Quepa and Kirin

It's always interesting to me how we generally name our pets before we really know them, yet so often they grow into their name just right. Quepa means "to fit" or "to belong" and that is the perfect name for her. She fits absolutely perfectly into Susan's life, lap, house, hobbies, and heart. And it warmed my heart to spend the afternoon with them. Quepa (the red head) also has a younger sister Kirin (the blue head), but this photo shoot was especially for Quepa since when Susan and Curtis called me back at the beginning of the year, they knew they didn't have much longer with her. The goal for the shoot was just to capture what a true and fitting companion she has been in their life for the past 12 years.































Quepa passed away not long after we did these photos but Susan told me she was 100% her until the very end, just like she was for our shoot- swimming, picnicing, frisbeeing, loving.