Sneak Peek with Toby, Lola, and Boo!

I first photographed Toby and Lola almost two and half years ago, when Lola was a wee pup of only 4 months. I had so much fun with them and I was thrilled that they agreed to let me come back for another shoot when PBS was doing a piece on Furrie Fotographie. You can just imagine how excited I was when their mom asked me to come back again! Toby is as handsome as ever and Lola has grown up! Plus they have added a couple family members. Boo is a gorgeous and soft black kitty... and their mom just got married two days before the photo session so they have a wonderful, loving daddy now too!

Lola and Toby, taking turns lounging in the chair.


Boo!


Lola, ready to jump for a tree limb!


Toby, worn out...


And the whole family!

Foxy Roxy and Razzle Dazzle

Rox and Raz are beautiful kitties who came into their mom's life when she needed them most and they needed her as well! They actually live in Tennessee but spend summers with mom and their grandparents in Jacksonville.

Mom is a vegan and the kitties normally also follow the rules but their grandparents like to spoil them (of course!). Here we see Roxy's reaction to the opened can of salmon and shrimp wet cat food!


And posing pretty. I love her beautiful tortoiseshell coloring!


Raz liked to be petted but was not thrilled with my camera. We hung out for awhile and she finally relaxed enough to let me get this pretty shot of her looking out the screened patio. Check out the tufts of fur on the tips of her ears... fabulous!


She is really a gorgeous kitty, like her sister!

I enjoyed my afternoon with Rox and Raz! Hope you enjoy the photos! : )

Gordo's Sneak Peek

Last weekend I met Morris Gordo the cat!
Gordo was a bit on the shy side and even after petting him, giving him a handknit catnip mouse, and even feeding him some treats he still wanted to squish himself under the entertainment center like this:


But with more time and coaxing, Gordo decided maybe I was kinda okay enough to go into his tube. These tubes are fabulous! I know my two kitties love their tube too. Gordo's even matches his gorgeous fur!


Here Gordo gives me a pensive look. Or at least I think he looks pensive... maybe he looks like he is plotting!


"At last! The windowsill! The perfect place to be protected... sandwiched between the couch and the window. No one will bother me here... wait! Is that beeping black thing back?!!?"


And definitely one of my favorites... Gordo gets up the gumption to almost sniff the lens!


Hopefully Gordo is back to his relaxed self and is enjoying the capnip mousie I made to complement his beautiful orange fur! Thanks Gordo for letting me come spend some time with you! : )

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Sitting in the office...

with nothing to do. We are having tile put in the living room and have to keep the animals away from the area. So the kitties are in the bedroom and I'm sitting in the office with the three pups. I've read some, played on Facebook and Twitter, and ate a jillion pancakes. Now I'm posting photos from my trip to Kansas City back in July. I have a ton of shots from my sister's amazing garden but those will come in a later post. For now...

This is my sister. Behind her camera. Taking photos with me in her garden. She's a Nikon girl and I'm a Canon girl... lol! Notice the fabu Trendy Strap she's wearing too. I'm such a nice sister. I won it last year and gave it to her so she could have a fun camera strap too!


And this is my sister and her husband and me... at IHOP for breakfast! : )


And last but never, ever least in my world...
My nephew Qwerty and my niece Macintosha!
Qwerty:




Mac:


Mac on the left and Q on the right:


These two are crazy at night (just like my two) so they aren't allowed in Joni and Justin's bedroom. They were allowed in mine! : )


And I leave you with a teaser for the upcoming garden photos...

Sugar and Spike and everything...

Nice!
This shih tzu and kitty duo certainly live up to their names and more! They were sweet and playful and fun...
It's not very often that people call me to have their kitty photographed but I love cats (we have two of them to go along with the three pups) so I was really looking forward to meeting Sugar! Spike I had met briefly once before at the Bark Park grand opening but I knew it would be even better without the distraction of a million dogs running about. And I definitely couldn't wait to see these two buds playing together!

I brought along one of my knitted catnip mice which Sugar immediately claimed as her own...


