The photos I'm sharing with you today are of Coco. I took them about a month ago, so of course I can't remember lots of the details...including that I can't remember if he was a she...but I'm pretty sure Coco is a he...I'm pretty sure he's 13 years old...and I'm pretty sure he's a chocolate lab...but I'm going to send this link to his Mom Julie, of Portland, and she will let me know if I need to update these simple but important things I've just stated.
I do remember my conversation with Julie over the phone, when I told her that she was the monthly dog portrait winner from Minor Moments Photography and the Dog Wash Etc and Julie told me that her daughter would be going into labor at any moment and that she was expecting her first grandchild...but that her dog was 13 years old and so I told her I was available RIGHT NOW because her daughter was not yet in labor, but that her dog was 13 and really, there was no time to waste! Julie agreed to meet me at Jewel Falls just a few hours later so we could do a small photo shoot with Coco.
We met at Julie's house, and I got to meet her two cats also...yah yah....you guessed it...I don't remember their names either...but I think her kids call the black and white one cow?...Julie forgive me...and feel free to set me straight! (heck...I'm assuming we have a baby name by now too...and I won't even venture a guess on name...or boy or girl for that matter...) Yes, I'm pathetic when it comes to remembering certain things, but I truly do make up for it in the images I capture. I am certain to capture a memory that will last your lifetime and beyond...because that is how important the "Coco's"and "Cows" of our lives are...it's their sweet faces and their eyes that we will look back and remember fondly how they filled our busy lives with love and joy.
...and lastly, I'm dedicating this blog post to one of my new friends, who already has become a dear friend...yet I didn't even know she had a dog...and she is currently dealing with the anguish of having had to say goodbye forever to her dog. I'm not in the habit of asking my new friends if they have a dog and to please let me photograph their dog for them...so I'm putting it out there again...to all of you who have pets, please know that my business and pleasure is to capture forever moments for you. I am honored...and blessed. I was searching through my own blog, so I could share with my friend the words I put down when I grieved the death of my own beloved Tasha three years ago. Tasha was the first and only dog I ever had. In researching this morning I realized that I never did complete a blog post on losing Tasha. I never shared some of the many photos I have of her...and I never eulogize her in my blog. The pain was great, but I had also lost my big sister just three weeks earlier and I remember feeling torn of how to express my grief differently over a sibling and a pet. Three and a half years later I have discovered that I must not have been able to do it, so I chose not too. I believe I am ready now. I have unfinished business to attend to, and it appears blogging material for next Wednesday...I hope you will visit again soon!
The photos below are of Coco and the cats...who shall for now remain nameless.
