My Dog Makes Me Happy

i love my dog. like more than any normal person should love their dog. this is seriously my child.

i take abnormal amounts of pictures of her, and she gets an abnormal amount of kisses. note that she does spread the love around, and tends to be a bit of a slut when she's doling them out.

but she's still my baby. and really? i cry when i think about losing her, which will hopefully be in a long long while.

so here are some pictures of her in her christmas bow and halloween costume.

she was not as thrilled about the bow as i was.

this is the best picture i got of her in her cat ears. yes, i know the irony.

this cracks me up. she looks like she's being tortured. granted, she is not. she is probably the most spoiled dog on the planet.

i love her.

please let me just squeeze her and squeeze her.

happy holidays from the stell dog.

Caught

People are sometimes so interesting when they think no one is looking. They are also so sweet sometimes!! We went to Steeplechase a couple weekends ago, which is a little horse race in Columbus, GA. Besides missing the memo on the dress and boots dress code, I happened to get in some really good shots.

I just wanted to share a few of the sweet ones I caught of people when they thought no one was watching. Yep, just call me creeper.

I've gotten back into my photography, which is really good and super therapeutic. I have been in need of some good therapy lately. I have been super negative and have been in a rut, which is why I've ignored the blog. Haven't wanted to spread my awesome bad mood...

Hopefully I'll be back in the world's good graces. I have so many posts swirling in my head, and I need to get them out!

New Orleans Beauty

Okay. So here continues my monster obsession with New Orleans. I know there are a ton of pictures, but I love having them to look back on. These are all taken on St. Charles Ave. I left Bourbon Street out of most of these, because I have quite a few of them already. And luckily, we got to stay in a hotel (that strangely had two of the exact same picture right next to each other) right on St. Charles. I'm so obsessed....

Really neat. The night before Easter.... (there was also a vampire tour straight to the left of us when this picture was taken...I liked the irony...)

I really could live on any of the houses on this street.

Pretty pink flowers on St. Charles....


Yet another work of beautiful architecture...that I would totally live in.

I can't tell you who lived in this place, but when we passed by it the first time, there was a guy who was sitting in a lawn chair on his roof. I chickened out to get this picture first go-round. I checked on the way back, and he had gone inside. How cool does this look? If I ever get a metal fence, I'm totally copying.

The Hornets were playing the Lakers on Friday night. They lost, but this town has such a pride for their sports team. The Saints? Hel-loooo? I'm pretty convinced they won because of the backing of their people.

These were plastered around a lot of the businesses there. They were all painted something different. They have something like this in Auburn with a tiger and all... sort of fun!

This was just too awesome not to...

Shouldn't everyone have fleur-de-lis on their doors? (God forgive me if I misspelled that. It's almost a sin seeing as how much I love this place..., but I'm too lazy to dictionary.com it up)

Fountain inside one of the many courtyards.

I'm like a grandma with the flower pictures sometimes. I'm sorry. They're pretty.
(and to speak about flowers...guess who's hydrangeas are finally starting to bloom! Take that black thumb!)

I'm a sucker for everywhere I can't get in. The gates you see right there were padlocked shut.

These folks were something serious about their no trespassing. I remember seeing at least 3 signs that said it.

One of the marvelous gates that guards one of the billion dollar homes.


If you ever get the chance to go, I highly recommend it. Make sure to check your luggage. I can totally fit into some of it.