Posts from the ‘Victory Photography Project’ Category

Victory: Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!  I cannot believe how quickly this year is flying by that it is already Halloween!  Victory was a ladybug last year, and this year she is a monarch butterfly (I love butterflies — and her costume seemed fitting due to all the positive changes that Victory has experienced this year, similar to a butterfly!)  She looks adorable in her costume shown below.  She is going to help pass out candy to the trick or treaters tonight!

Last weekend, we took Victory to the pumpkin patch!  She had a great time!  We could only find one pumpkin patch located in Delaware, after looking in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, that would permit a furry friend after checking websites and making many calls in order to find a pumpkin patch that we could all go to!  We are so glad that it worked out!  We had fun, Victory had fun, and the weather was just gorgeous!

Doug is carving our pumpkin this year for Halloween so stay tuned on Instagram!  Enjoy the photos below!

P.S. Here are links to pumpkins carved by Doug last year and the year before!

Happy Friday!

Victory: Photography Project — 36

“Every once in a while a dog enters your life and changes everything.” ~Unknown

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

Over the weekend, I had a photo shoot for my long-term dog photography project at Great Falls Park, and Doug and Victory came along too!  We had never been to Great Falls Park (we visited the Virginia side); it was very pretty and the falls were gorgeous!  Victory had a great time!  Below are a few images capturing our outing together!

Happy Friday!

Victory: A Birthday Celebration — 3 years!

This past Sunday, October 12, 2014, marked twelve months since we adopted our little Victory!  We decided to make October 12 Victory’s birthday — the day we went to Michigan and adopted our sweet girl.  (We took the same approach with Biscuit’s birthday.)  Victory was likely one to two years old when we adopted her, per the Michigan Sheltie Rescue.  Thus, we are making October 12 her third birthday!

For Victory’s birthday we purchased some fun and colorful decorations and a party hat for Victory in honor of her birthday!  Doug made her sheltie shaped and bone shaped dog biscuits, and we lit a candle in the biscuits for her birthday (Doug made a wish and blew out the candle for Victory!)  Victory loved her birthday dog biscuits!  Victory looked adorable on her birthday!  Victory had a fun birthday and she enjoyed being over fed!  She tolerates all of my ideas very well!

For Victory’s birthday, we gave her some new toys — she loves to hoard and play with her toys!  Her Grandma and Grandpa in Michigan (my parents) gave her an adorable pink sweater (Victory looks good in pink!) to wear this fall along with a toy and a cookie treat!  Thank you!  Victory loved all of her gifts!  Below are some fun photos of Victory on her birthday!  Enjoy!

Victory: Photography Project — 35

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.  And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” ~Dali Lama

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

This past weekend we went to Michigan for my sister’s wedding.  The long weekend went very quickly, which comprised a bachelorette dinner; nails; a rehearsal and a rehearsal dinner; hair and makeup; the wedding; and a brunch the following morning after the wedding!  However, even though Victory and Nick (my parents’ furry family member) were not permitted at the wedding venue, they were still part of the wedding festivities.  My Dad and I coordinated getting special collars to get Victory and Nick ready for the wedding festivities!  Victory was a part of the “getting ready” portion of the day, which included hair and makeup, while Nick walked around the house keeping an eye on everything and spending time with his Daddy — his favorite person!  The following morning, during the brunch, Victory and Nick looked really cute together wearing their special collars!  A photo of the two of them are shown below.  Compared to everyone who attended the brunch on Sunday morning, I think that Victory and Nick were both the most well-rested!  Don’t they look cute together!

On another note, there will be a very special unveiling on the blog on Monday!  I am so excited to share with all of you!

Happy Friday!

