My poodle girl Maggie (left below) turned 7 earlier this year - isn't she a cutie? Her "sister" Maisie is in the background. Maggie adores roses (actually any fragrant flowers make her happy) and so for her birthday which we recently "celebrated", she was given a lovely bouquet of pink roses, and she was overjoyed! She loves sticking her head into the arrangement and smelling and licking EACH flower. :) I think Maggie truly knows the meaning of "take time to smell the roses"!

Maisie recently had a haircut and we took advantage of the lovely day (I think Spring is FINALLY here!) to take some photos. Our friend Pat gave the girls each lovely wool coats for Christmas, and Maisie looks especially adorable in hers!

After having SNOW on Easter, it was lovely to get some sun today! I took advantage of the light to get some of my inventory items photographed. As you probably already know if you are on my newsletter, I unfortunately had to cancel attending a big bird show next month due to a flare up related to my health issues. It was a major disappointment, but I am swamped beyond what I can keep up with as it is with the custom orders from January's opening, so taking the stress of the show off of my mind really was for the best. I have a stash of creations that I had been holding back for the show to now offer for sale. I hope to get a couple of these items photographed every week, so do watch my eBay auctions and Etsy shop for some of these creations to show up shortly!

My shaggy dogs (Maisie at the top and Teddy at the bottom) enjoyed sunning on the porch and overseeing my photo shoot this afternoon. As you can see, my poor babies are quite overdue for haircuts! Anybody want to come over and do the job for me? :)