the grown up toy store for gardeners

Something for everyone at Leaf & Petal’s Cahaba Heights location. Privately owned & operated – #buylocal         (shhh, this place is so cool, i picked up a job application (working from home can get boring)…imagine spending the day deadheading flowers!

Crestline Bagel Co.

Crestline Bagel Co. in Cahaba Heights is fantastic. When they first opened, a few months ago, i couldn’t help but wonder why the architects had decided to use pebbles in front & beside the store. Today, i found out. Leaf & Petal (my favorite nursery(s) in Birmingham) moved in next door! Crestline Bagel didn’t need…

playing with orchids

My favorite nursery, Leaf & Petal…moved into a stunning new place. I loved the ceilings in their new buildings. A lot more iphone pictures to come.

light paints me different colors

the same flowers shot at different times of day, shot w/ different sunlight-the outside images were shot in the early morning, with the sun just starting to reach over the top of the hill, in front of my house. the image of the flowers in the vase were taken in my kitchen, the light source…

Om…said they

i want the middle sized frog. I’ve wanted one  of these forever. I call them Budda frogs…amazing that they are for sale in the Bible belt. I assume they are called heathen frogs by some. Someday, i will have one. The frogs remind me to be still.

things that shine

i love light that bounces around. all images taken at Leaf & Petal in Mountain Brook Village, Alabama. i love blue cool art project for kids, not as fancy though mouse? i think it would help if you stood just a wee bit closer?  pear-y nice.