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!

rocky raccoon

… what a fuzz ball!   nothing much to report. I’m just in a mad editing session and thought I may as well post something to make it feel REALLY productive 🙂 Happy Tuesday!

a peek at Astro …

on Thursday night I went out to an amazing home on Lake Minnetonka to meet some excellent pup parents with the plans of photographing a dog named Astro. And I left with some of my favorite photos...

need a reason to send a card??

… look no further! I am SUPER excited to share that I have what I think are some cute, cute cards with some of my favorite pups on display photographed and ready to sell online! Woot! They are...

hobbs

Hobbs is the kitty of a good friend of mine … Or shall I say she is Hobbs’ person. Hobbs is a lovely, friendly, hungry cat who really has Charly wrapped around her {medium sized} paw. In comparison...

and the winner is …

Last night, after a very long weekend I dumped out oodles of folded paper (some in 1/2 and some in 1/4 depending on the entry technique) from my large blue mason jar onto my foot stool in the living...

iowa summer

  not much to say … just back from our weekend in the country at our ‘vacation home’ 🙂 it was lovely! happy monday to all!

off and away!

… yet again. Summer really makes me wonder why I even pay rent. Apparently it’s just a place to store a bunch of crap and a play place for my cats. My dad’s house could do that! 🙂 But really, I do...

august 1st

… that’s just crazy! I was just saying the other day that I’ve felt a lot less busy this summer than I did last summer but I still can’t believe that it’s August. Wow. In a month I’ll be talking...

baby kittens … again

can’t get enough of these little ones! and I’m pretty positive in a few weeks I will get to see them again. shhh don’t tell the girls.      oh these little guys are so precious. it’s...

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