Professional Services in Brushy Creek

Silently shout your hidden emotions, deepest desires, and most outrageous fantasy football trades with $50 worth of beautifully arranged flowers (for pick-up or delivery) from ParkCrest Floral Design for $25. This European-inspired bud boutique will customize a collection of statement-making sprouts perfect for any occasion including birthdays, Thanksgiving, and factory strikes.Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.

Happily gaze at joyful moments all year long with today’s flash-happy Groupon. For $49, you’ll get a two-hour photography session and a photo CD with 25 images from L.A. Scott Photography, a $175 value. Opt to redeem on location (birthday, holiday party, Wizard of Oz reenactment) or in studio for headshots, holiday cards, or internet fan sites. The CD contains retouched, printer-ready images. In 1978, amateur bat photographer Gregory Hansen was in his front yard one night when a mysterious white orb appeared in the sky over his home. Diverting his attention from a particularly active nest of eptesicus fuscus, he began photographing the orb, which made no attempt to flee or conceal itself. Hansen continued to document the orb as it reappeared over his house, each night shrinking slightly “as though passing slowly into the spirit world,” Hansen observed. On particularly cloudy nights, the orb would not be present, prompting Hansen to speculate that ghosts may be allergic to thunder.

This locally owned-and-operated bloom boutique first took root in 1927 and has catered to the community's diverse floral needs ever since. Dress up your digs for Halloween with an orange-and-cream colored bloom bouquet ($55+) or a bundle of white hydrangeas called "angelic" ($165+), which is really just a polite word for "ghostly." If you don't buy into the month of marauding spirits and sentient pumpkins, preferring to celebrate rosier holidays such as Valentine's Day all year-round, use today's Groupon toward something sweet for your sweetie, such as a be mine bunch of cymbidium orchids, deep-red roses, and plush hydrangea blooms ($85+). Regardless of occasion, the expert florists at King will prepare your petals with care so that you can focus on the life’s other important details, be they cakes, casseroles, or oral-hygiene techniques. Call or swing by King Florist to place an order. The availability of flowers may vary based on what is fresh and seasonal.

Melissa Glynn trains her convex lens eye on subjects to capture personality-packed portraits of spouses-to-be, families, seniors, and more. Select a picturesque location, be it a homestead, a verdant park, or a beloved catsup bottling plant, and choose from an array of portrait packages. A basic package covers a 30-minute sitting fee and gives access to an online gallery of the resulting daguerreotypes ($100). You can also use your session to commemorate the joys of engagement, newborns ($350), or the promise of potential in a post-graduation smile ($450). Glynn even offers boudoir sessions for the ladies who want their sexy preserved for all posterity.

At one wedding he was commissioned to photograph, Rick encountered an album-destroying problem: the groom and groomsmen were all in the US Secret Service and insisted on not having their pictures taken. Not wanting to sacrifice the party's memories, Rick calmly assured them no one would ever discover their real identities, adjusted his camera's focus, and gathered the men into the frame. Later, as he developed the film, Rick kept his promise and retouched every photo in which the men appeared—by drawing a black censor bar over each of their eyes in permanent marker. Whether shooting weddings or private portraits, Rick continues to apply that same level of consideration as he documents the personalities of local families and high-school seniors, just as he's done for the past 25 years

Though trained in lighting and composition as a traditional portrait photographer, Rick prefers to take a candid approach that lets his clients have fun with their sessions and be themselves. He snaps both black and white and vibrant color images, which can be retouched—another passion of his—by seamlessly integrating special effects, enhancing color and contrast, or replacing each subject's face with Benjamin Franklin's. Rick performs on-location sessions exclusively, finding life in backdrops as disparate as the middle of Congress Avenue and docks by the downtown lake, either of which he manipulates within the shutter to properly complement his subjects.

Outfitted with a movie theater, playhouse, video games, and air hockey, Adventure Kids Playcare's daycare center boasts plenty of distractions for kids of all ages. CPR- and first-aid-certified supervisors ensure that play is safe and fair, and also engage kids with scheduled story time and group activities. Separate rooms for infants and toddlers keep youngsters at a safe distance from their elders, who are particularly vulnerable to the powerful x-rays that babies emit while teething.