A little while ago, we went down to St. George, and Drew did some work on my brothers house.
Here is the trim around the windows.
Drew also did beautiful wainscoting down their hallway, but I need Michael to send me finished pictures of that.... K Mike?
Doesn't your heart just melt seeing that picture with Caesar in it!? Darling!
We invested in a camera, in hopes of being able to further promote our work.
We purchased a Nikon D90. Wow, there are a lot of buttons. Figuring out the manual mode has been challenging and fun.
These are some pictures I took at work the other day, when we were able to go out and enjoy the awesome weather.
If anyone has any advice on camera settings, functions and lenses, I would love to hear some advice. I'm not going to be a photographer, but nice pictures of our lives and work will be needed.
Can't get enough of this dog!
So, here's to clearer, brighter, sharper blog posts!
I don't know that I ever remember a longer winter! Oh My Word!
We decided to go for a little walk around the block, to wear the pooches out, and I could practice the settings on my camera! Finally starting to get a hold of the manual setting. There are a lot of settings!
Can you guess which direction we were headed?
I'm sure you can tell, but we are completely taken by this little girl... Who in this picture looks like a Greater Swiss Mountain Dog.
She has been a total dream puppy, sleeping through the night, not skittish, but don't aggressive. She has been man handled and loved to death!
But look how sweet she is!!!!! Get real! Beautiful!
She is a bird dog at heart! This duck knows who's boss!
The newest member of the Redd Family is little Johnny! Isn't he a doll?
Little Johnny is a little bit naughty, he decided to get an infection... Then pneumonia.... Then Jaundice... Little stinker. He'll be in the NICU for seven days while he gets his rounds of antibiotics.
But he sure is cute! With his dad's nose and mom's chin! Love him already!
After a visit with my tiny nephew, it was off to introduce Polly to her cousins! To say the loved her is an UNDERSTATEMENT! I don't think her feet touch the floor!
Seriously, even when they put her down to sleep, she was placed on the coffee table, but kindly given a blanket!
Cleo got her fair share of loving!
Cleo got her own, hex nut collar, and she looks smashing! I'm gathering my ideas for an etsy shop and these collars may make the list!
Cleo snuggled with her dad, so the puppy wouldn't out do her for affection.
And Polly sends you off with a wink and a smile!
Meet Polly!
We weren't sure we could get another dog. Losing Caesar was just too hard. But Cleo was so lonely. Then we saw this face, and that was that.
Polly is our 8 week old Bench Bred, English Springer Spaniel Puppy! And she is a dream.
She has the most laid back, yet playful personality. She loves to cuddle, and sleeps through the night! A miracle!
And that face! Have you seen anything sweeter?
After we lost Caesar, I started looking for Great Dane art work. We didn't have the best camera, so pictures of him may be plentiful, however pitiful. There are some interesting Dane pictures out there. And then I was stopped dead in my search, when not only did I find a great painting of a Dane, but it WAS Caesar! Every detail down to his crook ear! Seriously, this artist Judith Stein, must have summoned Caesar for a muse. Those of you who had the pleasure of meeting Caesar, tell me, is this not his portrait?
Needless to say, this 11"x15" portrait is ours! Now to find the perfect frame!
The crafting bug is still in full force!
These coasters are made our of magazine pages, rope and change. I need to seal them, and then thinking that I may want to try and sell them. Similar ones can found online, but you never know, the coin in the middle may catch someone's eye. That little beauty was from my own little mind!
And then came this hassle! I had this "genius" idea to make a piece of art out of Pantone chips.... Boy was that an epic nightmare... One by freaking one, I cut out the colors, and then one by freaking one, I glued those little beasts onto the board.... In. Way. Over. My. Head. That was my mantra while working on this beauty. Now that it's done, after I put it in the corner and glared at it for a week because my thumb was callused from the Hair scissors I was using (only ones I could find), and my fingertips burned from countless glue gun mishaps. I quite like it.
I painted mat board gold, and need to paint the frame gold. I might also recruit Drew to to cut some crown moulding to out around the one inch frame, to give it more bulk! What do you think? You likey?
P.S. Kami, those clear pictures are for you!
