Blossoms

We have this beautiful tree out behind our studio and it has honestly the most wonderful blossoms on it in the springtime. Last year, I told myself over and over again to take some pictures of it before they went away- it's not like it's a major undertaking when it's about 9 feet away from where I sit at my desk for 10 hours a day, but somehow they never got taken. So this year, although it took me until the week before they were almost gone, I made the trek to the back of the building to get these shots last week.

Dog Sharing!

I had an interesting unexpected visit one afternoon last week. Tracy was just walking by my studio, saw the dog focus, and I guess figured, "What the heck!- it's worth a try". So she came in, daughter and dog in tow, and we spent the next hour plus chatting.

This is her cute dog Boeing

And this is her cute daughter Audrey with her cute dog Boeing


Kinda a long story, but basically, Boeing is a wonderful dog, perfectly trained, and a great great companion, but because of some of Audrey's issues, he is making their lives a little too stressful. Boeing is 12 years old and incredibly loved by Tracy but they unfortunately really need to find a part-time home for him. I found my heart quite tugged at hearing her plight, and as usual, I didn't really know what to do or say to be comforting, so I pulled out my camera (When someone is hurting, the best thing to do is take pictures of them, right? yeah- my sensitivity is amazing)




So anyway, I told her that there's only like 3 people who read my blog, but I would post some pictures anyway, and see if anyone knows of anyone who wants a dog part-time, all expenses paid.





So, let me know if you know of any good solutions for Boeing.

(oh, and remember, not an official photo shoot, so pictures not really the best :))

Josh's Bar Mitzvah

Josh's Bar Mitzvah was last November, in the middle of this fun Mitzvah Photography stint of mine.







You might remember these 3 from the pictures I posted of them at Drew's (here on the right) Bar Mitzvah a few months before this one. Alex, on the left, is what I will be working on next. I just think it's so great how close the 3 of them are! In each of their party slide shows, they all had pictures of the three of them together since the time they were born!




The party that night was a sports fanatic's dream come true- golf and baseball stations, beachball-style football, and of course, virtual "ball" of every kind. Ah- Boys and Video games- could this image be any more telling!?

Tax Day

I know this is old hat by this point; I first saw this video almost a year ago and loved it (but who wouldn't? You've got to be a total Scrooge to not adore it) but Kimberly just sent it to me today and after being up until almost 4:00am working on my taxes and stressing out about silly things like money, it was the perfect thing to have pop back up in my inbox, reminding me of much more important things, like dancing.

Oliver!

I love the name Oliver. And Olive. And Olivia. If I have enough kids, I might do one of each.

But anyway, this is Oliver. Back at the end of last year I did this photo shoot with him and parents up in Tiburon. We had all sorts of fun playing at his grandparents beach up there, but he didn't last long (he'd just gotten vaccinated the day before and was having a bit of a rough day) so we added part two to our photo shoot the following week back at his home in SF.








My favorite.



And back in a totally different climate zone just 5 miles away. . .

To the Jerkface who stole my credit card,

Among your several purchases with my card, I noticed that you signed up for not one, not two, but three online dating services. Well, I'm not sure why I'm offering free advice to someone who just tried to steal thousands of dollars from me, but I was just thinking that you might have more luck meeting the right person if you worked on your morals. Luckily you'll be headed toward better morals anyway now that you won't be able to use my credit card to look at porn sites anymore.
Good luck with all that.
Sincerely,
Robyn

Charlie the kitten- sneak preview

I had a photo shoot with this handsome little devil on Saturday.

and it reminded me how much I wish I wasn't allergic to cats- I want one just like Charlie.

Fubuki and Enju

Jason and Izumi are in Japan right now, so we had these two at our house last week.

Enju being cute and timid



(btw, all that dirt all over the basement door is just a little effect I added in Photoshop- pretty clever, eh?! Yeah, cause my house is totally not that dirty- that would be gross. . . )

And Mr. Goofy Hubu.


Maria had to take Tatanka for the week because he tries to kill big dogs. I don't think he missed us one bit :(