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Nov 27

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. -David O. McKay

Doug and I are cooking Thanksgiving dinner! Doug’s parents flew in to spend Thanksgiving with us! Little Victory is more than ready for her turkey dinner tonight! Doug and I have so much to be thankful and grateful for each day. We count our blessings everyday. Below is a photograph of our blossoming Victory wearing her new Thanksgiving bandanna!

I am very grateful for you, the blog readers! Thank you so much for following along on our journey!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 24

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Around Here: November

Happy Thanksgiving week! Oh my goodness, it difficult to believe that it is almost Thanksgiving! We can hardly believe it! The last quarter of this year is especially going by so quickly. Below are some things that have occurred in November around here!

-completing ten photo shoots for my long-term photography project — with many more shoots forthcoming!

-culling and editing many images.

-working on finishing editing our vacation images, which I hope to share soon! (I have been so behind!)

-having fine art prints made and framed for our home!

-eating delicious homemade donuts, shown below — made by Doug!

-making homemade pizzas with Doug on Sunday nights!

-began reading this book of quotes.

-watching Netflix and the final season of Sons of Anarchy.

-getting ingredients and recipes together for Thanksgiving dinner!

-designing and completing our Holiday card and sending it to print along with ordering custom stamps and seals, a yearly tradition!

-putting up our outdoor (white) Christmas lights along with our new battery-operated wreath from Grandinroad! I know that we are a few days early with our outdoor lights, but we took advantage of the nice weather this past weekend! Plus, the lights look so pretty!

-deciding which live Christmas tree to order from Maine!

-ordered Victory’s Christmas gifts — I will share more on this soon!

-gaining many more blog subscribers this month! Yay! Thank you to all of my blog readers!

Happy Monday!

Nov 21

‘The Middle’

‘The middle’ is where I have been spending a lot of my time with my long-term dog photography project. The “middle,” to me, are those long hours of creating that fall between the exciting beginning and the finale and the gratification of finishing. I have been working on this project consistently for almost two years now as of this winter, with a bit more work to complete. Biscuit was the inspiration for this project and this body of work will be dedicated to him in his great honor. To be succinct, Biscuit positively changed our lives forever.

It is easy to find joy in the completion of the accomplishment. However, at times, it is ‘the middle’ that I struggle with. The doing; the process; the working through the issues that arise; the daily work; and so on. There are days that things do not go as planned and unanticipated issues arise. However, no matter what, the need and desire never leaves me to keep pressing on. Some days showing up and working is easier than others. There are days where I just need a break, which helps brings a fresh perspective and breath of fresh air to the work. All the while, I am finding the joy in ‘the middle.’ I am focusing on how grateful I am to be able to work on this project, while meeting like-minded people. It really is a wonderful honor. So far, I have been so fortunate to have wonderful people helping me to bring this project to fruition, which will raise awareness and allows me to study the relationship between dog and human, a subject that I am very curious about. (I cannot wait to share more information upon the project’s completion). So, for all of you in ‘the middle,’ which is where we spend most of our lives, enjoy and savor ‘the middle.’

Nov 11

Happy Birthday, Nick!

Over the weekend, it was Nick’s birthday and he turned eight, we think! Nick, as most of you might know who have been following the blog, is my parents’ rescue papillon mix dog! My parents adopted Nick in August of 2011. In our family, we celebrate our furry family members’ birthdays (we most recently celebrated Victory’s birthday in October!) This year, we got Nick an assortment of bandannas for his birthday! Nick also got a new sweater from my parents, which he is wearing below. Last year, we got Nick an Orvis bed, and the year before, we got him an embroidered sweater! We are all for spoiling our furry family members!

Happy Birthday, Nick!

P.S. Here is a video of Nick!

Photo Credit: My parents.

Nov 3

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Photographs: My Sister’s Wedding

It is difficult to believe that it will be a month tomorrow since my sister, Kassie, got married at Greenfield Village at the Henry Ford Lovett Hall! Kassie looked beautiful and very happy on her wedding day! Everything turned out very beautifully. Below are some images from my sister’s wedding taken by Marc Williams, who photographed the wedding; I edited and curated the images shown below, creating a narrative of the wedding day. The wedding was elegant, timeless, and iconic, and these images shown below speak to this theme reflecting the highlights of the wedding day.

