HOME!!

THANK you EVERYone...Synnie is home. Thank you Donna, thank you Zoe!!!!!!!

He is exhausted, tired and thirsty...his nose is a crusty and dry, and he has a gash below his ear. But he is HOME!! He isn't acting like himself but I'm sure it's just the stress of what he went through.

I slept on the floor of the livingroom last night with the front door open and the kibble by my pillow. I spent the wee hours of the morning just staring down our front hallway 'willing' him home. When he wasn't home by 6am, I was beginning to have doubts.

Then I got a call from my very dear friend, who offered to come right over and help me look. We walked up and down the street with a can of tuna, a plate of tuna, two bags of treats and a fork. We picked up a cute orange friend along the way, but no Syn Syn...

Donna asked if I had checked the back yard. Well I had called and called and called last night and did my best to search with a flashlight, but I hadn't been back yet this morning.

I live in a 3 story old Victorian and the middle level back deck is where the recycling + trash for the whole building is located. Donna pulled back one of the 8 giant trash bins and saw a fluff of grey!!! Then I heard him...tiny strained mewwww. I have never cried so hard in utter relief and happiness. I stuffed my face in his soft furr and hugged him hard and then hugged Donna as I sobbed harder.

So we are both exhausted but happy, home and together. He had two scary nights out on his own, I am hoping that was enough to take the 'excitement' out of the great outdoors.

I know I must have seemed like a crazy person. But my furry children are just that, my children. And they don't have Amber Alerts for cats yet.

THANK YOU for putting up with my one million multi-media posts!!

LOVE YOU PUMA! :)

HELP find my kittie PLEASE

This is such a long shot I know..but it's 1am and I do not know what else to do. I feel like I should be out searching, but I can't search anymore tonight. My kittie is missing. He would be in the neighborhood of NW Savier & 28th in Portland. He got out last night and is probably very 'wild' by now.

He is 13 years old and has NEVER been outside longer than a couple of hours. He is my Angel.. please if you could repost in anyway. I need him home NOW.

(please also see the post here titled "a hard days nap" he is the grey one with green eyes. His name is Synnie. Syn syn. Synnie winnie minnie. Little grey.)

please god bring him home...my heart is breaking.

cooper's gift

So way back when...I'm gonna say maybe 3 months ago I met this sweet man. We chatted, hung out, drank coffee, got caught in that FREAK-ish storm that sneezed all over Portland. In general became friends. Then I found out he had a cute mixed breed dog named Cooper and my mind started on overdrive.

See I have the most AMAZING vet. Dr. Chang of Vet to Pet {503.757.6124} ...Yes she actually comes to you! She and I have been working with the team at Lettuce to produce a sweet new website and the only thing I had left to photograph was Dr. Change examining a mixed breed pup. Hello!

I will post those images soon, but for now....

As a thank you to Micheal + Cooper we did a itsy bitsy teeny tiny mini session after we finished up with Dr. Chang.

I'll think you'll agree they are both handsome as can be.

Thank you both SO much!!!!!! Hugs...{the manly kind}

First Thursday with Dog-atude!

Summer has arrived and so has my perma-grin!

I 'suffer' through the nine months of grey + cool for this yummy sun and these perfect temps. Portland is awash with smiling faces and WAY too many fun things to do.

The one that puts a giddy in my 'yup is First Thursdays in the Pearl. They are the perfect nightcap to a Portland Summer's day. This first Thursday (7/2) I will be hanging out with the ever amazing Theresa at Dogstar. Dogstar a full service dog/cat boarding + day care + grooming + FABU-LOS retail store located at 1313 NW Kearney in the Pearl District

Theresa will be unveiling new artwork, will have plenty of wine for sipping, treats for the pups + I am giving a FREE e-portrait for every pup that has their human sign up for the monthly newsletter. We will also be raffling off a full 'Dog In the City' photo session-including $300 print credit + Dogstar gift certificates!!!!

So come on by...bring the furr babies an join us in what will be a paw slappin' good time.

{NEED a dose of cute? Come snuggle a kitten...she has those too. Heck take one home with you and make it the night your family grew by 1!}

Adoption rules!

I just came back, and when I say just I mean 6 hrs ago, from photographing make-me-talk-way-too-high, get-caught-in-your-heart adorable kittens. My very kind & wonderful friend is fostering a litter of unwanted babies and they are just about ready to find their forever homes.

I walked out of there in awe at what & how much Zoe is willing to give to the animals. What she is doing is amazing! While working essentially three jobs, (and right now she is very ill) she takes in the unwanted adoptable cats and kittens of Portland. She has helped so many that I have actually lost count of how many sick animals she has nursed back to health. She is in my mind, the animals patron saint.

The babies she has now are the MOST adorable of adorables. They were bottle fed for weeks and are now being weaned to solid food. Like a mama kitty that is DONE nursing, Zoe gives a little hiss to let the babies know that bottle time is over. Tummies get filled with the food in the bowls now. {gotta love a girl that can hiss}

So now it's up to you...these sweet innocents need someone to love them. Is that you? Are you ready to grow your family? If so, please leave me a comment and I will hook you up with the info to get all the kitten-ee goodness you can handle. {kittens are available for adoption through Pixie Project}

COME AND GET 'EM!!!!

Thank you & remember to spay and neuter!