Pixie and Gracie

A full day of excitement on the home front...5 of the 6 dogs dug their way out and decided that coming back into the yard wouldn't be a good thing but visiting the neighbors would be too fun...gggrrrrr.........so off I went chasing dogs in the neighborhood :( Got 4 of them back into the house leaving 2 running the street........to say the least I was a bit MAD at them....

So after that fiasco I decided to make today grooming day...or at least 4 of the 6 got baths and 3 got a clip job....on the last of the dogs being groomed I clipped more than just hair...got Gracie's pad snipped too...I felt really bad but the nurse came out and she got her paw stuck in cornstarch to stop the bleeding and then wrapped in a sock...she was not happy with that arrangement at all...poor puppy....

she looks so sad in this picture...she doesn't like having the sock on her foot but trying to keep it clean and her from licking it


another picture of her poor foot............

Pixie got clipped today too....she is really curly and needed to get her curls under control...she reminds me of someone with curly hair that is nice and straight until the wet weather frizzes it up :)

another picture of her new doo

she looks like she is smiling in this picture :) Too cute

Spookiness

Sometimes things just show up on your doorstep that would frighten you...well if you were old and senile....no comments from the peanut gallery on that comment :)
Tonight was Halloween and both sets of grandkids showed up...dressed in their Halloween finery....I got the one family's picture but none of the ones of the other family turned out.....so bummed!!!!

got one of this family :) poor Stan :) Peter Pan never looked so good in tights :)

Cute as a button!

I guess in dealing with people you don't know you come across some that have VERY different ideas than what you have. This pup got returned to me today because he had a minor dental flaw...he has a very slight underbite...how could someone return some thing so cute for that? A lot I want to say about the encounter but it is best left unsaid.........

He is so cute...and his personality is just shining :)

One more of the cute little guy :)

Can you get any cuter than this?????

More Play time :)

Last year we went to the local kangaroo farm...everyone has one of those in their neighborhood don't they? And my husband shot these pics of peacocks that were running around flashing themselves around everyone........so I was trying something i learned in Lightroom...kinda make it look like a drawing instead of a photo....

so here is one attempt...it really does look more like a drawing instead of a picture...i left the blue color in and took out all the rest of it....

in this one i took out the blue and it looks like a pencil drawing

this last one has a vignette added to it that i forgot to do the first time around :)

ok..think the meds are finally kicking in :)

Lightroom junkie

I just got Lightroom...and all I can say is WOWZER!!!!! Man can I see potential in this program.....have been playing with it today while I sit here with my tooth hurting and on major pain meds to get it under control...so took this picture of Cody and played with it.........how fun is this to play with :) and something I can do till the meds kick in ;)

This is the original I started with...not bad but...................

here I played with all kinds of settings....got the colors a bit richer...unfortunately it shows up far better on my mac instead of my pc...

here is a antique greyscale that i bumped up some of the settings...again so much richer looking on my mac but my blog is set here on my pc so that is where i am putting these for now...

stay tuned for more playing in this program...i am hooked :)

Once in a while...

Once in a while you get an incredible picture...or at least one you weren't expecting when taking or scrolling thru your shots...........took the pups out and had this idea to put them up on the play structure where they couldn't get off...or at least easily...altho one did figure out how to try and climb down it :)
Had some people pick up their puppy and had them keep an eye on the pups so none took a nose dive onto the chips that were below...that way I could concentrate on taking some pictures without worrying that they would fall :)
This top pic was just cute....

this is the photo that took me by surprise...all of them with their heads up and looking forward...not at the camera but at least looking up..............WOOHOO!

