Around the Cannon House

Yes, it has been almost FOUR whole months since I've posted!
I get in to this awful photography funk during the winters, what with the cold weather and snow and everything being dead outside....and I haven't had a photo job or request in that time, so that didn't help the motivation, either.
But, here we go, back in the blogging world again :)
Thank you! to the woman pictured below for forcing me to dust off ye ol' camera again. 

Here is my beautiful mother-in-law.

She needed a new photograph for her publisher (I believe, could be totally wrong, though), and asked if  I would be so kind as to offer my assistance. OF COURSE I agreed, and here is the resulting image. I think it looks pretty fabulous, and can totally picture it adorning the book jackets of her forthcoming young adult novels. Yes, did I mention she's a PUBLISHED author? A. E. Cannon. I love her books. And her newspaper column.

D wanted to get in on the headshot action...If you asked him before this what a headshot would be, he would have thought you were talking about a bullet to the brain. I have much to teach my assistant :) They did take a few 'normal' pictures, too, but this one is my favorite.

I took pictures around their yard after that. It was finally spring-like weather, and I happened to have my camera, and Ann happens to have a really cool garden, and really incredible pets...and sons.

Zora. A 200-lb Neufoundland. Yes, you read that right. She weighs TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. She's massive, but the sweetest dog you could ever hope for. But, she does slobber quite a bit, as you can see by the white globs in her own ears. It's okay, though. She's still fun.

D and his brothers playing catch in their front yard....and Geoff riding Zora around like a horse. Or something like that.

Brothers! Minus the oldest two. The only photo I took of them where they are all smiling semi-normally, and not hitting each other where it hurts. Just a Cannon guy thing, I guess.

Zora. Isn't that such a sweet face?

Green! Things are finally getting leaves and turning in to spring!

Another pet, Enzo, who lives mostly on their front porch. This black kitty loves humans, but HATES other cats. And I didn't notice until these pictures, but he has kind of eerie eyes sometimes. But he's so sweet, and loves to nuzzle in to your lap and hands.

Ann has this amazing Ranunculus in her front yard. So vividly red, and so perfect. Oh, and it's my favorite flower.

Spring blossoms!

Then the boys (one other brother included, and their dad) played 21 in their backyard. With a family of 5 boys, you've gotta have a basketball court and hoop in your back yard, right?

My man. So handsome. And so gross right at this point, after playing basketball for over  an hour. 

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There you have it. A glimpse in to the Cannon family on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
And if anyone is still reading my blog, THANK YOU for still checking in every now and then, even though I've been M.I.A. for far too long.