Wow…this was a thrill to wake up to this morning!!! I had been contacted through my Flickr photo sharing account months ago by the director of AMONG WOMEN SOUTH AFRICA, to use some of my images on a website they were developing for their charity. I was so touched and deeply honored they would ask me since I see Africa not as a native, but with a visitor’s eye. A handful of photographers from around the globe are contributors.

Well today an email thanking me showed up in my box as I got up at 5:30 (just couldn’t sleep) and I immediatly took screen caps of all 4 images within the website to save for my virtual scrapbook

CLICK EACH OF THE IMAGES BELOW TO TAKE YOU TO THE CORRESPONDING PAGE ON THEIR WEBSITE

ABOVE SCREEN CAP: The woman outside of her shanty home in Johannasburg is my image

ABOVE SCREEN CAP: The zebra in Botswana is my image

ABOVE SCREEN CAP: The lions in Botswana is my image

ABOVE SCREEN CAP: The children playing in the batiks outside of Capetown SA is my image

CLICK IMAGES TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE…THANK YOU FOR TAKING A PEEK AT THIS AWESOME CHARITY!

Thank you so much AMONG WOMEN SOUTH AFRICA for the incredible honor and opportunity to be a part of your vision working with the women and children of your breathtaking continent!

Well we are just about busting at the seams with this news about a litter born in Thailand, pictured now at 19 days old, sired by our home bred boy Vincent (BISS CH. Chinarose the Impressionist). Vinnie has been gone for some years now but is FAR from forgotten. We froze semen on him years ago and recently chose to let our wonderful friend Ekarat Sangkunakup in Thailand breed one of his incredible girls to Vincent. The breeding was done as a surgical insemination which can be very touchy to say the least.

Lo and behold we have 4 lovable little “pupsicle” girls, all rough coat reds and just as consistant as they can be. I spoke on the phone with Ek two nights ago and puppies are doing fantastic. He says they are very hot from the Thai humidity and heat and the rain won’t stop so he’s very anxious to see them get a bit older and on solid food soon.

Diana and I own Vincent so we are the proudest grandparents you can imagine. Thank you Ek for bringing this gorgeous girl (”Money) to Vincent. It takes two to make magic and we are so excited to see more photos as they develop.!!

CLICK HERE TO SEE EK’S YUMMY WEBSITE AND “MONEY” IS ON THE “OUR DOGS” PAGE

PICTURED ABOVE IS ME WITH VINCENT!!

The beautiful mother to this litter is “Money” Am.Ch.Uniteds Gold Bullion OFA Prelim Good

Money reminds us so much of our dear departed Magenta that it is simply eerie!! After the breeding took place we realized that Ek had judged Magenta and finished her championship and Steve judged Money and finished hers!!!! It was just meant to be this way!!

On another note…a gorgeous day brought the camera out to the Beaverton Farmers Market..Click the image below to see the album full of fun images I took today!

I had a few exceptional images from a photo shoot today in the garden

I just had to share!!! All of these are available as fine art prints as well

as framable greeting cards to keep or give as gifts

REMEMBER MOTHERS DAY IS APPROACHING FAST AND A GIFT FROM THE

GARDEN IS ALWAYS MUCH APPRECIATED…FLOWER IMAGES LAST MUCH LONGER!!

FREE SHIPPING AT IMAGEKIND THROUGH MAY 11 !! WOO HOO!

Have a glorious day everyone!!!