Well I did it again – I totally neglected my blog for nearly three WHOLE months. Wow. I always think I am prepared for the sheer volume of shutter-clicks, late nights, design deadlines, plane rides, print orders, post office runs and various social, family and business events that come with the months of November + December, but yet again I was totally bowled over by the holiday season.I needed nearly the entire month of January to recover!
But here we are, February! I love this month… I just celebrated my birthday this week. It’s amazing how every year they seem less and less important. I was in San Francisco this time with two of my dearest friends, working the Dog is Good booth at the San Francisco Gift Show. If it weren’t for the celebratory cupcakes and super sweet gifts from my compadres (I totally scored – Nordies gift certificate, awesome photo frame and LUSH bath products *yay*) I might have forgotten it altogether.
Well, I take that back… with facebook, no one can forget it’s their birthday! Although, it is nice to see dozens of special greetings pop up all day online, some from people you haven’t even talked to in years. I should also note – Olivia and I share a birthday – pretty cool eh? We’re both Aquarius’ – I was sad to have been out of town for her sixth birthday (yes, she’s now 42 – nearly middle-aged! ) She’s gotten a bit lazier in her years, but is still regularly mistaken for a puppy. Love ya’ girl.
Ok so on to the FUN stuff!
Since I last wrote so much has happened that I am not even going to TRY to re-cap. Lots of trips to California, lots of photography, a move, lots of design – several exciting press debuts etc. etc. I am, however, going to post a few of my most recent puppy shoots this weekend. I have another puppy shoot scheduled on Monday (t’s definitely puppy season) and let’s face it – who isn’t excited about the prospect of squishy adorable puppy faces!? Yeah, that’s what I thought.
We also have a flurry of exciting announcements to share in the next month or so – so definitely get back in the habit of checking this blog again!
So… to quell your fears – no, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth and yes, I am still shooting like crazy.
In conclusion: photos… because every blog post should have them. These are some fun, random cell-phone moments from the past few months – please forgive the quality, my iphone is in failing health.
{ P.S. the photo at the top represents two of my favorite things in the whole world: sushi + Olivia – I indulged in a lot of both over the holidays 
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Cheers!
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This is Njala { Njala means “hunger” in Chichewa – this little guy was a gift from my dear Amy – he accompanied us to Malawai, Africa last fall }
This is SeaTac airport – feels like my second home. I often sit here and eat a bagel sandwich, sip a yerba mate latte, and make use of the free wifi!
My mac baby got sick during my busiest season ever – ahh! Now she’s all fixed up with a new logic board, new operating system + a CS4 upgrage – whew!
These are the inks we were testing as we screen-checked a new Dog is Good design. After hours of work we decided we didn’t like it + scrapped the whole project.
One of my favorite part of regular visits to LA — In N’ Out with my little Abby. It’s actually pretty amazing how fresh their fries are… and sooooo tasty!
The view from the ferry window on my way home to Whidbey Island for Christmas – glorious isn’t it? And this is a crappy camera phone photo. *swoon*
I am positive this is how I managed to avoid getting the great sickness of 2009 { swine flu, the plague, whatever – everyone was sick } Not me, thanks to Pho!
And finally – Palm Springs. Ahhhh. Every sunrise + sunset was more glorious than the last. Can you guess which is which?
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More soon my patient and loyal friends… xoxo