... even though Spike did his best to steal it from her!


I think Spike has a lot in common with my pooch, Apple. They both really like cat toys... and "torturing" their kitty sisters! The bottom photo of these two cracks me up! The look on Sugar's face is priceless!


And a collage of the day!

Sneak Peek!

I had the wonderful opportunity to take photos of Flemish Giant Bunnies this weekend... little did I know how many furrie friends I would really get to meet! I just hope I remembered everyone! ; )

When I first drove up I was greeted by Sheba, a 12 year old Schipperke who loved being rubbed but did NOT like the big black beeping camera! I managed to get a couple shots of the cutie pie anyway:


Left... I love her cute little teeth! Right... talkin' to her daddy!


Then we went in the house where I met the sweetest long haired tuxedo kitty. I loved her fluffy boots on her back legs! Boots is 19 years old and a total love bug not to mention a model! She even has a beauty mark!


On to the reason for my visit... the Flemish Giant Bunnies. There are four in this family! Smokey is just over a year old. He's the only one who is full grown right now... and weighs in at 22 pounds! Smokey was allowed out in the yard but he never went far from the pen with his girls!


To give you a better idea of his size:


Nosey and Sugar are only four months old and have lots of growing to do. Their mom told me that they will be even bigger than Smokey eventually!








And the last of the FGB family is Shebit! Shebit got her name because Sheba has decided she is HER baby! Shebit is just under two months old and the most adorable black bunny ever! I liked to tease her that she had the 80's side ponytail going on... one of her ears flops over! She will most likely grow into her ears but I loved it!


After all that time with the bunnies, I was told there was yet another recently purchased calico bunny out in the barn. Of course I wanted to see her!


And guess what? That calico bunny is a new momma! She had just one baby four days earlier! Baby bun is soooo tiny and still has her eyes shut!


As I oogled the baby and her mom, the door behind me was opened to show off more babies! When I told my husband about them and he saw these photos, he wanted to know why I didn't stick one in my Shootsac to bring home!


And of course if you are going to have a dog and a cat and bunnies and chickens... you might as well throw in some horses for good measure!


This fella didn't belong to this family but he wanted some attention. I couldn't stop laughing at his baying barks so I ran over to the fence to give him a pat on the head!

EDIT: I was wrong! The beautiful basset BoBo IS part of the family. He is their son's dog... so their grand-doggie!

People think I live in a zoo with just the three dogs and two cats... but this family is AWESOME! I hope someday I can have as many animals around me as they do! : D

My apologies

I'm so sorry I've been away so long. Things have been very stressful in my personal life... but now we are finally in our first home!! I have a few photos of the monsters in our new BACKYARD but I haven't done anything with them yet.
In the meantime, here are a couple shots.
Max at the dog park down the street from the HOUSE!
And Clem playing possum on the chair in the new living room!!


If you want to see the latest knitting projects, you'll have to go see my other blog. : )

By request...

Hannah likes my Clementine!
I have more photos on my camera from today... Clem enjoys burying herself under the blankets so when I slide in trying to keep warm while reading my book, she's there to attack those moving legs! I haven't uploaded those just yet but in the meantime, here are a couple more photos I took of the new kitty!

She thought she was safe on the table...

But Uni knows how to climb too...

Please note that these two are now getting along famously! They chase each other and wrestle and play... and sleep next to each other on the couch! : )


Queen of the Table!!


Chris, the husband, and I made a quick trip to the Jacksonville Zoo yesterday morning. They were having a members only preview of the new Asian Gardens and the KOMODO Dragon!! I took photos... of course! And I'll try to get them up this week! The garden is gorgeous and the KD's are neat!

Meet Clementine...

my Valentine!






Chris and I got her from Lucky Cat, a rescue group here in Jacksonville. It's the same organization from which I adopted Uni too! She's our V-Day present to each other. : )
Isn't she pretty?!?!
I just hope Uni stops hissing at her soon...

Clementine says Happy Valentine's Day!!