Goodbye Sweet Fella

"I'll lend you for a little time a friend of Mine," He said,
"For you to love the while he lives and mourn for when he's dead,
It may be ten or eleven years, or maybe two or three,
But will you, till I call him back, take care of him for Me?
He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and shall his stay be brief
You'll have his lovely memories as solace for your grief.

"I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there I want this friend to learn.
I've looked the wide world over in my search for protectors true
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes I have selected you.
Now will you give him all your love, nor think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call to take him back again?"

I fancied that I heard them say, "Dear Lord, Thy will be done."
For all the joy Thy friend shall bring, the risk of grief we'll run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may
And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay;
But shall the angels call for him much sooner than we've planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand."


-----Adapted from a poem by Edgar Guest-1938

Today is a really hard day. Our sweet, sweet Cima left us last night. He suffered from an ailment common to large breed dogs, whereby their stomach actually twists. It happens very quickly, 30 min in Cima's case and is fatal. One hour we had a happy dog and the next we were loosing him. Cima, a.k.a fella, guppa, gu (pronounced like the gu in guppie), seba, seba do and sepa, was an amazing dog with such huge personality. He made me and Chris laugh on a daily basis. He was a big part of our lives and we already miss him dearly.

Rest in Peace our sweet boy.

The Simpson's in the Park

I just love this time of year with all the gorgeous colors and the yummy warm light. I had a lot of fun shooting this family. The youngest boy was such a HAM! He was soooo excited about throwing leaves in the air and running through them, that he just couldn't handle all the excitement and had to do this HILARIOUS happy dance after we were done. I just want to say a big THANKS to the Simpson's for a fun shoot.

Out of Town

I'm heading to New York City for the PDN photo plus expo and conference, so if anyone needs to reach me, I will return (and be reachable) on Monday, October 22nd.

Cheers!

Whitney & Robert Wedding-Memory Grove

Dave's Yellow Ghia

Tagged.....Twice

So there is this thing going around where if you get tagged you have to list several random facts about yourself, and I was tagged twice, so here it goes.

1. My favorite movie when I was young was the Labyrinth with David Bowie...I still like it. I also loved Willow with Val Kilmer.

2. My favorite animal is the Dolphin. I have a Dolphin tattoo to prove it.

3. I wanted to be a Veterinarian before I wanted to be a Photographer.

4. I love, love, love good SUSHI

5. I wish I knew how to play the piano....I plan on learning some day. I also wouldn't mind learning the guitar.

6. You can always catch me singing to my favorite songs (this is probably related to my desire to learn the piano) and I am much less timid when I'm by myself.

7. My Great Great Uncle was Roald Amundsen. He was the first man (along with a team) to go to the South Pole (try googling him....it's pretty cool).

8. My middle name, Anne, was given to me by my father. He had a re-occuring dream about a woman named Anne whom he believed was one of his guardian angels.

9. I learned to ski about 5 years ago and I love it, but I am still afraid of speed and crashing which is most likely due to the fact that I don't go enough :)

10. I absolutely love the Mountains, but I prefer the Ocean. All of my greatest childhood memories happened on the Northern California Coast (Monterey Bay).


So now that you all know me a little better, I guess its my turn to tag. Since everyone I know has been tagged already, I am only going to tag two people, and those lucky people are Lisa Ogden and Erika Larson

Cheers!

Our First Anniversary

My, my, my, how time flies. Tommorow is our one year anniversary. Everything about the day was absolutely perfect. The weather was beautiful and the setting was amazing. To celebrate, we wanted to be in the canyon, however, since there is no lodging in Millcreek Canyon, we will be staying the evening at the Cliff Lodge, Snowbird. These photos are courtesy of my amazing friend and rockstar photographer, Kate Benson.