the dogs have just spotted a cat.
time to give them breakfast anyway. but first….
the shoes i’m wearing to work today.
…next to a hurl-a-squirrel
Filed under: animals, dogs, life, pets, photography | Tags: cameras, cyclorama, dogs, life, photography, pictures, plants
ahhhh. new camera.
a new point and shoot. sooo happy. i absolutely love it.
i haven’t had time to rock it yet, but…
here’s a plant:
that was macro, here’s wide angle:
and…oopsie…the cyc is dirty!
more on that later!
what camera is it, you ask? it’s a new point and shoot! the canon A2000 IS.
i should be blogging more now that i have a new camera. that sd750 had whacky mojo.
Filed under: animals, dogs, life, pets, photography | Tags: animals, dogs, life, pets, photography, work
wow….what a week.
i have some news. not all of it is good, but none of it is TOO bad.
ok.
had a yard sale this weekend. i hate them but decided to do it for two reasons: 1. i need a little extra cash. things have been tight lately and cody bear has a vet appointment next monday. trying not to use my credit card. 2. there is just too much stuff in my house. i made $250 and my friend m. made 50ish and d. made 58. and i got rid of a bunch of crap jewelry i never wear anymore. the “cd’s for $1.00 each” was great. sold about 30 of those, some of wich buzzy bee girl left behind when she moved to cali.
moving on….cody bear is sick again. i think we are getting it in check, but between the onset of a new flair up and a couple mysterious bumps…well,….i best just take him in. i have learned he DEFINITELY has to have filtered or bottled water. city water is too hard for him and long term usage (a week or more) will really set him off.
on a related note: my pur water filtration system broke. AFTER i spent 60 bucks and a huge box of filters, opened it and used one.
business-wise: we have been working VERY hard on things and we’re having fun. our new studio lighting comes in. these will be continuous in addition to all the strobes and light boxes in the studio already. the new lights will be great to have for dogs that don’t like the pop of the strobe when getting their picture taken. we’re also getting 2 new cameras!!! also, our pr person worked hard on a pr plan and press release which is going out today!
the best part of all: it’s getting colder and i’m trying to put off turning the heat on until i can’t handle it anymore. well it’s working well because last night both dogs and the cat snuggled up around me and it was so comfortable. my head got cold though….maybe i should get another pet. what’s a good head warming pet? rabbit? bush baby? maybe i’ll just sleep in a hoody….
Filed under: life, photography | Tags: black & white, life, photography, water fountain
hi everyone!!!
so glad it is friday. been waiting for that pay check. going to pay college loan, buy dog food, put petrol in the car, that sort of stuff.
i have a mellow weekend planned: dog walking, movie rental, bike riding house cleaning, taking some pictures.
oh speaking of pictures, here is one from last weekend’s trip to the botanical gardens:
all you friends of cody bear and pickles, they’re doing fine. i’ll try to get some pictures up this weekend. i think pickles has finally stopped growing. she’s up to 38 pounds but a very tall girl.
Filed under: animals, dogs, life | Tags: animals, dogs, firefighters, golden retrievers, life, nature, pets, turtles
my mom is in town. my house is a mess. and you know….that’s never a good scenario.
but let’s move on:
had a photo shoot at the park with some lovely golden retrievers sunday morning. some guy was walking circles around the lake with a net for over an hour. when we passed him on the way to our cars, k asked, “what have you been looking for?” he smiled and presented this…
there were also dragonflies and firefighters at the park! two of my favorite things to look at. (oh goodbear….you tramp!)
i’ve been very busy with work and dog photography biz stuff. in my free time i’ve been playing with the dogs and killing dangerous spiders. as usual, goodbear has a very glamorous life!
looks like i’m not the ONLY one interested in the firefighters! emmy has her eye on them, too!
