Sunday, January 31, 2010

4/52 Weeks for dogs -- "Stair"



(I admit, the grammar geek in me laughs at the homophone. Okay, I'm really geeky.)

Managed to get enough of a break in the rain yesterday to go shoot some photos for an hour or two. I actually ended up at my old middle school, which is now pretty much boarded up and in dire need of repair throughout. There's a set of stairs that go up to the high school, which has been utterly, completely redone, all brick and glass and huge buildings. I have a mural in there that I'm shocked is still standing after what now... uh, twenty years? Wow, it has been. Oh man, dated myself. ;)

But it was a great place to take shots of the dogs and I'll remember it on the weekend. It's just got a lot of neat spaces to use.

Caleb, on the stairs... sheesh, I've rarely had this problem with a dog. He's hard to keep weight on - the last one I had like that was Ali. Liblet is a picky son of a gun, oddly enough. (Unless it's something I'm eating, in which case he wants it bad. "Yum, lima beans!" )


Simon on the stairs... Ten minutes from the school and we're at Fort Ward. There was this sea lion out in the Sound barking at us and then it swimming closer and closer in fascination trying to figure out what the heck Simon was... and Simon was like, "That is the scariest, ugliest thing ever, wow." We decided the car was the better point of valor when it started to lumber onto the beach, eep! Those things are huge.



And of course, a couple of headshots...







5 comments:

Crazy Cardiness said...

Beautiful pics and I love the play on words!

Red Dog Mom said...

The grammar geek in me loves the word play too. Solid Gold makes a food called Barking at the Moon that is SUPER high in calories, designed for working dogs. When Moira was little and wouldn't keep weight on, I fed that to her. Might give it a try for Caleb.

Taryn said...

Lovely shots...as always!

I would rather have a Cardi that's hard to keep weight on, so you don't have to starve him to keep him at a good weight. I've got one of each. Jimmy is always busy so always slim, Wilson looks at food and gains, so the poor boy is always on a diet!

Dune Cardigans said...

I can just see the look on their faces when they came across the sealion. LOL. I have a hard time keeping weight on Hunter too. Not a good thing when the girls come in season.
The pics are lovely. Will have to get over your way and set up a photo shoot. ;) Dayl forwarded me the pics of Jake/Candy... You have very good timing! Hard to get them looking the same way at the same time!!!

2Grandmas2 said...

Eagerly awaiting news of Silly Simon's toe...