Dogs

I shared with everyone earlier this summer my plans for the photo shoot with the fabulous Christine Hall of Christine Hall Photography. Christine offered a special this summer where she would photograph your pets and donate the proceeds to various Savannah and Chatham County Animal Rescue groups as her way of giving back. All she asked was you donate a bag of dog food as well.

I brought my two labs to downtown Savannah on a hot Sunday afternoon in June and the very patient Christine took a series of shots of the dogs. It was not easy, the dogs were so excited by all the sights and sounds of the city , especially when the horse and buggy full of visitors trotted by! That would have been the shot I shared with you all, me trying to control two 90 pound dogs who desperately wanted to chase that horse down the lane!

This is my favorite- capturing that look of pure bliss . Even though this was Danny’s moment of happiness, I think we all have this look when someone is petting our heads and telling us how special and loved you are!

Christine’s website is full of great examples of families, children, weddings and pets and she loves to come to the beach to shot! http://www.christinehallphotography.com/

Sue and Gary Bentley with our Mermaid Cottages family ( Gary is our accounting office and Sue is our “can do everything” gal) have adopted a beautiful new dog! Ace comes from Marantha Farms which is an amazing adoption/ animal rescue group dedicated to helping injured, abused and abandoned animals find their forever homes. Isn’t that a great expression! Your forever home! Sue and Gary recently lost their two dogs, Misty and Charlie – both who had lived long happy dog lives . Ace is- in Gary’s words- the perfect dog! Loving, knows his name, happy to sit by Gary all day long while he’s working and just “happy to be here”. He knows how lucky he is to be rescued!

Visit http://www.maranthafarm.org/ for more details on this non profit organization and when you can- use http://www.goodsearch.com/ which is a new search engine and on line shopping mall that donates 50% of its revenues to whatever charites you designate every time you search ( so we hope you’ll designate marantha farm) .

And next time you call Gary’s office for anything – be sure you ask him to tell Ace hello!