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 portraits (and more so, PET portraits), let’s start there 🙂 Several...

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, kayaking, swimming, kitties!, good food, good friends, lots of beer. But...

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 grass. I love that there is no real cabin. I love that I can get a...

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 delightful, as usual. Great food, fun stories, delightful company and the other...

wee kitties

These little guys are adorable. Super adorable. Not as cute as my girls, but second in line.    they are about 6 weeks old, still weigh nothing and were oober cuddly …     … gives me my kitty fix for the weekend but can’t wait to get home to my...

in our down time

… when we have moments to just sit and relax, we typically hang out on the living room rug. The girls love the scratchy-IKEA-ness of the rug in here. It screams cat scratching post – that and my jeans. But you know what doesn’t have that aura about it is the custom...

the ‘wild’ life

These girls love our little porch – which we lovingly call ‘The Square.’ If you haven’t been on the square, it is tiny. We put our plants out there when the weather got nice and I honestly was swapping out our biggest plant any time we wanted to sit on the square due...

sooooo big!

Before time gets away from me, like it usually does, I wanted to put together a small batch of photos from my BRIEF time in California at Sequoia and Kings Canon National Park. It has already been over a week since I was there, but a week in my time is like I returned...

late night

while it’s not incredibly late by any stretch, it’s really late for me. I’m exhausted. And I plan to be back at work in just under 8 hours. But for some reason, I’m just not really feeling like going to bed. Perhaps because I’m sitting here … With these girls …...