Six Feet Under Fatbook has gone postal

Front Cover

Back Cover

Inside Spread - (left) Debby Beheler (right) Debbie Dischley

Inside Spread- (left) Nancy Donaldson (right) Lucy Lee

Overall, I thought the book turned out pretty well. There were a lot of last minute flakes that are always kind of annoying. I know that things happen sometimes and you have to flake, but I don't think it is fair to wait until the last minute to bail. I usually have a wait list of people who could have filled in. Oh well, so it goes when hosting a project. My last one for awhile is due in January and it is called Sanctuary. It is a fatbook all about birds which I am really looking forward to. After that, I think I am done for awhile!

Now I am off to get ready for my holiday pet portrait day that I have every year at the Va. Beach SPCA. It is always a really fun, exhausting day but totally worth the effort as it raises money for the shelter. I will post some photos from the event next week. Wish me luck!

Pointed Party Hats

I just did these ATC size fatbook pages for a swap called Pointed Party Hats. The only criteria was your image had to have a party hat...so of course I had to take a bunch of my dog photos and party them up a bit. They make me smile. Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Caroline & Daisy

I have been playing with an old lens that I forgot about in the bottom of my camera bag...It is an 85mm portrait lens and i love the blurred background that you can get with the wider aperatures...Both of my subjects were less than thrilled about being my models once again.

Goodbye Toby...

A friend of mine had to put his dog to sleep last week. He was the coolest Dachshund I have ever met and his name was Toby. He was also the fattest Dachshund I ever met...he weighed in at 25 lbs. and reminded me of a foot stool. You know how some dogs that you meet just make a special impression on you? That was Toby...he lived his life on his own terms, nose to the ground, always on the snoop. He was never to busy to roll over on his back for a nice tummy rub (which was everytime you went to pet him) or never to tired to chase the chickens in his owners backyard. He loved to burrow in blankets...I was often amazed at how he could tuck himself into his dog bed with a blanket so you couldn't even see him...I will miss Toby and I sincerely believe he is enjoying unlimited dog biscuits in Heaven.

Holga/Woca shots from Italy

Ok, I promise I am done with photos from my trip...

I just love my Holga and had to post a few more.

More photos from Switzerland & Italy

Cable car ride at the bottom of Mt. Titlis

Cable Car at the TOP of Mt. Titlis!!!

From Lucerne, we traveled by train to Lake Como Italy...Along the way we stopped at a really cool town called Bellinzona which has three castles, each one higher up the mountain than the next...My daughter loved the medieval toilets the best (ha ha)

Bellinzona Castle

Lake Como was really beautiful, but unfortunately no George Clooney sightings...However, Tom And Katie are getting married right near the hotel we stayed at in Cernobbio...

View form our hotel room in Lake Como

Next, we were off to Venice...WOW what an amazing city...I know people either love it or hate it. I thought it was beautiful and fascinating...a photographers dream. The way they have perfected life without cars, only boats or your own two feet is really interesting. Trash removal, getting goods in and out of the city, fire and rescue operations, an entire island set aside for a graveyard...Not to mention the fact that the city is sinking and whever it rains the entire St. Mark's Square floods and you have to walk on raised boards. I think Venice is something everyone should see before they die...it is truly unique. We took our daughter on a gondola ride through the back canals along with her grandparents. Our gondolier was named Eros after the God of love...my husband thought he looked like Colin Farrell , which is not a bad thing...Eros and Caroline

Grand Canal

Us on the Gondola

St. Mark's Square flooded

That's the highlights...What an awesome time we had...I love Italy so much and can't wait to go back...next trip will be to Florence, Tuscany and Cinque Terra I think. Thanks for looking!