Banana Abby

Happy Birthday, Banana!

josh — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:25:16 +0000

Yesterday, Banana turned 4. We celebrated by making her a cake

Here’s the recipe (although, we didn’t add the icing, we just used peanut butter)

2/3 cup ripe mashed bananas
1/2 cup softened safflower margarine
3 large eggs
3/4 cup Water
2 cups unbleached white flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped peanuts

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)

In mixing bowl, beat together mashed banana and butter until creamy. Add eggs and water. Beat well. Stir in dry ingredients. Beat until smooth. Add nuts. Spoon batter evenly into oiled and floured bundt pan. Bake for about 35 minutes. Cool on wire rack 5 minutes, remove from pan, replace on rack and cool.

To make Banana Carob frosting, combine the following ingredients and blend thoroughly:

2 cups ripe banana, mashed
1 Tbs butter
6 Tbs carob powder
2 tsp vanilla
3 Tbs Unbleached flour
1 tsp cinnamon

Jowling

josh — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:32:22 +0000

I’ve been dying to capture Banana jowling. We recently gave her a bath, and the moment came! Enjoy!

Wayside Waifs: January 19

josh — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:06:29 +0000

Every day I wake up excited for what’s to come. On my list of things that I must do every day is make a positive impact in some way on someone or (in this case) lots of animals. I’ve been a proud volunteer at Wayside Waifs since March of 2008, and I’m proud to show up there and capture some beautiful portraits of wonderful animals looking for a new family to love them. Volunteering for Wayside has brought me so much JOY, not to mention, a whole bunch of awesome new friends. I won’t adopt from any other shelter. EVER. Just felt like getting that out there.

Now, here’s a few of the sweet doggies I met today…

Max, Australian Shepherd | Shar Pei

Jill, Yorkie

Beth, Border Collie mix

Minneapolis, Yorkie

Izzy, Schnauzer

Harold, Shih Tzu

Rhoda, Shepherd mix

Benjamin, Yorkie

Zippy, Schnauzer | Poodle mix

Calvin, Pekingese | Shih Tzu

Oreo, Border Collie mix

Max, Lab mix

Wayside Waifs: January 5

josh — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:42:40 +0000

It’s that time again. Time for another batch of adorableness from Wayside Waifs looking for a warm + loving home. Which one is your favorite?

Shakers, Chihuahua mix

Zeus, Boston Terrier

Max, Doberman | Pointer mix

Blondie, Pomeranian

Aubrey, Shepherd mix

Lilli, Border Collie

Skipper, Maltese

Libby, Shepherd mix

Sandy, Corgi mix

Baps, Black Lab mix

Shelly, Pit Bull mix

Peaches, Dalmatian mix

Bandit, Jack Russell Terrier | Hound mix

Rochelle, Pit Bull

Eleanor, Airedale mix

Harry

josh — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 02:07:22 +0000

Wanted to share a few images of Harry. I took these at a recent wedding I shot. You can see more images of Harry looking cute here.

Wayside Waifs: November 17

josh — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:24:13 +0000

One of my favorite regular posts on Banana Abby is when I get to share the cuties looking for great forever homes from Wayside Waifs. Here’s a taste of what they have right now. So, if you see one you love, head on up there and adopt, adopt, adopt!!!

Gretchen, Border Collie

Shakira, Lab mix

Verne, Basset Hound | Shepherd mix (you can’t see the cute little basset body in the photo)

Bongo, Shepherd | Chow mix

Jason, Terrier

Johnny, Viszla

Kale, Lab mix

Rangsy, Boxer mix

Mary, Terrier

Thyme, English Setter

Hello!

josh — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:08:18 +0000

Meet Gretchen! She’s a cute border collie I met at Wayside Waifs today. We got up close and personal.

Full post of Waifs coming sometime tomorrow…

Angry Birds!

josh — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:44:49 +0000

Why not, right?

Max + Morgan

josh — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:20:57 +0000

Meet Max + Morgan. Two rescues who live a GREAT life in a wonderful home where they’re spoiled and loved on and treated like royalty.

It’s so great to see rescue dogs get a chance to live a wonderful life!

Note: Max is the Shih Tzu, and Morgan is the Maltese | Pomeranian mix.

The Snuggle Choke

josh — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:48:54 +0000