23/52 Anyone who doesn't know what soap tastes like...

has never washed a dog!

Henry and Mugzy Morrison 

for Hometown Hounds Mundelein

22/52 "One reason a dog is such a lovable creature

is his tail wags instead of his tongue". Thank goodness!

Mike Wischnia at Franks for the Memories

 for

Hometown Hounds Mundelein 2013

21/52 Every dog...

has his day!

Frank Sheaffer helps his owners 

Sarah and Jack tell everyone when their big day will be.

20/52 Hut, hut, hike!

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."

Bill Shankly

Briggs and Joplin Reimers
for Hometown Hounds Libertyville 2013 

19/52 Gimme Five!

Elvis Freidberg once a rescue now has a wonderful forever family.

  

Hometown Hounds Libertyville 2013 

18/52 Paws for reflection...

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. 
Henry David Thoreau 

17/52 Fifty shades of gray...

Gray hair is God's graffiti.
Bill Cosby

Layla Saipe for Hometown Hounds 2013

photographed at Singalila, Libertyville 

16/52 Amazing!

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love.  

For me they are the role model for being alive.  ~Gilda Radner


Coco Abderholden for Hometown Hounds 2013

15/52 Peek a boo...

I see you!

Rambo Lords for 

Mundelein Hometown Hounds

14/52 Orange Wellies

"One must always have their boots on 

and be ready to go!"

Michel de Montaigne

Thunder Schueler for Hometown Hounds

13/52 Beware of the guard dog.

A watchdog is a dog kept to guard your home, usually by sleeping where a burglar
would awaken the household by falling over him.


Daisy Meier for Mundelein Hometown Hounds
at Ray's Garage.

12/52 Road Trip.

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

Lucky Lamb for Hometown Hounds 2013

11/52 Things are looking up!

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations!

I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, 

believe in them and try to follow them."

Louisa May Alcott

Mickey Sweeney for Hometown Hounds 2013

10/52 A smile...

is happiness you find right under your nose.

Izzy Shanahan for Hometown Hounds 2013

9/52 If you want the best seat in the house...

Move the dog!

8/52 London Lad

While exploring Portobello Road in West London this past week with the family, we quickly befriended a store owner with the smallest pup we have ever seen. This is Rocky, a mini Yorkie. I think he weighs all of 3 pounds and he was adorable. The red reminds me of all phone booths and  double decker buses you see everywhere around London.

 I think the kids wanted to pack him away in their suitcase and bring him home!

7/52 You cannot travel the path...

until you have become the path itself!
Buddah

This week I photographed Nellie Groth at the Libertyville train station for Hometown Hounds.

She is a beautiful, very well behaved Bernese Mountain dog.  So big and full of love.
Remember little doggie, there are many paths, but only one journey!

6/52 There are lots of things in life that will catch your eye...

but few will catch your heart...Pursue those!

  

Playful and sweet as pie, Cockapoo puppy Bella Guarino

will catch your eye and your heart in an instant.

Photographed in the beautiful window at Singalila Gallery in downtown Libertyville.

5/52 Beautiful landscape.

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.  It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.  ~Henry David Thoreau

4/52 Rough and Tuff...

Tuffy DeLude

Although she looks like a princess, don't let that fool you.

She was always exploring and always on the move. She only sat when bribed with treats.
Lots of them!

She was one of the toughest shoots I've had!

I guess that's why they named her "Tuffy."

3/52 Ebony and Ivory...

together in perfect harmony.

Ok, so it's really Simon and Winston.
 I photographed these guys for next years Hometown Hounds last week at Adler Park. 

Simon is an adorable scruffy terrier pup that didn't really like to sit...at all.
Winston is a regal and beautiful English golden retreiver who was a bit better at sitting...but not by much.

2/52 If the shoes fits...

buy lots of them! 

My daughter Taylor loves shoes. Lots of shoes.  I want to remember her little feet in all her cute shoes, before they aren't so little anymore.
Good thing I don't have to buy shoes for Finn.

1/52 If a picture is worth a thousand words...

this must be worth two thousand.

This is the first of my 52 photos. It's only fair that it be of Finley.