Additionally, here is a link to my images of the “getting ready” portion of the day along with a few wedding images as well!

Kassie and Jason, we are so happy for you and we can’t wait to see your honeymoon photographs from Spain, Morocco, England, and France!

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller

Below is a color image of the wedding party, illustrating the beautiful fall wedding colors.

Oct 20

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Snapshot: Honeymoon

Since we just celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary, and the blog was not in existence at the time we got married, I thought I would share some sights from our honeymoon. We went on a three and a half week honeymoon to France, Monoco, and Israel! It was wonderful! Below is a snapshot of our honeymoon!

France

Monaco

Israel

Oct 17

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Six Years In

Not only did we celebrate Victory’s Birthday this weekend, on Saturday we celebrated our six-year wedding anniversary! It is difficult to believe six years ago around this time we were getting married! Oh my goodness, the time is flying by! To celebrate, we went to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner and Doug surprised me by sending me a beautiful bouquet of fall colored roses, pictured below!

I cannot imagine my life without Doug by my side — he makes everything better and he is the most supportive and patient person I have ever met — truly a gift! I look forward to many, many, many more wonderful years together! I am very grateful and fortunate because each day with you is truly a gift. Happy Anniversary!

Oct 13

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Honoring Biscuit and Victory: A Special Tribute — A New Look for Biscuit’s Space

Today is a big and special day on the blog! Since we have had our little darling, Victory, for a year already as of October 12 (also Victory’s birthday), and because she is carrying on the ‘Biscuit’s Space’ name, we decided it was time to have Victory running next to her brother, Biscuit, on the blog’s header! We do not think that Biscuit would mind sharing the blog header with his sissy, Victory, because Biscuit would want us to showcase helping other shelties like himself receive a second chance at life, while promoting dog rescue — the spirit of Biscuit’s Space.

Over the summer I contacted Bee Johnson, who illustrated the original header last summer, in honor of Biscuit, and I asked her if she would be willing to illustrate and add our Victory to Biscuit’s right side of the blog header. In order to do this, I needed to get some good photos of Victory. However, it was tough to capture Victory running while looking at the camera like Biscuit because Victory is so quick on her feet! After a couple of days of trying to capture the right image, while on vacation, with Doug’s help running with Victory, I finally got the image of Victory in motion, in a similar stance to Biscuit, along with a few close up images of Victory’s face. These images, shown below, enabled Bee to create the illustration of our sweet Victory! We absolutely love the new blog header, capturing the essence of Biscuit’s Space, with our furbabies, Biscuit and Victory, shown below! Bee truly captured the essence of Victory and Biscuit!

Bee is very talented and she was wonderful and easy to work with on this project that is near and dear to our hearts! Thank you so much, Bee — you brought our little Victory to life and we love the results of your work! If you are looking for an illustration commission, I highly recommend working with Bee!

Please visit the blog to see the new blog header shown below!

Below are the images I captured, which Bee used to illustrate our sweet Victory!

Oct 8

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Snapshot: My Sister’s Wedding

My sister, Kassie, got married this past Saturday, October 4, 2014, at Greenfield Village at the Henry Ford Lovett Hall where the wedding ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception all took place! My sister looked gorgeous in her gown on her wedding day! The venue was also very beautiful with a very traditional, elegant, and iconic theme. The forecast called for rain; and fortunately, it did not rain and the sun came out just in time for the ceremony! It was a beautiful day!

Below is a snapshot of Kassie and Jason’s wedding, including the getting ready portion of the wedding day, which included nails, hair, and makeup! I am not a wedding photographer and I was not able to capture the entire day and the details of the wedding, as I was Kassie’s Matron of Honor, but hopefully my images below provides a preview of the wedding! Once we get images from the photographer, I can share more of this beautiful day!

Of course, our little Victory was part of the “getting ready” part of the wedding day! She kept us all company while we got our hair and makeup done! Unfortunately, she could not come to the wedding itself, but she stayed with Nick, my parents’ furry family member, and they seemed to do well together!

Kassie and Jason — we hope that you both are enjoying your wonderful honeymoon in Spain, Morocco, England, and France!

Oct 2

Wedding Celebration!

My sister, Kassie, is getting married very shortly! Therefore, I am going to sign off for a few days, and I will return next week! I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend! Below are photos of Kassie and I together as young kids!