Happy February!

New Year's Resolution:   

To make next year's new year resolution... 

at the New Year!

Happy New Year!

New Year's resolution #2:

To blog more often

What have I been up to?

Doberman Collar

Fleur-de-lis Collar

and...

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

(yes that is our chosen tree on the ground...just chopped :-)

Wishing happiness, joy and peace for the holidays!

Veteran's Day. Big Bad Collars.

My Dad, Air Force served 1952-1972

These posts are always hard to do.  I want to thank all the veterans I know...but the list just becomes too long, too overwhelming.  

There is so much to thank.

We all have moments, conversations, that stick with us.  On these days in particular, when I wonder about the state of the world, the hope for the world, I always think of an answer my brother gave me many years ago.

He was on tour in one of the many political quagmires of the world that of course had turned horrifically violent.  This part of the world has seen violence for centuries...and probably will see it again.

I asked him if there was any hope.  I asked him if there was any long term purpose to what he was doing.

His answer was very short and simple.

"I don't know.

I do know that because I am here, at least today, children will not be gunned down by snipers when they walk to school."

There is so much to thank.

My latest love! Big Bad Collars.

CHI-WEENIE WAR DOG COLLAR

~~I am in love.  He has stolen my heart~~

ROTTWEILER COLLAR, CHI-WEENIE COLLAR, MATCHING FASCINATOR

Yes, I was having a little too much fun...but the idea of the matching hair piece was just too good to pass over!

Black Collar on Black Dog

I love putting black collars on black dogs:  the collar disappears and just the band of deocration shows

ROTTWEILER, ROTTWEILER, CHI-WEENIE.

PEACE BELT ON BLACK LATIGO

PEACE SIGN BELT

10 years...I remember.

10 years ago I got up, like most people on the west coast, to make coffee...turn on the news...and the world changed.

I was 7 months pregnant.

I remember frantically making phone calls, checking lists, waiting to know if old friends working in the financial district were safe.


I remember shopping in Costco...normally filled with noise...we all walked silently, no one talking as we strained to hear the radio news reports broadcasting over the store loud speakers.

I remember jumping nervously every time at the sound of a plane flying over.  I noticed this change because I grew up next to a major air force base where the noise of B-52 fly overs were common place.  Unusual fly overs still bother me.

I remember always stumbling over the date September 11th, even in the most trivial matters.  I remember noticing others doing it too...unable to say the date without a small pause after.

I remember throwing away the box cutter that sat unnoticed in my drawer for years but now glared out at me with all its hideousness.

I remember stories that still bring tears to my eyes.  Stories of self sacrifice.  Stories of kindness.  Stories of people helping one another.  Stories of dedication to people who had never met.

That is the memorial I wish to see.  Humanity that is greater than itself.  That is what I will remember.  I will remember the gift we were and continue to be given by those who keep us safe.  That is what I will celebrate.  The care, sacrifice, bravery, concern and dedication we show to one another.  That is the memorial I would erect.

I will remember our greatest moments shown in our darkest hours.

That is what I will never forget.

EXCITEMENT! and WOW!

This was about the most exciting weekend I have seen in a while!  (Well, okay, baring emergency rooms, brake failures, lost teeth and child births...but this was definitely on the Richter Scale!)

I have not followed a sporting event this closely since the Arizona Diamondbacks were in the Superbowl World Series.  (It actually was my first time to watch a WHOLE baseball game).  Before that it was when Riverbank High School (where I taught at the time) made it to State for Basketball and we all waited with bated breath to know if the three point full court! shot (lob) to win the game, buzzer ringing while it was in the air, would go in (and it did).

I don't want to waste something so big all in one post...sooo... I will just say now that it involves the words championship and world.  Stay Tuned!

G. MIYA PHOTOGRAPHY

Latigo Belts and Dog Collars

Latigo Belt with Cowskulls

Retro Bark Cloth Purse with Patent Leather, Latigo Dog Collars leashes

Retro Purse, High Impact Leather Dog Collar, Latigo Belts

New Dog Collar!

Dobermans, Fountains and Dog Collars

Happy Dobermans, Beautiful Dog Collars...and a fountain

Latigo Leather High Impact Dog Collar

Bliss

Peace and Love Belt

The best part of Latigo Leather...just polishes right up!

Leather Belts, peace and love and plain

Coin Latigo Belt

Thank you John, Annette and Marcella!