Let the Celebration Continue

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Marquie

Image of Petal standing underneath a happy birthday banner and looking straight into the camera.

As you may now from recents posts, Petal turned five on Saturday! I had to work but we still celebrated with presents, snuggles and a walk, followed by a photo shoot on Sunday. I wanted the celebration to continue, so … Continue reading →

Black and White Sunday: 5

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Marquie

Black and white image of Petal looking at the camera with a Happy Birthday banner visible in the background.

Today we’re participating in the Black and White Sunday blog hop hosted by Dachshund Nola and Sugar The Golden Retriever. Thank you Nola and Sugar!

It’s Petal’s Birthday!

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Marquie

Image of Petal when she was a tiny little two month old puppy.

Today was a busy day. That’s why this post is being posted so late. But I couldn’t just skip posting today because today is Petal’s birthday. This sweet, tiny little fluff ball of a baby, is five years old today … Continue reading →

Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Marquie

Watch out for ghosts, goblins, witches and vampires!

My happy girl

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Marquie

Another sepia image of Petal looking happy and content as she trots, or practically skips, over to me.

Petal is such a happy, bubbly dog. Even her walk is. I swear she often looks like she’s skipping. I’ve had a few other people compliment her walk too, so I’m not just being biased (okay, maybe a little ;)). … Continue reading →

Never Camera Shy

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Marquie

Lassie was never camera shy. From the time I got him, as two month old ball of fuzz, I was taking pictures of him. My family took pictures of him, strangers took pictures of him. I lost count of how many strangers have pictures of my Lassie. He was just so photogenic! I would pull out my camera and he would look to the side with a majestic and pensive look about him. Occasionally though he would be really goofy when the camera came out, poking his nose against it or getting reallyyyy close to it. It never failed to either crack me up or irritate me. Usually it made me laugh especially after seeing the silly picture I got out of his goofy ways.

Extreme close up of Lassie's handsome face.

Such a goof. I love that you can see his tail wagging; he really enjoyed getting up in the camera.

I think it’s safe to say that my all time favorite sequence of goofy close up photos are these three:

Christmas photo of Lassie and a Petal, taken in 2012. Lassie scoots closer to the camera, putting himself into focus.

Our 2012 Christmas photos. Lassie started inching closer to the camera…

Lassie moves even closer to the camera and Petal has to lean to the side to remain in the frame.

This one makes me laugh every time, Petal is literally leaning to the side to try and stay in the frame/keep her focus on me even though Lassie is trying to block her.