Tag: photography

why my heart aches for Vermont

I grew up in Montpelier & Burlington Vermont. I am living my life in Alabama. I married an Alabama man. I love my husband’s family & I am grateful to every single one of them for welcoming a Vermont Yankee, a foodie, a farmer @ heart, Jewish, politically opposite woman into their large Catholic family….

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blue glass shines @ Yukon Trading Co.

One of my favorite go to shops in Birmingham, Alabama. Home & garden art (& soaps, candles, signs, pillows, fountains…) AND it is privately owned & operated. Yukon Trading Company, Cahaba Heights, Alabama.  

Husky stops to smell the Muppets

When I saw these English Daisies today, I had to have them because they made me smile. . Nala was wondering what I was doing…putting flowers on the floor. Don’t they look like a crazy Muppet?!

the cat in art class…

was a bit of a bully today. Hobbes decided that he would sit on a student’s sketchbook to prevent said child from drawing. 🙂

my mouse holds the air plant

I love air plants. I love finding neat ways of displaying them. Air plants need only to soak in water every two weeks for 20 minutes. I love buying garden art that can double something else, like this cool display. This mouse is above my kitchen sink window. How can dishes be annoying when I’ve…

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Origami box holds love

My mom makes origami boxes for a few locally (#buylocal!) owned businesses in Birmingham. Our family has a few boxes each because she always included a small gift, like jewelry, inside a box for birthday gifts. I have my boxes displayed on my shelves. Yesterday my son needed an envelope, I wished him luck getting…

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ummm…you have a little husky on your head

how embarrassing :). Do you see that Nala is laughing? I have found it is very important to embrace any signs of humor a dog displays. Nala was our foster, she came from Alabama Siberian Husky Rescue. Nala had been picked up by the Birmingham City pound. The pound notifies rescues when a full-blooded breed…

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