a shoot yesterday

I love SuzBella Jewelry. You can see some on her blog SuzBella.com it will be linked to a website where you’ll be able to buy it. Suzanne is an amazing artist when it comes Jewelry & I hope you seek it out.

How I outwit the blinding, overexposed noon day sun…

I dislike taking pictures during the brightest time of day, if I do I seek solid shadows, but I wanted this rose two toned rose. To outwit the sun, I got on my belly & took the photograph from below. There is nothing glaring, the vibrant colors can be seen & a huge bonus, I…

blue fireworks

I love this flower, I have no idea what it is. It was for sale @ Leaf & Petal @ the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Where I find the coolest vases…for cheap!

I find the most amazing vases–at Homegoods or T.J. Maxx. But you do not find them among the vases, you find them with the oils with the sticks…forget what they call that. After the oil disappears, I rinse & then run the glass, the oil came in, in the dishwasher. You cannot find vases like…

The quiet one in our family

I am sorry for the lack of quality in these images.  I wanted to introduce a member of our family, this is Kitty, she belongs to my daughter.  She was plucked from the shelf @ Tuesday Morning in 2002. Kitty is both a blessing & a curse.  A blessing because she is able to calm…

The shop on the corner

I love this picture. The words are almost in three, do you see the shadow starting on the shelf?

an AMAZING IDEA FOR BLOGGERS

did I get your attention? I learn a lot from bloggers about gardening, cutting fresh flowers, photography etc My desk is a pile of notes EVERYWHERE, post it, pads students have given me. When I write, part of me knows I will never find what I’m looking for & when my desk has not one…