Today is the one year Blogiversary of www.biscuitsspace.com the blog for Katherine Carver Photography! Technically the one-year anniversary was yesterday, February 3, 2013, but since I typically do not blog over the weekends, I figured today would be a good day to commemorate one year of blogging! It is difficult to believe that one year has already passed by! I have accomplished goals that I set to accomplish in 2012, and I am looking forward to accomplishing more goals in 2013!
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Below is little Biscuit in profile showing off his sheltie furs – a photograph taken just before dusk.
Below are some photographs of little Biscuit enjoying a winter walk! Biscuit is doing well. Although, we are still battling a staph infection in his left ear. We have him on medicine, and hope that it will clear up his infection. We have a follow-up appointment with the vet soon to make sure the medicine is helping his ear. Otherwise, Biscuit is in good spirits!
Biscuit had another good weekend! He accompanied us to dinner at a friend’s house Saturday night. In a rush, I forgot my camera to capture his smile. He was so happy to be out and about! Although Biscuit was exhausted when we arrived home and he slept in until nearly 10:00am on Sunday morning!
Biscuit “played” in the remaining snow that we have left on the ground this weekend. Below are a few photographs of Biscuit taken at dusk. Enjoy!
“Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams that you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words that you choose and their use establish the life you experience.” ~ Sonia Choquette
One little word for 2013. That is what I have been reflecting on over the past few weeks. My one little word for the year, 2013, is Create.
Create didactic images.
Create new intentions.
Create new dreams.
Create opportunities for growth.
Create and be open to new possibilities.
Create balance.
Create a place for peace and refuge in our forthcoming home.
1. to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
2. to evolve from one’s own thought or imagination, as a work of art or an invention.
I really like this one little word concept. The idea behind the one little word concept is to give yourself something to focus on throughout the year. A single word can be a powerful thing. It can be the ripple in the pond that changes everything. It can be sharp and biting or rich, soft, and slow.
My one little word this year is create. What do you do with this one little word? You live with it. You invite it into you life. You let it speak to you. You might even follow where it leads. There are so many possibilities.
This is the first year that I have selected one little word after reading about this concept. After reading about this concept, the word, “create” immediately came to mind, and I decided that this would be my word this year. I have written yearly goals in the past, and I still have written down my goals for this year, but I thought that I would try this approach and see where it leads, keeping the intention to create.
Also, if you are interested, check out this hand stamped jewelry by Lisa Leonard highlighting the one word concept!
What is your “one little word” for 2013? What do you want to accomplish or focus on in the coming year? I challenge you to create something, anything that will help you focus on your word in the coming year.
This past weekend the weather was gorgeous in the Baltimore – Washington, D.C. area. The temperatures were in the 50s, very warm, considering it is January! Doug and I wanted to take Biscuit out for some excursions since the weather was so nice outside, especially since during the winter months Biscuit cannot go to as many places with us due to the cooler weather. We first tried taking Biscuit to a couple of local dog parks, as we thought it might be fun for Biscuit. However, it did not go over well. We learned that Biscuit cannot be swarmed by other dogs, that it is too much for him to take. (Biscuit flashed his teeth when other dogs at the park got too close to him, in his space, letting us know that it was time to go!) So, our plan B included taking Biscuit on a couple of long walks, and that worked much better! Biscuit had a great time!
A few photographs from our walks this past weekend are shown below! Enjoy!
Do you see our little family of three in shadow in the image above?
I really like this quote by Susan Sontag, author of On Photography, a book that I previously read. “All photographs are memento mori. To take a photograph is to participate in another person’s (or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time’s relentless melt.”
Creating photographs is very prevalent today with the easy access to cameras on telephones, ipads, and easy access to digital cameras, producing images instantly, for no monetary cost, with the ability to easily share images electronically. Photography has very much changed since the invention of photography in the early 1800s, which is attributed to Nicephore Niepce. As a result, people are most likely taking more photographs now, compared to earlier times, when it was more cumbersome, time intensive, and required a greater financial investment to take and produce photographs.
Whether called “photography as art” or documentation, the camera’s images are increasingly part of our shared experiences. Our memory banks are filled with images that have a profound impact on us. It is important to preserve not only highlights in our lives, but also the ordinary, fleeting moments.
I have been drawn to photography because it creates a record in time forever preserved (at least as long as the photograph is preserved and/or as long as the digital negative is preserved).
Photographs freeze a slice in time that we want to preserve.
Photographs help us remember various times in our lives and history. See Dear Photograph for a neat perspective on photography – taking a picture of a picture, from the past, in the present.
Photographs allows one to create a body of art work.
Enjoy capturing and documenting what is important to you!
Biscuit is recovering after all of his Holiday travels! He slept the entire ride home! He has been sleeping a lot at home as well. However, Biscuit is beginning to get back into his routine as are we!
Today marks the two-year anniversary with our little Biscuit! The time has really flown by! Doug and I cannot imagine our lives without Biscuit. Biscuit has really helped us in so many ways. Our lives have been enriched ten-fold!
Biscuit came to us after being found on the streets of North Carolina malnourished, covered in urine, with a non-existent fur coat, and a ruptured ear drum. Soon after being found on the street, Biscuit was taken to a sheltie rescue, Sheltie Haven Sheltie Rescue, Inc., located in Frederick County, Maryland. We first met Biscuit on December 24, 2010, and decided to adopt him on the spot. However, because Doug and I had a trip planned over the Holiday, we could not pick Biscuit up and take him home until January 7, 2011.
When we first brought Biscuit to our house, he was very scared, and he would not leave his bed. Biscuit did not know the term, “potty,” but he quickly learned. (Biscuit still does not know his name, as it was given to him at the sheltie rescue, but he does fortunately know, “potty!”)
Doug and I had never had a dog before, so we decided to do dog training for several months with Holly Wallace, Your Spot Dog Training. This helped us get acclimated to having a new dog and Biscuit loved getting dog treats as a reward for his efforts! Biscuit now gives us the paw all the time indicating that he wants more kibble!
With time, Biscuit began to trust us, and he really liked (and still likes) his routine and predictable schedule. He never misses a beat — he knows when it is dinner time! We think that he has a little alarm go off in the early evening for dinner!
Biscuit has made more trips to Dr. Calvert, our vet, than we would like. We have to monitor his kidneys via blood work and urinalysis; and about every quarter, Biscuit has an ear infection — fortunately, the medicine clears up his ear infections. Due to Biscuit’s ruptured ear drum in his left ear, he is prone to ear infections. Luckily, Biscuit seems to be in really good spirits these days and his health is not worsening. Biscuit is actually running outside on his walks these days and we found out that Biscuit loves the snow! Perhaps his joint supplements for his arthritis in his legs are working!
Biscuit has been able to travel everywhere with us. He has been to Nova Scotia two times already! Fortunately, Biscuit travels well in the car. All of our trips are planned around little Biscuit. Doug spends a lot of time researching accommodations to ensure that Biscuit has a fun and safe trip! Our trips are always better with Biscuit!
Biscuit has been an inspiration to me to start photographing again. He is my muse; and sometimes I really think he knows what a camera is! We are so blessed to have Biscuit! Please consider rescuing and adopting an animal today!
Below is a video commemorating Biscuit’s two-year anniversary with us! We hope for many more wonderful years with Biscuit!
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