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A New Puppy in the Neighborhood

My friend Mary Ann got a new puppy recently! We traveled down to the Quincy Animal Shelter to find him. He was taken to the shelter as a stray and seems to be in very good health. He looks to be at least half border collie and the other half – well that’s a good guess. Maybe heeler, maybe English setter. Who knows? MA named him Quincy in honor of the place where she got him. He looks to be about four months old and is just as cute as cute can be. Yesterday the girls and I got to puppy sit while MA had other things to do. Frida came along for good measure. Fun was had by all in the soft snow!

Who could resist that face?
Frida keeps an eye on things
He loves the snow
Sky teaches Quincy a thing or two about getting sticks.
He is fearless
They play rough and Quincy goes back for more each time.
Wait up!
I can keep up.
What?
Here I come!
Oops.
Luna, wait for me.
This is a lot of work.
Watching over us.
Challenging Sky
He doesn’t hold still for long
Frida is patient
Finally got all four in one image.

Winter Light

More of my nearly monochrome world. Grays days give definition to shapes on the plain backgrounds of snow and sky. There is still much beauty to absorb.

A Photo Walk

I spent part of yesterday with a high school senior who is interested in pursuing photography. Kayla already has a good eye for composition and color and hopes to go to college to learn more. She particularly likes nature photography so we started out walking to the park near the confluence of the Twisp and Methow Rivers. The weather has been dreary and gray and the ice around Twisp is treacherous for walking. Along the rivers, there is much less ice than in other years. Kayla has explored this area for years and she said normally there is enough ice to walk across the Twisp River. Every year is different and I expect these are the kinds of changes we need to get used to.

Thin ice along the river’s edge
Thin layers of ice show the weather patterns we’ve had this year.
Mountain ash berries
Sapsucker holes
Love this tree!

You can see more photos of Kayla here at my Reflected Light Images blog.

Big Valley Fun

Last week we took the dogs to Big Valley for a spin around the 8k loop. Sky and Frida were happy to be hooked up to long leads and pull us along the trail – as long as someone was ahead like a carrot on a stick. Luna and Nancy just ran alongside their dog and people friends. They are more sophisticated than those other dogs. Or smarter, or something. Sky didn’t quite ‘get it’. She thought we should run hard and fast to catch Frida and then she just wanted to trot alongside and back and forth and generally be in the way rather than pull. If she got ahead of Frida, then she wanted to hang back so Frida could catch up. We still have some work to do to perfect this.

We followed Laurie and Nancy til they got out of sight.
At the river, Sky was the only one to test the water. Imagine that.
Nancy has the curliest tail!
It’s not cold.
I think it’s cold.
Got treats?
Methow River
Looks like MA is working and Frida is not.
Holding Sky back.

Just an Everyday Dog Walk

My husband has decided to tell everyone that I’m a crazy dog lady and I have a bunch of friends that are also crazy dog ladies. Hmmm. Do you think that’s because I make so many of my images are of dogs? He does say it with a smile and he isn’t really complaining; at least not that I can tell. I think he’s just jealous that I get to spend so much time with these dogs.

Here are some images from today’s foggy dog walk.

Little icicles.
We were close to the top of the fog but the sun never showed this morning.
Ghost trees in the fog.
What’s she up to?
I love the little hoarfrost on her eyebrows and ears
Luna collects more hoarfrost
Hoarfrost on dead pine needles
This is the sunflower that grew out of the gravel in front of our garage. It is still standing. The finches have gotten most of the seeds from it.
Single ghost tree in the fog.
Ice from last weekend’s freezing rain.
Tag – you’re it!
I think she’s laughing.
Ready to go in?