the blog

pairs well with hot coffee or your favorite sparkling beverage
souvenirs to cherish for always

Welcome to the blog! 

posts as far back as 2009

I hope you enjoy perusing stories and images from the last several years. It is well saturated with animal and travel photos. The blog was a passion of mine for quite some time but in 2016 I took a break. Glad to finally be back!

wylie :: minneapolis pet photographer

My mind has switched over from business to crafty and it’s totally buzzing! In that totally spacy, arty mind I just realized, WYLIE hasn’t made it on here!!!! He showed up on my facebook page here...

2012 … the year of the gift

** note … this is a much longer post than I anticipated when I settled on the title and edited the photos included. In a nut shell, it’s about making people happy in 2012 with {handmade} goodies but...

iowa roux :: minneapolis pet photographer

As mentioned, last weekend I was in Iowa for the New Year. It was fantastic to see so much family and enjoy good food but as expected, incredibly hard. One thing that was nice was that the temp on...

end of the year craze :: minneapolis pet photographer

Goodness sakes it’s almost 2012. I can’t believe that! My life still honestly feels like it’s in August and the fact that MN has no snow yet is only encouraging that notion. The last 5 weeks have...

my cuddle bugs… :: minneapolis pet photographer

I have spent most of the night surfing the internet for both fun and work. As I’ve been sitting here I have had to reshuffle my arms and the laptop's position on my lap to accommodate my girls. Both...

little peanut!! :: Omaha Baby Photographer

This beauty is Charlotte. Charlotte Murray Curtis She was born on November 9th and is the newest apple in the entire Perdue clan’s eyes. I had the fortune to meet her over Thanksgiving weekend and I...

i LOVE kitties :: minneapolis pet photographer

As I sit here watching my girls bask in the warmth of the fire I can’t help but smile. I really love kitties. Sitting here also reminds me that I need to take some new photos of them! I found a...

rudy!! :: minneapolis pet photographer

Brrr… it’s chilly and gloomy out. Rumor has it, we are getting snow. I will say it time and time again - I.am.not.ready.for.winter. But gloomy, early winter days do allow me to get a lot of...

endless energy :: minneapolis pet photographer

oh.my.gosh. I have never met 2 dogs with more energy!!! Meet Byrd and Henley - 2 beautiful, red, short haired, Vizsla bundles of energy. There were amazing!! And they are so lucky to have the...

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