Yesterday afternoon I took Paxton on a hike through the Preserve and ended up at the Moss Rock Art Festival (on purpose...it wasn't a coincidence). I love going to these art shows and always come home so inspired to make all kinds of fun things (even if I can't do it quite as well as these artists.).
I picked up a few business cards for a few of my favorite booths and thought share them here:
There were several other artists I liked, but they didn't have business cards or web sites...so I guess you'll have to go to the festival today to check them out! :)
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Submitted by Andrea on Sun, 11/08/2009 - 10:58.
Earlier this week I was admiring some
screen-printed tank tops at an Etsy shop, wishing I could buy them. But, seeing as I wear them primarily to yoga classes and I have about 15 ribbed tank tops already, $27 seemed a little steep. So imagine my delight when I ran across
these at Aldi today for only $4.99:
Granted, they're not *quite* as cool as the Etsy shop version (and the model is missing the *so cool* tattooed arm band), but a $4.99 shirt satisfies my desire for a new shirt...for now! :)
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Submitted by Andrea on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 11:29.
Ever since I took Ayla to see
Roger Day last summer, I've been anxiously awaiting his performance again this summer. I even roped Ben in to come see it with us, because all year we've been listening to his music with Ayla. She routinely asks for the "Hippo" song which is actually the "Rhino" song called "
It's a No-No to Kiss a Rhino". (He does have a hippo song too..."
Hiccuppopotumus".)
Roger Day is silly, fun, talented, and entertaining for all ages. The kids LOVE him (as well as the moms & dads!):
Ayla clapped and danced and did arm movements to all the songs. Last year she couldn't even walk! My how things change.
I highly recommend his CDs and DVDs for anyone with pre-school kids. It's catchy! Even my brother-in-law (I wont say which, but only one has pre-school age kids) was caught listening to Roger Day on his mp3 player at the beach....with no kids in sight....
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Submitted by Andrea on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 20:33.
This morning we got up bright and early to head to the Pepper Place Farmer's Market downtown. We've been wanting to go since we found out about it last year. Not only is it a great little farmer's market, full of locally grown fruits, vegetables, spices and flowers, but it's also on site of an old Dr. Pepper bottling building, so there are tons of Dr. Pepper signs everywhere, which of course Ben loves.
They have live music, chef demonstrations, and artists selling their material. It was hot, crowded, and full of gorgeous colors, hand made signs, and all sorts of fabulous eye candies for me to take photos of. Here are a few of my favorites:
Even better than the photos, we came home with peaches, tomatoes, red peppers, blackberries, and honey. Great way to start the day. We were home by 10:20 am and still had a whole day left to enjoy!
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Submitted by Andrea on Sat, 06/28/2008 - 18:39.
Is this weather for REAL???
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Submitted by Andrea on Mon, 12/10/2007 - 17:24.
It feels like September. Or maybe October, but definitely not November. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is next week. After living in Minnesota for the past five years, we're used to enjoying fall from about the second week of September until the middle of October. Then winter comes full-force. We've barely taken out our long-sleeved shirts this year.
So it's been a strange shock to our system when fall doesn't arrive until November here in Birmingham. But boy has it been beautiful. We were all worried that the leaves wouldn't be changing much since we've suffered from a serious drought all summer. Thankfully, God decided to bless us anyway with gorgeous fall colors. Since Birmingham is so hilly and mountainous, you get peeks of color across the horizon all the time when you're driving around.
I haven't been good about getting out and photographing it like I'd like to, but I did snatch a couple of pictures this week. One is from the plane as I was landing in Birmingham on Friday afternoon. I've never had the pleasure of flying into fall colors. After landing in a very very brown Arizona earlier in the week, this was quite a treat.
The other picture is from the top of the mountain at a little hot dog stand in Hoover where you can see the whole valley of colors. We stopped there briefly on Saturday while driving around with some friends. Richard and Jennifer took on a tour of Birmingham and showed us some great little shopping areas, museums, places to eat, and things to do. I highly recommend finding people like them who are willing to show you the sights--not each individual sight necessarily, but just to show you where everything is, and give you a taste of what you can enjoy in the city. It was really fun to hear all about the city and see some beautiful areas that we can go back and enjoy.
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Submitted by Andrea on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 17:00.
This morning we visited The Birmingham Zoo (to which we have an annual pass) with Janel and the boys. I carried Ayla with the Baby Bjorn (yes, she's 16 months old and still fits in the Baby Bjorn) so she could see all the animals. Otherwise the stroller is too low to see many of them. I brought my zoom lens for the camera and had a great time getting some awesome animal photos.
One of my favorites is this one of the white tiger:
I've always been a big fan of tigers and other big cats. Ayla has seemed to follow suit. She greets tigers with the sign for "kitty" and a growl.
Fun fact: When I was little, my imaginary friends were tigers.
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Submitted by Andrea on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 00:00.
