Cat Fest 2009 Denver Dumb Friends League

I just got accepted to set up "shop" at the Cat Fest 2009 with the Denver Dumb Friends League July 11th 10-3pm! Here is the Denver Dumb Friends League website: http://www.ddfl.org/. I really love this organization because they do so much for the community and their facility is Top-Notch. The animal's well-being ALWAYS comes first...they rock (end of story).
I will be taking pictures of cats who stop by the booth so please bring your kitty (I have a hair and makeup person on staff for this event - ha, ha). Also if you book a "Close to Home Package" then 5% of the proceeds goes to the Denver Dumb Friends League to help other kitties that need warm and safe homes!

I hope to see everyone there! Now who should I showcase in my booth....choices....choices... ;-) Any suggestions?

Henry & Chloe on the Scene!

Are you a “Diva” or a “Lighthearted” Soul? An exquisite “Diva”, Chloe and the “Lighthearted” Soul, Henry walked into my life last week. The beginning of the morning started off with Henry trying to figure a way back into his Natalie’s bedroom so he could curl up in a little warm ball under her bed away from this new “stranger danger” in his house.




Chloe took one look at me and decided that she might consider “tolerating” my existence for the hour (what a Diva!). I once heard this quote and it is very applicable to Chloe, “Dogs have Owners and Cats have Staff”. I have a tortoise myself and understand the high standards they expect of their “staff” (which includes other cats or dogs in the house too!).




Henry decided that he needed to hide but I had a few tricks up my sleeve...






And of course - I have to add an ear pic in here. I have an "unhealthy" addiction to the sensation of cold cat ears!


After introducing toys with feathers and cat-nip bananas everyone calmed down a bit. Of course at the end of the session, guess who curled up in a little warm ball under Natalie’s bed?

Enzo, Ellie, Buddy, Charlie and Matzo in Boulder!

Did you ever feel that you had to separate your heart FIVE different ways (yes, FIVE!)? Jamie does it every day with her sweet and highly eclectic group of 5 dogs in beautiful Sunshine Canyon in Boulder County. I dubbed her home “dog heaven” with incredible views of the mountains, lots of room to chase your tail and even a place to get a little exercise in the doggie obstacle course down the hill.

The lineup includes: Enzo, a Brussells Griffon, and quite the ham. He is ALWAYS ready for a closeup and would like to be involved with anything the bigger boys are doing.

Ellie- Dutch Shep mix, a quote from their owner, “kinda like a junkyard dog”. She is a 14 year old sweetheart that Jamie saved from a shelter in Florida (she was in the shelter for 6 years until Jamie saved her!). She keeps her distance but always has a kiss ready for Jamie.




Buddy is an American Bulldog “X- big mooselike” according to Jamie. She was spot on! He is a big lover that plays “WUBBA” ALL DAY if he could! (I love the wrinkles on his back legs!)




Charlie, a Golden Retriever, has a heart of gold (what golden doesn’t?). He spent the morning bounding between the rocks, chewing on sticks that were WAY TOO BIG for him and digging random holes with Enzo.




Our last (and most shy) was Matzo. She is a Staffordshire Bull terrier, “low rider weight-pulling dog” according to Jamie. Jamie rescued her from an owner who left her in a “backyard to rot”. She had no intention of letting me even get 10 feet near her! She kept an eye on me the whole time. I needed to get out the long lens for her to even get a shot! I did get maybe 5 shots after I climbed in between some boulders. She came right up to the other side of the boulders and posed – it was so perfect!




What an amazing group of pooches! Now I still need to figure out how Jamie can separate her heart 5 ways when each dog could easily fill one person’s heart completely…

Fresh & New

Yes - switching over to a new blog name is like starting over...a fresh start....opening a new bag of seafood-favored dog treats (I actually prefer the bacon-favored ones - maybe because I have a slight obsession with Ready-To-Eat Bacon). It is so good....when it touches your lips... Anyway - I feel NEW and FRESH with my new blog name (I ditched the Green Paws Photography name). I have included a lovely picture for this post to kick off the blog...it is a picture of the Old Navy Ferris Wheel in Chicago. My little boy and husband were in one of the cars and I took this picture while holding my 1 year old at the time. I have so many things to be thankful for and this is only the beginning....