Our long haired English crème mini dachshund faces off with the black squirrel known as Blackie McSquirrel. It’s a stand off.

#SomethingBeautiful #SketchOfTheWeek - Week of April 6 2026. #MomoKaiju and Blackie McSquirrel face off on the front porch. Felt pen and prismacolor sketch from a March 31 2026 photograph. #Dachshund #HobonichiWeeks

Our long haired English crème mini dachshund sleeps while basking in the mid-spring sun on our hardwood floor, her golden fur glowing while she sits with her eyes closed.

#SomethingBeautiful #SketchOfTheWeek - Week of March 16 2026. #MomoKaiju sundogging it on the living room floor. Water-based felt pen and prismacolor sketch on #TomoeRiverPaper. From an April 25, 2025 photograph. #Dachshund #HobonichiWeeks

Felt pen and prismacolor sketch of our Longhaired English Crème Mini Dachshund Momo Kaiju laying at the feet of a stone Kitsune (magical fox), dreaming of playing with her under the Tori gates of Fushimi Inari

#SomethingBeautiful #SketchOfTheWeek - Week of January 26 2026. #MomoKaiju dreams of playing with the #Kitsune under the #ToriGates at Fushimi Inari. From two photographs from October 2019. #FushimiInari #Kyoto #Japan #Inari #Dachshund #HobonichiWeeks

Ball point and color felt pen sketch of our English crème mini dachshund Momo Kaiju casting side eye from her blanket and pillow on the couch

#SomethingBeautiful #SketchOfTheWeek - Week of December 22 2025. Now that my creative time is my own I’m restarting a new #HobonichiWeeks planner sketchbook. This is the completed line work and color of #MomoKaiju giving us a bit of #sideeye. Now on to the next to continue training hand and eye.

An in-progress photo from my new sketchbook showing the initial black ink on paper line work for a drawing of our dachshund giving us a bit of side eye.

#SomethingBeautiful Week of Dec 22 ‘25- with my creative time now my own I’m restarting a new #HobonichiWeeks planner, w/goal of completing 1 drawing per week, posting progress photos along the way. This is the initial line work for what will hopefully be a drawing of #MomoKaiju giving us #sideeye.

Our long-haired english crème mini dachshund MomoKaiju dreaming sweet dreams on the couch swaddled in blankets.

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- Momo sleeping off Australian GP Qualifying. March 14, 2025. #Dachshund #WienerDog #LongHairDontCare #DogPortraits

A plan view of our long haired English mini dachshund MomoKaiju stretching out for a nap

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- Momo getting some rest. January 16, 2025. #Dachshund #WienerDog #LongHairDontCare #DogPortraits

Our long-haired English crème mini dachshund MomoKaiju, viewed from about as she naps on her cozy pillow curled in a ball.

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- Momo getting some rest. January 16, 2025. #Dachshund #WienerDog #LongHairDontCare #DogPortraits

Today is our little MomoKaiju’s birthday! Ten years old and still has a puppy’s soul. Thank you to dog mom Bambi and first human mom Yukari for letting her into our hearts and home. #MomoKaiju #dachshund #dachshundpuppy

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- Momo napping on the back deck. May 12 2024. #Dachshund #houndDog #WienerDog #LongHairDontCare #MomoKaiju

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- MomoKaiju on the occasion of her second birthday party. June 3, 2016. #Dachshund #WienerDog #LongHairDontCare #HappyBirthday #DogPortraits

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- Momo and Lamby. February 3, 2024. #Dachshund #WienerDog #Stuffies

#SomethingBeautiful Dachshund archive-MomoKaiju off to attend to some business in the snow. We got about five feet in dachshund-inches this morning. January 17, 2024. #Dachshunds #MomoKaiju #YellowSnow #BellinghamWA

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- Sweet recovering Kaiju. January 13, 2024. The #WienerDog got a harmless but large cyst lopped off the base of her tail. No fun! #Dachshund #BlackAndWhitePhotography #HoppedUpOnGoofballs

#SomethingBeautiful #MomoKaiju Archive- Momo in B/W at her third birthday party. June 3, 2017 The #WienerDog gets a fatty-thingy lopped off the base of her tail then spends 2 weeks wearing a recovery shirt. No fun, so wish her luck! #Dachshund #BlackAndWhitePhotography #DogPortraits