Big plans are a’comin’ for more doggie designs at RiverDog Prints. I mean, really, D-O-G is in the title, right? The photo card designs will remain, but we’re moving into more stationery and paper goods for dog lovers. We have plans for cats too, but dogs first (as it should be.) And I say “we”… Continue Reading
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Photoshop Actions
I don’t consider myself a photographer, but I like to take pictures. Sometimes the photos look pretty good, sometimes I can’t believe they look as great as they do, and mostly, I’m happy that digital cameras were invented. Delete, delete, delete. I’ve been taking a lot of product shots lately to streamline the look of… Continue Reading
Dogs Without Blogs – Troy
I’ve been on quite a Chessie-centric streak here, but I think you’ll all love this dog coming to us from Tel Aviv! Troy is a handsome Chesapeake Bay Retriever rescue and lives with Sasha and family near the Mediterranean Ocean. Dog Questions What is your name? Troy Fidelio Byron What breed of dog are you?… Continue Reading
Bedrest
I am taking it easy today with a self-imposed order of bedrest. I have a chronic illness called Crohn’s Disease. I’ve had it forever, but was diagnosed with it in 1989. Someday soon I’ll write a post about that FUN summer in ’89, but for now, I rest. One day of “complete” bedrest usually sends… Continue Reading
Peas Please
I am excited! Those are my peas sprouting from the ground! If you read this blog regularly (and a big smooch, if you do), I have a food memory of peas that I’m trying to recreate this year. I was probably eight or nine and at our friends’ farm in rural Wisconsin. It was summertime… Continue Reading
My Sweet Head
Not to get all Chessie on you this week, but I had to write about this phenomenon that is peculiar to my breed. My head smells about as sweet as anything can right now. It baffles and pleases my humans to no end! They talk about it with wonder in their voices and I certainly… Continue Reading
44 x 44 – Run, Mama, Run
I think I’m going to run a 5K in less than 3 weeks. “I think” because of a few reasons: a) I haven’t been training to race b) I’m the slowest runner in creation and will most surely come in last c) I need to break in my new shoes Okay, that last reason is… Continue Reading
Chessie Photo Round-Up
Q: What kind if dog is that? A: It’s a Chessie. Q: ? A: A chesapeake bay retriever. Q: Oh, a retriever! Like a lab… A: Uh, yeah, both are dogs. Q: They sure are handsome, aren’t they? A: Absolutely. Photo Credits: 1. Play Ball, 2. Lincoln 4:52, 3. catching water, 4. STYLE, 5. Twiggy,… Continue Reading
Lunch
One of my favorite words… Fresh is another. Or Bounce. Lunch. It’s evolution over the years of my life have all been good. Remembering my mom making lunch for me and my brother – grilled cheese and tomato soup in the cold months or pb&j in the warm. Lunch in the college dining hall, where… Continue Reading
Bowling Party
I love working on custom designs – something good always comes out of it. I recently did a set of cards for a math teacher friend of mine, who wanted to send each of her students a hand written note. I asked her some questions about her class, some of the lessons and what her… Continue Reading