Facets of my pets’ characters sometimes serve as the springboard for inspiration. Here are a few of my favorite pics over the years of my pets.

  Bella and Merlin on National Cat Day, 2014. They celebrated by lounging around, napping and being their cute selves in general.

Merlin and Bella – yin to each other’s yang – snoozing one afternoon.

Bella’s very close up close-up.

I got my eye on you: Scarlett the dog and Merlin the cat.

Mooney the cat just hanging out in a laundry basket in the closet. This is normal, right?

Hi there.

Meeting Scarlett for the first time at the Oahu SPCA in fall 2016.

Scarlett relaxing in her new home – our home – on her second day.