Froggie went a courtin

Every year I get at least one froggie that comes to my deck and makes it's summer/fall home. Usually they are in my flowers...this one made it's home on this outdoor yard artie type of thing. I love to hear them croaking...calling for that elusive froggie that is out there......

check out the top of this shutter box

here is a closer view....and an even closer look below :)

There were two of them climbing up one day on a stick but by the time I got the camera they were gone :(

Lucy's pups at 6 weeks

I took these videos a couple of days ago but just learned how to use IMovies to edit out some of the extra stuff...panning and such :) So here are two videos of the pups playing for your viewing entertainment.
The noise in the background is one puppy who wanted to be picked up and held instead of playing with his siblings...there is also a frog croaking in it :)
Excuse the poor filming and editing but wanted to get something up before it was actually time for people to come and get their puppies. I would have liked to get down further to film instead of taking a top down view but......ya get whatcha pay for sometimes ;)
The first video is just the pups playing together...I am in there sometimes but when I got outside to sit and try and take video all they wanted to do was come and eat me :) I kept the bigger dogs out hoping to get some better play but all they really wanted to do most of the time was nurse from mom....they have been weaned but............



The second video is with Cody in the mix...he wanted so bad to come and play...actually I let Pixie in too but she went into the house instead of playing with the babies....they really love to play with the little ones...but I have to keep an eye on them cuz they get a little rough sometimes in their idea of playing.
Oh I just saw the video and for some reason the quality is HORRIBLE!!!! Sorry about that...hopefully I can somehow get what it really looks like up there instead of the blurry stuff I see.....

Happy Fall Y'all!!!

I got pics of the puppies today and got a couple of others....set up these pumpkin/squashes that appeared on my counter this morning (my husband got them for me)...what a great opportunity to set them up and get some pics :)
Even got Cody up there to get a couple of pics of him...

This was just a gotcha moment with the dogs...I came out of the den and they were all just sitting like this on the chair...well got my camera and shot only one pic before they all left the chair...even Cody is in the background :) Poor Lucy needs a haircut after her puppies.

An added to this post are some of the pics that people don't usually see...the pups weren't wanting to sit still for pics for me today...so I have included them walking to me so that they could give me kisses........how could I get mad at them for that???

squash eaters

here come the kisses

I put Findley up on the pumpkin cuz all he wanted to do was kiss me....so I thot maybe I could get a good pic of him up there but............nah...he jumped down :)

Simple Woman's Day Book

I was perusing thru Ali Edwards blog and came across this blog on the Simple Woman"s Day Book...so being in kind of a thotful mood today thot I would try it....I have such a hard time sometimes putting words here...I can think words really well in my head but when it comes to putting them on paper...or in this case on my blog...I don't do as well...so today I am stepping WAY out of my comfort zone and putting this on my blog and see what comes out of my head onto this virtual paper :)
So here we go.....

FOR TODAY
September 15, 2009...
Outside my window...are doggies playing with each other...right now the "sock" is the favorite toy being pulled, snatched, guarded and dodged.
I am thinking...How lucky I am to be able to enjoy simple pleasures at home and not have to face the work world out there.
I am thankful for...Oh so much in my life....guess today's top thing would be my kids who love me, exasperate me, try me, adore me, give me great joy, talk to me, put up with me, model me, listen to me,
From the learning rooms...guess I always want to be learning something...want to do and be so much more than I am at this point in my life
From the kitchen...HA!!! Thinking that I need to make something for dinner but have left over stew that will probably be the meal of choice for tonight :)
I am wearing...my favorite kind of stretchy pants and a salmon top
I am creating...memories for myself and others around me
I am going...to try and stay home today and enjoy the fact that I can stay home
I am reading...Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Series ...book 2, An Echo in the Darkness
I am hoping...to get down to a thinner size.....eventually but would like it sooner than later
I am hearing...puppies whining and the faint sounds of Christian Radio in the background
Around the house...seeing things needing to be picked up and put in the right spot...but am sitting at my computer PLAYING instead
One of my favorite things...my new puppy, Cody...how fun it is to have a new pup to play with
A few plans for the rest of the week: Stan's Chief pinning, enjoying Danica's new washing machine, awaiting people coming to check out me and my dogs, staying on task with my weight loss goals, enjoy my dogs and new pup,
Here is picture for thought I am sharing...