workin’ like a dog

this dog worked at ‘Petals from the Past’ in Jemison, Alabama. and, yes, I was down on my tummy, to take the first shot, when an employee/owner walked by, i told them I was sorry (for being on the floor), she said to make myself comfortable. i almost asked her for the working cat’s blanket…

the weed from the ditch…

anyone, anywhere (but mostly Alabama people) know what this flower/weed/alien is? & since i put it in my garden…does that mean, by definition, that it is no longer a weed because i planted it where i wanted it to grow?

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…