Falling behind...

I have so many photos that I'm excited to share yet I find it is hard to come home after spending the whole day in front of a computer to sit down and spend the whole evening in front of it too.
I'm going to start trying to do it more though because I can't wait for you to see the neat things that have been going on around here!

We recently got a lot of rain. Seriously. A lot.
Like it rained every day for more than a week. And not just a shower in the afternoon which tends to be typical of Florida. Major rain.
And the rain brought out these guys:


This one is on our front door. At night. I found him when I got home from knitting group so I left on the patio light and cranked my ISO.


They are so cute... but the bad part is that Apple, our yorkie, seems to think they might taste good. And then she foams at the mouth and I have to grab her, put her in the tub, and pour water all over her face and attempt to wash out her mouth. She hates it.
But she doesn't learn.
She just keeps doing it!
She likes the toads that congregate on the back porch too. I caught her carrying one around just the other day. Ugh!
At least she doesn't kill them.

And the other animal that has been hanging around our backyard... ever since we moved in!


Thank goodness the bunny is fast because although I'm really good about turning on all the lights and making sure he's not there (or banging on the door until he runs), Chris isn't always so good about it. And I'm just waiting for Max to catch him.
Double ugh!
Once Max went running like MAD after the bunny and was right on his tail when he squeezed under the fence. Guess who ran head first into the fence because he was unable to stop?
Yeah, Max is our big doofus!
: )

Enjoy these for now... and stay tuned for some holiday BBQ photos and my very favorite photo of Clementine...

Splash and Freckles

If there is a dog running about and I have my camera... well, there are going to be photos! : )
Splash and Freckles live with Stargazer and Starlight, the two horses seen in the two previous posts. They are absolutely gorgeous Australian Shepherds with crazy thick fur and the sweetest personalities! I'm hoping their mom and dad let me come visit again and take more pictures of them out in their endless fields. I think we could get amazing shots!

This is Splash!






And Freckles!


And the two together... trying to get cool in the shade.


I actually saw two 8 week old Australian Shepherds at PetSmart the other day when I was picking up Professor, who now looks like a fluffy cotton ball. They were adorable and made me think of Splash and Freckles. These dogs are soooo pretty!

More of the horsies!

And this one is the mom of the above horse (the same one from the previous post with the story references)... she has big blue eyes!!

Horsies!

There's a first time for everything...
I've been around horses before... and have even ridden a few... but I've never photographed them so when my friend Traci told me she was going to her coworker's home to see the horses... well, I jumped at the chance to invite myself too! : )
Here are a couple to tide you over until I can finish editing.

*insert excited squeal here*

My new Canon 40D and 60mm macro lens!






I bought them from another photographer last week... so they are new to me! I went to take photos of horses and two Australian Shepherds this weekend with a friend so of course I had to take my new stuff!

I think I broke my neck though... two cameras might have been too much for me.

An Apple A Day...

So I realized (while at the chiropractor... and mine's the best! We ARE going to fix my 80 year old bendy neck!) that Max gets a lot of attention on my blog... and Professor's face is all over my office (he's so darn happy!) and even the cats, Uni and Clementine, have been getting quite a bit of face time on here lately...
Poor Apple.
She's been left out... but just photo wise. She's the one who gets to sleep next to me at night!

Without further ado, heeeeeere's Apple!

Oh... and me. : )
Facebook style... you know, holding out the camera and snapping the photo of oneself? It's actually really hard to do with my camera... it's heavy (but I love my battery grip) and I don't have a macro lens (yet!) so it's hard to focus so close.
At least I didn't take it in a mirror...

Let there be Cupcake!

I had been looking forward to my session with Cupcake, a 10 month old Chinese Crested, for two weeks when I finally got to meet her. She definitely lived up to my expectations... she is SOOOO cute!
I absolutely LOVE her fluffy white head o' hair, and her freckly neck, and that TAIL!
See for yourself:


I can never resist a furrie grin! And big ears are my serious weakness...


Cupcake let her mom put this cute bow in her hair... but it didn't last long. I think she's probably a pretty tough cupcake under all that pink! ; )




Cupcake has a cupcake squeaky toy that she doesn't get to see too often these days because she likes to eat the stuffing out of the hole she tore in it's side. But the stuffed cupcake had to come out to play Saturday morning and boy was she excited to see it!


And last... what I think is a really neat "oopsie" moment:


Enjoy Cupcake!