We are still here

I was absent from the blog for a while due to some family matters. This is too sad to talk about, so I wont.

Instead I'll wish happy 65th birthday to my aunt Nadejda. I wish her a good health and strength, patience and calm. I think she needs this the most!

It was a good year!

I hope the next one will be even better! Though I got Alfred The Pug this summer and that is almost impossible to beat! Unless it's another pug of course:)

Anyway, the following picture is supposed to compensate the super creepy one that I made for our wedding anniversary:) I hope Andrey will like this one better!
And I think we got the holiday colors and spirit:)

Happy New Year to all!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas!

To all our friends and family! Pugs and kisses!

I love our Christmas card for this year:)

We like stairs

Because it adds graphic element to the picture instantly and light is always awesome ( when staircase has a window). 

Alfred The Pug suddenly decided that he is afraid to go up the stairs and spent some time pacing down there. So, I took the picture and went to get him. New quirk every day!

For dear uncle Victor

Alfred The Pug and I would like to wish a happy Birthday to dear uncle Victor and promise to visit soon. In a meantime we have a card for him:)

No, he's not sad. Just like in Ringo Starr case - "It's just me face."

Study in red with the pug

For our drawing classes at Dawson we had sometimes a model came in and pose for us. Nude. Usually private parts were elegantly draped with piece of fabric. This image reminds me of such lessons:)

Movie pug

We had an adventure on Saturday.
Friend and colleague of mine Daria http://www.dariamarchenkophotos.com/ was shooting a short movie for cinema program at Concordia U. She asked if Alfred The Pug could be in the movie.
His task was to quietly sit on actresses lap in the car most of the time and look cute.

Sitting and looking cute - no problem here, but I had serious doubts about the quiet part. He loves to bark and growl at strangers now as well as participate in the discussions. . Happy to say - he proved me wrong!
He was nervous a bit of course, but didn't bark or cry.  I made sure he can see me trough the car window all the time and that actress had enough treats to keep him in his best behavior.

I hope Daria was satisfied with everyone's performance and I can't wait to see the final product:)))) And here are some Behind the Scenes pictures that I took:)

He does look cute! Probably I should have "Rent'a'Pug" service started for such occasions:)))))

BTW, starring here is Lara Brown. Singer-songwriter from Montreal http://www.lara-brown.com/. I fell in love with her immediately:)