the blog

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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!

pete & willie :: minneapolis pet photographer

Meet Pete and Willie. Otherwise known as “the boys” … These little bundles of curly fluff are the ENTIRE reason I have wanted a King Charles Spaniel since I was 14. I have had the pleasure of...

pete & willie :: minneapolis pet photographer

Meet Pete and Willie. Otherwise known as “the boys” … These little bundles of curly fluff are the ENTIRE reason I have wanted a King Charles Spaniel since I was 14. I have had the pleasure of...

lucy liu the shar pei :: minneapolis pet photographer

Oh boy! I’ve had a busy, busy week and overall it’s been a pretty good one. I have played with 6 different amazing dogs and am now sorting through all the images, I signed up for Pinterest which is...

ball crazy …

Oh.my.goodness. This dog is the definition of ball crazy. Seriously!!   … these shots were captured by mom holding a tennis ball like she was going to throw it. Treats? Nah - he was not interested....

amazing and leafy

I love this tree. I’ve loved it for a while. When I first went to ‘my Iowa vacation home,’ Mur showed off the land by way of a 4Wheeler trip. As we went past this tree he told me he had always loved...

more astro! :: minneapolis pet photographer

This dog is so cute that I just can’t leave the blog with only one photo of him - and from August!! Astro’s family was one that got caught up in my absolute chaotic life of the last nearly 2 months...

kittens … what is better to cuddle with?

I have never been shy when talking about my girls. I give them pillows to sleep on in front of fires and rarely get angry when they wake me for breakfast at 6am. I take lots of photos of them and...

i’m not a jewelry kind of girl …

That is a very true statement in the blingy sense. Ask anyone that knows me and they will tell you that rarely am I seen without some big obnoxious necklace (often an owl, a turtle, the state of MN...

life

If I didn’t believe it before, I sure believe it now … Life throws curve balls. Unbelievable curve balls. The kind that knock you off your feet and make it hard to get back up again. I am not in a...

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