GoD and DoG

Things have been busy lately and I'll soon have more photos to share...
In the meantime, my mom sent me this via email and I thought some of you would like it as well.
It's a song/animated video so make sure you are able to hear it!

Dogwood Park

I joined a few of my friends on an afternoon outing to Dogwood Park yesterday. It had finally warmed up a bit here despite being super windy. Of course I had to take the new 10-22mm lens out to see what I could get!

The very first shot of the day was Indie who has recently found a super mommy! Indie was abused in her former home but once she warms up to you a bit, she is such a sweetie!


Indie loves pinecones. I attempted to pick it up and throw it for her a couple times... I don't know how she was carrying it around - it was sharp!


On the left is Lucky, Jr. He's Professor's godson... you may remember when he was just a pup. Not anymore!
And on the right is a doggie I don't know... but she was so cute! This was the first time I saw her put that bumper down so I threw it for her (after I got the shot first of course) and ended up with mud splattered all over my face. Never go to the dogpark and expect to leave clean! : )


I kept seeing Bruiser the bulldog throughout the afternoon. Here is he chillin' on a chair with his ball!


As we were leaving I made some new friends! On the left is the schnauzer puppy I wanted to grab up and run away with (and my feet). She was soooo cute! She's on the right too with her mom and dad in the background. They have 17 doggies at home... and she's a pet photographer too!


And I leave you with three of the 17 siblings (only four were at the park yesterday)... they are walkin' like they should be in a movie! This shot totally reminds me of a scene from Reservoir Dogs... and a similar scene in Swingers too!

Tee hee hee

I was going to wait until I had more of the photos from this session ready to share... but I'm antsy... so you will probably see more of Larry and Lola later too!

I rented the Canon 10-22 mm lens from Borrowlenses.com before I flew to Kansas City for Christmas. I LOVE this lens! Now I must have my own!! It's soooo much fun!

Anyway. Larry and Lola belong to one of my knitting friends. Yes, I knit. If you have a cat and I've worked with you recently, you probably have a very special knitted by moi catnip mousie! ; )
I love both puppies! Their mom says they were on their best behaviour for me but I can't imagine them being naughty!

Larry, who I kept wanting to call Lester which is odd because even when I can't remember people names I always remember furrie names, has the BEST ears! I'm a sucker for ears!


He also has a lion-like mane... naturally! His puppy side came out for this photo of him frolicking in the yard! What a great pup!


Lola, sweetie pie, is my new bestest friend. Don't tell Apple!
And this is yet another reason I love the wide angle lens... I can take self portraits!!


There will definitely be more from this series... Larry and Lola like lettuce!
I love, love, love that Lola's tongue is already peeking out in anticipation here!


So that's it for right now... I'll share more soon! And I have photos from Kansas City as well! Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately for the doggies) it waited until two days after my photo shoot with Cecelia and Darby to snow. I had wanted to shoot in the snow for the first time! Ah well...

Happy Holidays!!

Toby and Lola's Sneak Peek

Meet Toby (left) and Lola (right):


Lola is a 4 month old black lab bundle of fun!


And Toby, Lola's 3 1/2 year old yellow lab big brother, may look calm here... but you should see him when his mom mentions squirrels!


Speaking of mom... here's the lucky lady with her pups! I love the look on Toby's face... he's looking for squirrels! : )


Aren't they the most adorable family ever?? I had such a great time meeting them all!

Bella

in June:


and on Sunday:


Bella belongs to my former co-worker at the park and now my neighbor! When he and his wife went on a cruise... guess who got to have her visit?!!? More photos to come later!

ps. I didn't want to give her back this morning. Apple always sleeps on one side of me and Bella was sleeping on the other. It'll be weird to not have her around tonight!

More Dogtoberfest!

On the way to the park... Amanda and I sat in the backseat with Zoe and Chloe.


Once we were there we ran into our neighbor and his two pups, Charlie (the bichon on the right) and Archie (the cocker spaniel on the left). They had been there awhile and it was about a million degrees out so they were a little hot and ready to go home!


Billie Jean and her un-lover Michael Jackson were at Dogtoberfest this year!


And a few more pups in costumes for your enjoyment!




We didn't stay nearly as long this year because it was just too hot... but it was fun anyway and I'm sure we'll be there again next year!! : )