Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of attending and enjoying an event held at the new Coleman Place event center here in Asheville. Monroe, Julie, and Heidi all did a wonderful job of coordinating the event...and were gracious enough to invite me along to be a part of it. I had just arrived back in Asheville from a wedding in Florida (images from that posted here soon) and was tired, but had a great time! Here are a couple of quick shots I grabbed that night with my point and shoot...

My friend Tara and I



Braidstream



Tara's table (I forgot to take a picture of my own table...anyone else get one?)



My friend Parker and I hung out most of the evening















Stacey from the Bloom Room and Liz from the Purple Iris





Maria from Claxton Farms and I



Monroe from Homewood and Coleman Place talking with Stacey







Then later in the lobby.....Segways! Man, I gotta get me one of these!



and as the night of fun concluded I found myself the subject of being "Parkered"...the Asheville equivalent of being Punked, I guess. Parker thought it would be fun to plaster my car with his business cards...all the way around! Thanks, buddy! You'd better keep an eye out for some payback.

Lee Morgan

Yesterday I had the pleasure of heading to wonderful downtown Asheville, despite the bad weather, and joining my good friend Lee Morgan at a reception honoring his work at the Woolworth Walk Gallery. Lee's nature and landscape work is being featured in the gallery for the next several weeks, in addition to his regular space there. If you get the chance, please go check out his stuff at Woolworth Walk. For commisioned work or to buy one of his beautiful prints, you can call Lee at 828.252.4849. I just took a couple of basic shots of the reception for Lee, but thought I'd share here too.