it in the right spot, at that moment in the sky, you can either wait for the…

i found Vermont in Alabama

Petals from the Past 16034 Co. Rd. 29, Jemison, Alabama 35085 These gardens reminded me of my mother’s perennial beds in Montpelier, Vermont. The gardens she would dig in the dirt, swearing under her breath at the deer that had eaten her bulbs. She called the deer, Bulb Breath… The style of gardens surrounding the…

oh, lily how you shine

this little man-made pond was at Petals from the Past. An amazingly beautiful place that I will be posting pictures of for the next few days. I also have to find the brochure so that I can tell you where it is. Because it is an hour south of Birmingham, Alabama. But…for me, it felt…

caught by the nose…

cats make me wish for reincarnation, because if i have to come back, id come back as a cat that had a little basket tucked, into the corner of a garden nursery. 🙂