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Wiley Roo + Makalu (+ Lexi, too)
Dalmatian + Great Bernese
Clear eyes, nose heart, can’t lose ♥
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I’ve always had a stubborn streak.
Not in a loud way. More in the way that doubt tends to make me want to see something through. Where reason feels like a suggestion and skepticism sounds like an invitation.

In a lot of areas, that stubbornness has served me well. I’ve always chosen life over logistics, and I’ve never been interested in practicality or degree of difficulty making my choices for me. In a big way, it’s what brought me here.

When a 25 year old in a downtown apartment announces she’s getting a Dalmatian puppy, you can imagine the noise. The “you probably shouldn’ts” The “this isn’t practical.” The “good luck with that.”

But instead of listening, I leaned in.

Despite the noise, I brought Wiley home, and in spite of it, I committed to giving him a life bigger than anyone expected. And that’s what we’ve had. Fourteeners. Desert dunes. Before work and after work hikes. Tents alone in the mountains. Road trips across the western states. First pitches. Phot shoots. It started with a heart nose and became a heart nose on the go.

From that came all of you. And I’ve truly loved it.

Until something shifted.

There is a lot of life that happens in the in between..the quieter moments and spaces closer to home. Ordinary days can still add up to everything I set out to give my dogs.

But at a certain point, those moments started to feel incomplete unless they were curated to became something bigger and more shareable.

Walks had to be hikes.
Hikes had to be epic.
Epic had to be documented.
And enough stopped feeling like enough.

That’s when adventure stopped feeling like joy, and showing up here started feeling like obligation.

So I’m stepping back a bit and taking inventory.

Still living our best life, but letting that be whatever size it is on any given day without the pressure to document it or justify it.

I don’t know exactly what it means for this page.
For now, I’m just getting back to doing it my way.

🖤🧡 by @hi.wiley

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8 months ago

A little moment to pause and take it all in 🖤 by @hi.wiley

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8 months ago

“Breathe it all in,
Love it all out.”

🧡 by @hi.wiley

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9 months ago

Smiley Wiley….more of this in 2026, please 🖤 by @hi.wiley

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9 months ago

Aging, but make it a montage ✨
One second of every day that made 32. The days were small but the year was not
Cheers to 33! by @hi.wiley

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9 months ago

Who else has to pull yourself out of the holiday daze to work today? by @hi.wiley

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Every morning, I drink my first cup of coffee with Makalu at my feet, one hand wrapped around my mug, the other resting on his big, heavy head, the full weight of it leaning into my palm.

On hikes, when I pause to take in the view or pull out my camera, he pauses too. Sometimes sitting at my feet, sometimes a few steps ahead. Sometimes looking out, sometimes looking straight back at me.

In the car, he alternates between his head out the window, feeling the wind, and his head on the back of my seat, making sure I know he’s there. Not needy. Not pushy. Just present.

The weight of his head. The permission to slow down. The quiet constancy.

He’s my reminder of everything good in this life
And that it exists both in the doing and in the pause.

He is love. He is perfect. I told him so over coffee this morning. by @hi.wiley

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9 months ago

December:
The magic of endings and beginnings ✨ by @hi.wiley

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9 months ago

A peaceful hike, followed by a series of extremely confident but incorrect decisions.

Little did I know this was one of the last photos I’d take before things got…aromatic. Later that night, during what was supposed to be a routine “last potty break before bed,” these two met their first skunk in our backyard.

Makalu (my more sensible, timid boy) took the first hit, immediately understood the assignment, and walked away to quietly process his life choices.

Wiley, on the other hand, my… more wily one, took personal offense. He decided the skunk needed to be chased, argued with, and escorted off the premises, continuing the pursuit until it left the yard (because apparently being sprayed once was not a sufficient conclusion)

Makalu learned his lesson. The skunk hopefully learned his and won’t be returning. And Wiley, well… is prepared if it does (no regrets) by @hi.wiley

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10 months ago

Let joy be joy,
even in the smallest ways 🖤❄️ by @hi.wiley

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10 months ago

In case you needed a little bit of good news today: he caught it!! by @hi.wiley

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10 months ago

Tis the season to be jolly ❤️🎄 by @hi.wiley

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