Many of you now by now that Marianne R. has moved from Atlanta, Georgia to Surfside Beach, SC which is about fifteen minutes away from me. We finally had a chance to get together Sunday. We took a little ride to the Art in the Park exhibit locally and then went to her house for a visit since it was so hot outside. It was nice to finally meet Abbey, her precious Shitzu and Gonzo, the most handsome parrot ever with a vocabulary of over 2,000 words. If you haven't seen photos of them, hop over to Marianne's page and check out her photos. I've got to tell you, we were sitting there talking and all of a sudden I heard "HELLO". I thought someone walked in the back door, like maybe her Mom and I turned to see. Well, I didn't let on, but it was Gonzo and I was surprised. It wasn't until Marianne answered him that I realized my mistake. I also have to add, no matter how cute Abbey looks in photos, she is ten times cuter in person. She's so excited to see company and is just a blur of energy.
Here are some photos of a few items I saw at the Art in the Park venue. Most vendors/artist do not want you to take photos of their work. I did manage to catch a few though.
This vendor had some very nice yard ornaments. I thought this assortment of birds was cute.
Bottle art was a popular item. Here we have a big bumble bee made from a blue bottle. Very clever.
I thought this wire sculpture was beautiful.
When we moved to Myrtle Beach I was looking for some metal art items like these for my walls. Now that I'm done decorating I find just what I was looking for.
My screen porch isn't quite big enough but I'd love a fountain. Most of these had a place for live plants in the stone work.
There were so many pretty things to look at, quite a bit of jewelry, some pottery pieces and tons of nice photos. I just didn't feel like being reprimanded for taking pictures and decided to just enjoy the views.
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What a neat photo essay Gloria. I do like the wire art also....very neat.
I can't believe Marianne moved....bummer....she lived probably 20-30 min from me.
great pictures, thanks
Nana, super that you and Marianne were able to get together . Love the shots of the artwork ,I'd like to have the praying mantis !
I'm so glad that you two were able to get together and do something that looks like it was lots of fun! Your photos are wonderful!
I'm warning you and Marianne...keep posting these photos and you're going to have a visitor!
Thanks Amanda, it's a wonderful place to live and visit. Hope to see you here some time.
I still can't decide if I want to do a photo essay or not from this. I have a fair number of photos, so maybe I will.
You got some good ones. Only that one lady said anything about taking photos. I didn't like how my stuff from her booth turned out anyway. Tho I can usually get away with taking pix at these things. My camera looks far less thretening.
I found the dish garden stake thing I wanted at backyard birds today. So far the only taker has been that brown bird that I think is a brown thrasher. You look it up in your book yet?
Getting to it today. As you can imagine, getting ready for vacation eats up a lot of time. I'm doing the photo essay on your backyard visitors today and will be looking that bird up in the bird book.
What an interesting and beautiful artwork! Wonderful essay nana!
Great photos! I like the wire art and the bottle bumble bee. It sounds like you and Marianne had a great time. I'm hoping to head up that way once I get my dental stuff finished.
Thank you for posting your photo essay at Pretty Pictures.
That will be great, I am looking forward to meeting you.
Looks like a fun event. The birds are my favorite.
I knew I would enjoy this from the title. I really like the wire tree with the swing, and the lizard thingy. We put a small fountain on our deck with plants and I love it. You should try to squeeze in a small one, the water sounds are so relaxing.
I think if I put one more thing on the screen porch DH is going to ban my presence out there. He says I'm blocking his view with all my "stuff".
This is all awesome Nana!
Great pictures~
I like the wire art trees, they look so cool~
Great pictures Nana.
Thank you for trying hard to get pictures to share with us!
Nice that you have a connection outside of Gather. Lovely photos and essay, Nana. I think my favorites were the trees. Thanks for taking me along! :)
Yes Marilyn, that wire art is really cool. I just have ran out of places to put things but I'm thinking something like this would make a lovely gift.
Nice that Marianne moved closer to you. I have no one very close to me from Gather. Cool picture essay, thanks!!!
Lovely essay as always, Nana. I enjoyed the wire sculpture too. It's great that the two of you are no close enough to visit:)
I'm still hoping you will come my way some day soon or maybe when it's not so blastin' hot.:)
We were just saying how much we would love to visit your garden and kitties. Maybe some day. DH loves Florida, so who knows.
Nice pictures of good art.
That's made from wire!? That's insane! So beautiful!
Cool stuff!
Beautiful photo essay! I love all the colors and I want some of those yard ornaments!
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oh wow, really fun photos... beautiful... i'm soo happy Marianne is settled in her new diggs... awesome... glad you are sooo close... love and hugs to you both...
That's some cool art. I lov ethe wire trees. Those are so neat looking. It sounds like ya'll had a nice day.