ack! I am now one of those crazy people who thinks about, talks about, obsesses over their dog.

a quick image from the ongoing Sadie Chronicles:

new blog

With the launch of my new site way back in early spring, I started a blog linked to my business. Too much to keep up both, as readers might have noticed the lamentably long time between the last post and this. Please visit me at
ars magna lucis et umbrae to catch up.

more home pics

so more to see around our place:



fireplace & the lovely built-ins



sadie modeling in the kitchen




patio eating area (woefully under-used)



photo studio in state of undress

home

living room
breakfast nook

orange tree


guest bedroom

greenhouse (still empty)
I've never posted any images of our new house, so here it is:

huge month

It's been ages since I posted, or it feels like ages anyway. We have been to Thailand, via Taipei, San Antonio, via Dallas(where we watched the Seahawks game in an airport bar), and once again back to dog beach with the newly vet approved Sadie.

I intend to get images from out Thailand trip up soon. Also a new website will be emerging soon as well. Trent and I, after much deliberation, have decided to forego using my ownname, and are going forward with ARS MAGNA STUDIO instead. Comments and thoughts on this change are welcome.

Settling back into the San Diego winter has felt furiously fast. I am begining week three of my winter classes, and field trips begin on Tuesday.

-a

puupies and babies

puppy Sadie, nephew Brody

family portraits

Trent and I had a great time visiting my family in Boston. Here a a few picture of family members.


Ayden and sister Emily post Thanksgiving dinner.






Trent, waiting to warm up in the Black Dog Tavern on Martha's Vineyard.


My parents after seeing Motif #1 in Rockport.


My ggrandmother on her 89th birthday.

miss sadie

We fell in love with Charlotte and Sandy's wonderful labs over our thanksgiving on Cape Cod, and impulsively decided to get our own when we returned to California. After visiting a few breeders, Sadie found us.