Someone had a Birthday!

And he wasn't that happy about it. Poor Dickens. Today is his 1st birthday so we celebrated with a hat and his favorite dog bones. He liked the bones but disliked the hat as you can clearly see. He shares a Birthday with Shakespeare...and yes. I know that. And yes, in our family we celebrate that. I'm married to a theater professor what can I say? I guess we gave Dickens the wrong authors name.

But still it's better than celebrating Thomas Crappers birthday like we did in my family growing up. I have a Dad that is a Environmental Engineer. He designs water treatment plants. And although I didn't know it growing up, he is quite famous in his field of work. Thomas Crapper designed the first sewage system/flushing toilet? Yep, I'm pretty sure that is where the word crap comes from. Put that on your list of things you never knew you needed to know. When I went to London in college for study abroad the only thing my Dad asked me for was a rubbing of the first ever manhole cover. It's in Westminster Abbey if you wanted to know. And yes, it has Thomas Crappers name on it. My dad still has it hanging in his office. And we celebrate his special birthday with Baby Ruth's and apple juice. Yes, it is totally gross. But funny all the same. I'm glad that I have a Dad with a sense of humor. Even if it does lead to the sewer. And in case you want to know so you can celebrate too, Thomas's birthday is January 27th. Please tell me that you had little quirky traditions in your family too? I'd love to hear about them.

Moving on!

In other notes, I was interviewed by my dear friend Naomi at her blog. Go here to read it. You may remember her from the jumping Brooklyn Bridge photographs. She is one of the kindest people I have ever met. And she is coming to France with us so I'm super excited about that!

Comments

[Kate]

Dickens is so adorable! How fun that he even let you put the hat on...some dogs don't even let you get that far. New to your blog, found it via Naomi's (Rockstar Diaries) blog, and I love it. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos.

[lucille bloomfield]

hey candice! i'm new to the blog, found you via the rockstar diaries (aka naomi) you're such an inspiring lady!
anyway, i loved this post. mostly because i love people who celebrate their dogs birthdays and people who do awesomely quirky things like celebrate the guy's birthday who made the first sewer! things like that make for interesting stories that will last a life time! - the farthest i've ever gotten on crazy birthdays was celebrating the members of *nsync's birthdays when i was little. to this day i still remember them. haha.
have a good one.

[christa elyce]

Hey Candice!

I just heared you moved to San Antonio! Oh my! I'm in Houston. We should get together sometime when i come up or if you come down. You must visit Houston. It has the big city stuff that might lack in San Antonio.
oh, by the way this is christa. we were facebook friends sometime ago!

your pup is adorable!

[Irene]

So glad your back!

[Linnea]

Hi Candice!
I'm new to your blog, I found it through the rockstar diaries. I just wanted to tell you how much I really enjoyed your interview. I'm currently in the photography program at BYU (I'll be applying for BFA next Spring) and it was wonderful to hear from someone who has been here. :-)

[kat-in-texas]

My dad is/was an Environmental Engineer too....EVERYTHING caused cancer.....and still does.... ha.

[LeighAnn]

LOVE THE DOG! I grew up with Scottish Terriers & yours is a cutie!! I adore his name as well. :)

[Miss B.]

Oh this is perfection:)