Miriam Hall Photography

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day!

In celebration of Valentine's Day I am posting a few photos of the people and dogs that participate in the pet therapy program Warm Hearts Network. I am inspired by the volunteers of this organization. On their days off they go with their dogs to hospitals, retirements homes, and hospice care centers. I experienced the healing presence of these dogs when I photographed them. I felt rejuvenated after our photo session.
I have made some Valentine Day cards featuring the dogs. A portion of the profits from the card sales will go to Warm Hearts Network. They are for sale at La Montanita Co-op on Rio Grande Blvd.

Ann & Chris with their dog Zelda

Zelda

Honey

Ashley with her dog Zoey

Zoey

Bonito

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Valentina, Our February Calendar Girl, Gets Seriously Sick

Last Saturday Lauri Dickinson's dog Valentina got deathly ill from eating corn that was fed to the cranes in the Candelaria Wildlife Preserve on Veranda. Below is her letter telling us what she went through. Please be careful when walking your dogs in this area. Valentina is featured with Jesse on the February page of the Life is a Ditch 2015 calendar.

My dog was poisoned by the corn seed outside the fence on Veranda.

I spent $400 and four hours in the dog emergency hospital yesterday after my young and healthy puppy ate some of the corn

that people are feeding to the cranes.

Symptoms were disorientation, inability to walk, and tremors.

The vet said that it was most likely the fungicide that bird seed is treated with that caused the toxic reaction.

Corn can also ferment when ingested by dogs.

I am not sure why the seed was outside of the fence, but I found some more out there today.

I know that the Open Space asks that we do not feed the cranes, to protect them from being vulnerable to hunters when the cranes migrate - but here is another reason to refrain from feeding them!

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE CRANES- OR LET THE SEED FALL OUTSIDE THE FENCE!

Please tell your neighbors not to let their dogs eat the seed.

I hope this will keep other dogs from being poisoned!

My dog is fine today, thankfully, but the symptoms persisted for over 8 hours.

Lauri Dickinson and Valentina

Thursday, December 11, 2014

The 2015 Calendars Are Here

The calendars can be purchased at the following stores and organizations:

Assistant Dogs of the West
melissa@dogwoodtherapy.com
(Life is a Ditch calendar)

Bookworks
4022 Rio Grande NW
Alb. NM 87107
(Both calendars)

Bosque School
Marisa Gay
marisagay@bosqueschool.org
(Both calendars)

La Montanita Co-op
North Valley- 2400 Rio Grande NW
Nob Hill- 3500 Central SE
West Side- 3601 Old Airport Rd. NW
(Both calendars)

Red Geranium
7400 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite 14
(Both calendars)

Long Leash on Life
9800 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Set. 13
(Life is a Ditch calendar)

Gone to the Dogs
12700 San Rafael NE
Alb. NM 87122
(Life is a Ditch calendar)
100% of the sale of the calendar , at this location, will go to Healing Hearts Prison Pet Program

Community Renovation Empowering Women, CREW
Denise Wheeler- (505) 343-9307
(Both calendars- $9.00 of each sale will go to CREW)

Rio Grande Nature Center Gift Shop
2901 Candelaria NW
Alb. NM 87107
(Enchanting Views calendar)

Osuna Nursery
501 Osuna Rd. NE
Alb., NM 87113
(Enchanting Views calendar)

Crooked Crane Healing, Deborah Wozniak
(505) 250-7173
(Both calendars)
%100 of the sales of both calendars, at this location, will pay for select patient's treatment.

Village Mercantile
3675 Corrales Rd.
Corrales, NM
(Both calendars)

Ambiente
4685 Corrales Rd.
Corrales, NM
(Both calendars)

Doodlets
120 Don Gaspar Ave.
Santa Fe, NM
(Life is a Ditch calendar)

Teca Tu
500 Montezuma Ave.
Santa Fe, NM
(Life is a Ditch calendar)

Op Cit Books
500 Montezuma Ave.
Santa Fe, NM
(Enchanting Views calendar)

Taos Country Furnishings
534 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, NM
(Both calendars)

Moby Dickens Bookstore
124A Bent St.
Taos, NM
(Both calendars)

The Brodsky Bookshop
218 Paseo del Pueblo Norte
Taos, NM
(Both calendars)

Las Comadres
120G Bent St.
Taos, NM
(Life is a Ditch calendar)

Friday, October 10, 2014

In Memory of Lily and Shadow

I'm sorry to say that two wonderful dogs have passed away. Lily died this week after a long struggle with cancer. I believe she was 16 years old. Shadow died on the last Sunday of July. I think he was almost 16 years old. I will miss seeing them on my walks. My thoughts and prayers go out to their human companions. Below are some photos.

Lily

Shadow

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Last Days of July

July went by so quickly, it's hard to believe that August is a few days away. We've been blessed with a lot of rain. This morning it was overcast and cool when I took my walk with Fritz. We met some new dogs and their companions. The fledgling hawks were out and having fun distracting the dogs. They got the attention of Rocky, a handsome Beagle, and helped me take a good photo.

Rocky

Benji

Kirby

Michelle with her dog Alex and Judy with her dog Rio

Rio

Darby

Shelby

Shelby and Darby

Noel with her dog Miles

Miles

Jeffrey Rese

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Life is a Ditch

I've been meeting a lot of new dogs and their companions this week. It's been so much fun walking the ditch and photographing these wonderful dogs. I'm working on the 2015 calendar and thankfully I have a lot of great photos. Thanks to everyone who has participated in this project.