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!

good lookin family

… so even though I have gobs and gobs of photos to post before I’m officially caught up to these few, I just can’t wait. Sorry family. Sorry kitties. Sorry camping. Sorry weddings. These guys are...

Go Twins Go!

Murray and I had the great fortune to go to a Minnesota Twins baseball game about a month back. The whole event was great – riding the bus downtown, the stadium, the food, the game, the pint glass...

What a Sunday…

I started my morning out with a bang. Woke up at 7:30. Had 2 kitties sleeping at my knees. Made some coffee in my favorite mug. Sat in our breakfast nook and got out the computer. Kitties followed...

Tai. MaiTai.

So I thought I would start my blog “come-back” with a pet portrait session. Why not? After almost 2 months of a hiatus, believe you me, I’ve got photos to share! And since this place is focused on...

off and away

Dear Labor Day Weekend, I can’t believe you are here already! So many weekends this summer were scooped up by fun events and are now a thing of the past. Camping, Twins game, Iowa, rafting,...

the littlest kitten

I did a post a ways back about kittens in Iowa. But I made the mistake of leaving one little guy out …    He is by far the smallest kitten I have had the fortune to hang out with and take...

i love me some cabin!

One of my favorite summer activities is cabin party. Hands down. I love the vacation involved in going to Iowa. I love the ‘cabin’ atmosphere. I love that there is a body of water right next to the...

A Day Off…

You know what is even better than having a Friday off of work? Having three Fridays off of work in a row. This Friday is going to be rough. It was a nice treat (and in my opinion well deserved) to...

the littlest view of cabin party

Last weekend I had the pleasure to escape the cityscape of Minneapolis to the countryside of Iowa. And some people in said countryside will never let me forget that. This event in Iowa was...

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