having the Birmingham Museum of art in my backyard

with my kids home for summer vacation, we’ve turned to making crafts in the art studio. i decoupaged the cages & the sign onto an ugly birdhouse. i do have instructions for doing so…in this blog (i think the post is titled 2me4art project birdhouses). the Birmingham Museum of Art’s gift shops bags are clear…

looking up

this is a shot i took in springtime. i so love the dogwood tree.

staring me down

she belongs to me. although, i believe in her mind, i belong to her. like an old toy, this teenager has outgrown me. she’ll need me soon, i hope.

her-on the dangerous water

stands, among thousands of molted feathers & poop. this stagnant body of water is something to avoid, because coming in contact in anyway… would, i believe would bring about a new plague.

heartbreaking flowers

in milder climates, flowers are planted among the gravestones. in Alabama, this doesn’t work, the weather is far too hot & humid to grow anything without constant attention. a lot of graveyards in Alabama have fake flowers lovingly placed front of them. i was walking a gravel path that was between a small graveyard &…

Mother Nature’s abstract art

time & weather, Mother Nature…turns everything it touches into a unique piece of art. as Sherlock Holmes tells John Watson, “you see, but you do not observe” advice that should be given to any aspiring photographer.  

you cast a lovely shadow

these images were taken in the very small town of Helena, Alabama. a wonderful place to visit if you’ve ever wanted to see the small towns of old. the late afternoon sun casts a very long shadow here.