You know the Birth of Venus, right? That gorgeous Botticelli masterpiece depicting Venus emerging from the sea to ride to the shore on a shell, blown by the zephyrs and clothed in finery? I was lucky enough to see it in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence quite a few years ago and it left a lasting impression. Botticelli, you have a future in art, I think! Don't let them tell you otherwise!Well, I'm between pet shoots right now, just working on some corporate and acting headshots, and I got to missing my animals. I thought of lovely Luna, the border collie mix I adore and who has been the subject of so many of my practice composites. Now I won an award for the photo I was thinking of so Luna had ...

A friend of mine, Jayne Harrower, has a cattery in which her specialties are Sphynx and Lykoi cats. OK, for the uninitiated, Sphynx are hairless cats while Lykoi are known as the werewolf cat... they are a completely naturally occurring cat, not a designer cat, and they are awesome in their unusual look, which includes sparse fur on the top and almost no fur on their undercarriages (undercarriage may not be a technical term... that's what I call my cats' bellies). Jayne is breeding Lykois and she will have the first of them available in 2016. So exciting! For more information, I have a previous post about Channing, the Lykoi.Jayne's cats just had a few litters of kittens and she invited me ...

It's only October 1... we have 30 more days to go. But I created a little Halloween tableau for you. Let's get ready for Halloween with the Witch and the Haunted House, the latest in the Storytelling Sessions.Kind of spooky, no? It would be a good companion piece to my blue dog.

Kiwi is my clown boy. He is just so amusing, I can't even stand it sometimes. His brother Mango, both adopted in June, is a serious fellow but Kiwi is a mischief maker, king of the roost, an escape artist, very athletic yet totally chill. And incredibly handsome, that little tux. He was around 3 when we got him from the local animal shelter. He came in as a stray. Figures, he's always trying to get out of the house. But someone's loss is our gain because he has just added so much to this household with his completely charming, clownish ways.I took a few pictures of my boys a couple of weeks ago, including this one of Kiwi. In the original, which is on this blog, Mango is photobombing him. ...