Filed under: dogs, food, life | Tags: food, life, lunch, people, sandwiches
i’ve gone to the same sandwich shop for work lunches for a year now….about once or twice a month.
everytime i go in i am greeted by…the sandwich crab. a young, brown haired miserable girl. i greet her cheerily each time and with every sandwich i am met with a cold stare and a nasty “do you know what you want?” or something like that.
many times i debate: should i call the manager and complain about how crabby this beeyotch is?
months ago i decided, “clearly she HATES my cheeriness!” and because she deserves no better….i will keep that shit up.
this afternoon i go in for my-veggie-on-wheat-no-onions. she looks as miserable as usual.
she takes my order. she meets me moments later at the cash register. i smile and hand her my debit card with a jiggle of the ponytails.
“thank you!” i say as she hands me my card.
she looks at me and says.
….
“have a pleasant day.”
well, that’s lame…but more than lame….it’s pretty freakin’ congenial for her. i wonder if that’s the sweetest she can be.
nice job sandwich crab. nice to see i’m cracking your shell.
Filed under: animals, dogs, family, photography | Tags: animals, cars, dogs, family, life, photography, race cars, shelby cobra
i was driving south on a main road when i saw this convertible that looked familiar. i was sure it was a shelby cobra, the kind of car my dad used to race in the 60’s. so i pulled up next to this guy in his cool car and i asked him about his shelby. after chatting at the red light, and again while driving beside eachother, he invited me and my family to this weekend’s club cobra barbeque!
my dad had a great time chatting with all the car owners. everyone was very nice. and i had a great time photographing these very pretty cars.
i don’t know much about these cars. my dad raced them long before i was born. and to be honest….after seeing the pictures of his wreck….i’m glad my mom and i weren’t there when that happened. we would have had heart attacks!
our host let us know that all of the 20 + cars were replicas, but some people race them monthly and each car is impeccably taken care of.
i think this one is my favorite:
my mom loved the orange one, my dad loved them all. there was a silver one for sale . . .
but i just don’t think i can come up with the cash by next father’s day!
it was a beautiful day, as you can see by the sky.
i love this one, too…
i know what my normal blog readers are thinking:
“goodbear,….you’ve never posted this many pictures in a row without throwing a dog shot in there.”
oh you know me so well! of COURSE there was a dog there. meet murphy in her shelby cobra!
again, it was a great day. john was really nice so i’m glad we got to chat at the stop light. it IS ok to talk to strangers if they’re in a certain kind of car!
Filed under: animals, dogs, life, pets | Tags: animals, cody bear, dogs, life, pets, photography
hi everyone! ready for the weekend?
i’m not at peace right now because some of my friends think i’m actually deeper than i probably am. so, i thought i would confess some things here…on my blog, for all the world (ok, just a couple hundred people) to see.
1. i watch survivor…and big brother. alot of my friends say they don’t watch tv, they read. that’s cool. but i watch some fluffy television. i’m at peace with that.
2. my two celebrity crushes are gordon buchanen and jeff probst. there, ….i said it. now i will just sit back and wait for one of them to call me.
3. i failed as a vegan because i love pizza toooo much. sorry cows.
4. i don’t know the capitals of many u.s. states.
hmmm. that’s all i can think of now. i’ know there’s more dark and ugly secrets…i just can’t remember them.
now….what you really want to know is….”how are those crazy dogs of yours, goodbear?”
thank you for asking. the answer is:
they’re fast these days.
Filed under: animals, border collies, dogs, life, pets, photography | Tags: animals, dogs, life, pets, photography
the birds are tweeting, the air is cool,
dust is rising because the paws are flying. cody bear and pickles are running around the yard like loonies.
in other news, picky had a play date with her new border collie friend last night:
in other NOT so noteworthy news:
saw spamalot sunday. loved it! i am having terrible allergies this week. i’m having cocopuffs for breakfast.
and that’s life here today.
Filed under: life, love, wordless wednesday | Tags: life, love, pictures, wordless wednesday, ww
