A year ago I started this blog primarily as a way to tell Annie’s story.  I didn’t know what more I would add, if I would have much more to say or even what other direction it might take.  I figured I would give it a try and then re-evaluate in a year, if I was even still posting.

Much to my surprise, I still find things to write about since as probably any pet owner will tell you, there are always funny moments and observations when you share your life with animals.   I’m enjoying this process of discovering my “voice” on the blog and decided I’d like to have a better picture on the main page that would represent who we are.  I also wanted to capture this special time of Winn being added to our family.  Newfoundland Dogs grow so quickly I knew it would seem like I blinked and her puppyness would be gone forever.

I loaded everyone into the car for the first time (they all fit, hooray) and we headed into the city to meet Liz Wallace a pet photographer.  I had met her last summer at a Newfoundland get together and I loved the pictures she had taken of Annie and Maisie.

It was a beautiful day, there weren’t too many people at the park and Liz was so patient and gave each of them her undivided attention. Maisie has always been easy to photograph, Annie and Winn were more of a challenge because Annie stays close to my side when we are away from home and I had only just begun to train Winn on the basic commands.  

We did some walking:

We found a shady spot to rest where Winn gave everybody kisses (she also did clean up duty bringing me a straw, a paper cup and a dead bird):

We had a few breaks for slobber maintenance:

We watched Winn play in the grass:

Then we finished up close to the water:

I didn’t know what to expect and gave Liz very little direction.  I really didn’t want to be in the pictures and wanted a group shot of the three of them.  She took some more pictures as we were walking back to the car, and I knew when I saw it that this was the one. I’m so glad I trusted her to just keep shooting!