Victory: Photography Project — 34

“They motivate us to play, be affectionate, seek adventure, and be loyal.” ~Tom Hayden

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

On our vacation we took Victory boating since we were staying in a lake house with these beautiful views below.  We were not sure if she was going to like the water since she can do without bath time that she receives about once a month!  However, to our surprise, Victory loved the canoe and she placed herself at the bow of the canoe when we went canoeing!  She loved it and she smiled the entire time, evidenced in the images below!  We went out pretty far on the lake, and made it back to the dock safely, i.e, we did not flip the canoe!  I highly recommend the life jacket from RC pets.  It fit her really well and she looked great!

Happy Tuesday!

Victory: Photography Project — 33

“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.” ~Unknown

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

This year, our vacation began in Manchester, Vermont, where we took our precious Biscuit in the spring of 2013.   We took Victory to the Orvis flagship store in Manchester, Vermont.  Upon arriving home, I later realized that I had similar photographs of Biscuit and Victory at the Orvis Flagship Store where Biscuit was the Orvis Cover Dog Winner and Centerfold and represented the Orvis Petfinder Commitment supporting and promoting dog rescue! (Plus, Manchester is extremely dog friendly with great places to shop! Victory went into all of the stores with us, including the dressing rooms!)  The people at Orvis remembered us and were sad to learn of Biscuit’s passing.  We introduced our little Victory and we had a great time together!  Victory had fun trying out (picking out) the Orvis dog beds and trying on her new Orvis coat!  We made many happy memories!  Below are images of our fur babies and lovies, Biscuit and Victory, side by side, taken at the same place approximately fifteen months apart.

Happy Friday!

Victory: Photography Project — 32

“He speaketh not, and yet there lies a conversation in his eyes …” ~Unknown

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

Well, since returning from vacation, Victory was in dire need of a bath!  I am never really able to capture a bath in photos as it takes both Doug and I to bathe her and she is a quick escape artist!  However, below are some photos of Victory post bath, a little wet, and still looking beautiful!  Also, while in Quebec, we got Victory a handmade bath robe, shown below — I mean, really, what furry friend shouldn’t have a bath robe!  (Victory was a bit tired after the bath shown below.  We think the naths wear her out.)  Victory also got some other goodies while on Vacation including a new Orvis bed; Orvis coat; a sweater; and booties for the rain and snow (she can walk in her new booties as we tried them out first!)

Happy Tuesday!

Victory: Photography Project — 31

“Dogs leave paw prints on your heart” ~W.R. Purche.

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

Victory is sporting her Doggles.  We actually got her two pairs (two different sizes) and we are not sure which ones actually feels better on her!  She is wearing two different pairs in the images below!  We are going to take both pairs on vacation!  She sure does look cute and she did not even try to take them off with her paws!

Happy Monday!

Victory: Photography Project — 30

“Everyone thinks they have the best dog.  None of them are wrong!” ~W.R. Purche.

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

We took Victory to Delaware again and the photos below were taken at the University of Delaware.  Victory did pretty well walking along the sidewalks with us.  (She often gets quite anxious in new situations.)  Then, we went to one of our favorite restaurants, the Iron Hill Brewery!  Victory loved going out to dinner with us!   Doug, of course, shared his chicken with Victory!  By the time we got home, little Victory was exhausted and she slept in until 9:30 a.m. the following morning!

Happy Monday!

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“Friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest…It’s about who came and never left your side.” ~Unknown.

Beginning in January of this year, I began a weekly photography project with my muse, Victory!  I will continue to share this project on the blog!  I have also been documenting Victory’s milestones so to speak each month — you can read these here!  I think that it is fun to document all of Victory’s changes, while preserving fleeting moments and memories.

Last week, we had some evenings that were really nice outside.  I decided to take Victory out in her Hound About!  Victory loves her Hound About as much as Biscuit loved his Hound About!  We walked all over the neighborhood.  Victory stood up the entire time and smiled ear to ear, while poking her head out of the front opening of the Hound About!  Needless to say, she slept really well that night!  We are happy that the Hound About has brought so much joy!

You can see some of Victory’s faces that she made as she sat in her Hound About just prior to going on our walk together!

Happy Monday!