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Dec 3

Wish Ball

Over the weekend, we went to Delaware to the Winterthur Museum to see the Downton Abbey Costume Exhibit and we also saw the Yuletide exhibit, with amazing Christmas trees. (I will share some more on our visit soon!) While at Winterthur, I purchased a wish ball, shown below. You must be sure of your wish, because once you write down your wish and roll it up and stick it in the globe, you cannot take your wish back! Your wishes will also remain private because one would have to crack the globe to view its contents. You can also simultaneously use the wish globe as a gratitude globe as well. I thought that this was a really neat idea! Yesterday, I made some wishes!

Happy Wednesday!

Dec 2

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Victory: Thanksgiving 2014

We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Victory had a great Thanksgiving! Here she is pictured on Thanksgiving morning going for her morning walk with her cute pink fleece and matching hat, that is a little crooked as she had just shook her entire body! Victory ate turkey for dinner instead of her kibble! During dinner, she placed herself squarely right between Doug and I to ensure she got enough turkey! She did try a little bit of mashed potatoes as well and Victory did not have any complaints! We also took Victory for her first trip to Annapolis over the weekend and she had a grand time! (I will share more on our adventure soon!)

Victory was “on” all weekend while family visited and now she is catching up on her sleep after much excitement! Victory loves her routine and when her routine changes from the norm, we think it is a bit scary for her.

Victory ordered her Christmas tree and she is going to help us decorate our tree when it comes in the mail from Maine in the next couple of days! This will be Victory’s first Christmas tree!

Happy Tuesday!

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 26

Howard County, Maryland Photography Commission: Maisey

Recently, I photographed Maisey, a thirteen-year-old Jack Russell Terrier, who was recently adopted a little over a month ago after her first family had to relinquish her. Maisey is quick on her feet and full of life! Below is my favorite image from the photography shoot.

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Happy Wednesday!

Nov 25

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Victory: Photography Project — 40

“My goal in lie is to become as wonderful as my dog thinks I am.” ~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.

Since Victory has been a part of our family for over a year now, we have had the opportunity to watch every season of the Sons of Anarchy with our Victory! This is the first series we will have watched in its entirety with Victory! We are so sad that this series is coming to an end in a couple of weeks. This is Doug’s favorite show! As such, Doug ordered Victory a Sons of Anarchy bandanna commemorating our time together watching an entire series together! Of course, Victory was very cooperative wearing her new bandanna!

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Happy Tuesday!

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 19

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Victory: Photography Project — 39

“When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.” ~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.

I few weeks ago, I had a photo shoot in northern Pennsylvania for my dog photography project. Doug and Victory came along with me and then we visited the campus at Penn State, where we had lunch at a place Doug recommended and we walked around the campus on a beautiful fall day; and luckily, there was not a home football game! (Doug drove us round trip!) Victory has now visited her first U.S. college campus! (Victory previously visited McGill University). Victory was all smiles; and all eyes were on Victory when I took her photograph at the Nittany Lion Shrine! Everyone loved Victory and wanted to pet her! Fortunately, Victory is a very agreeable gal as long as I hold her on my hip while people pet and fawn on her! Immediately after photographing Victory, a surprise marriage proposal happened! Also, Victory looked so tiny sitting next to the paw at the front of the Palmer Museum of Art! The weather was beautiful and we had a fun time together! Of course, before we left for home, we also got some ice cream, well six gallons to be exact, in dry ice, to take home from the Penn State Berkey Creamery — very good ice cream indeed! Victory had a wonderful time and she did really well in the car as usual! A few photographs from our outing are shown below!

Happy Wednesday!

Nov 18

Viewing Art at a Slower Pace

Doug and I enjoy going to museums. However, most of the time we are trying to pack as much in as possible to enable us to view as much art as possible. However, a recent New York Times article, The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum, suggests slowing down while visiting a museum.

“When you go to the library,” said James O. Pawelski, the Director of Education for the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania, “you don’t walk along the shelves looking at the spines of the books and on your way out tweet to your friends, ‘I read 100 books today!’”

Professor Pawelski…asks [his students] to spend at least twenty minutes in front of a single painting that speaks to them in some way. Twenty minutes these days seems like a long duration for most people. “But what happens, of course, is you actually begin to be able to see what you’re looking at,” he said.

So, the next time you step into a museum, allow yourself to be led by your intuition, and don’t be afraid to spend extra time on those pieces of art that interests you. I plan to practice this sentiment the next time I view art!

The image below is of the museum and gardens at Versailles in Paris, France.

Nov 17

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Announcing: The Newsletter

Today I am announcing my Newsletter! I have been wanting to have a newsletter for a while, and I finally got around to setting one up! My intention for the Newsletter is to share information, likely on a monthly basis (or when appropriate). I plan to share information about my long-term dog photography project; behind the scenes information; news; and other related topics that the Newsletter subscribers will get to preview first — one of the advantages to subscribing to the Newsletter! If you are interested in staying in touch and receiving additional information from me, please sign up for the Newsletter here!

Happy Monday!