Saturday, February 27, 2010

Dayton Home Show

We decided to go to the Dayton Home Show today
While we did some interesting items
I have to say I was rather disappointed
there were far to many gutter
and roof repair places
and to little home and garden ideas
 I never have been able to figure out why
a home and garden show has 
body scrub booths, goat soap or chiropractor booths,
 oh well .......off the soap box

These are the rooms that were set up
by local designers
















I love this there 
are mirrors glued to fishing line 
hanging from the branches



Outdoor Areas






my dtr Devon is in college
majoring in landscape design



















the following were tablescapes
that were done up
at a local party rental place






Next week are planning on going to Columbus
to check out their home show

Friday, February 26, 2010

What do you do......


...... when it looks like this?





and you wish it would look
like this:



you go off to the conservatory...
to photograph flowers:
















the desert:









tropics








































while taking these magnolia photos
in the Himalaya Room
the misters came on 
giving it a beautiful haziness












While taking photos in the Palm Room
I heard a noise 
and looked up to see....




I will be linking up to Outdoor Wednesday



Out door Wednesday

Thursday, February 25, 2010

North Market



For Chuck's birthday 

we went to North Market
and the conservatory
both are in Columbus



We had never been here before
and we will visit again soon






We got to sample hot sauces 
yes the hottest was warm
they even had peanut butter
 w/ hot sauce
CaJohn's Flavor & Fire



Mozart's North Market Bakery



Pastaria





Omega Artisan Baking


North Market Poultry and Game
Local Game



The Fish Guys


The Candy Shack



Pure Imagination Chocolatier



Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams






Pastaria Seconda
Homemade Ravoli









Market Blooms



The view from upstairs



The Greener Grocer



There was even
housewares
North Market Cookware



Better Earth



I had leg of lamb
saffron rice
Greek salad
from
Firdous Express



Slaw Dog for the hubby
Best of the Wurst



Queen City Cayenne Ice Cream

from Jeni's

Rich chocolate slowly reveals hints
 of cayenne and cinnamon



The most exciting thing for me
was to find Portuguese sausage
 from where I grew up



It is one of the items I have missed 
not living in New England



My next post will have the rest of the day