This morning on my way to school...

Every morning when I leave my dad's house to go to school, I pass a farm called "Painted Acres". This is just one of the various times I've stopped my car for a shot I just couldn't miss :)

 

As you may have read on the page dedicated to my interests, I am a sucker for animals. I was raised around cattle, horses, cats, chickens, as well as donkeys. But out of all these lovely creatures, no beast has captured my heart quite as well as dogs. One in particular, Zoe, is the most precious and intelligent canine I have ever had the pleasure of owning. Let me tell you her story.

 

One day, after school, my dad came home and told me to go down to the truck and close my eyes. I did so, and when he told me to open them, I saw a frightened, yellow mutt in the bed of his truck. We got her out and walked her around for a while.

 That night, we brought her in the house where she slept next to my bed for her first night :). Dad told me how she had been hanging around the trucking business where he works, and that she seemed friendly and in need of a home. She was young and full of energy, so we assumed someone couldn't handle her vivacious spunk. We could see where someone had had a collar on her, and removed it. 

 Sadly, she was most likely driven somewhere and dropped off. She is half boxer and half pit bull, and has never bitten nor harmed anyone. She loves children and lies down to let them play with her. She detests violence, and even play fighting is prohibited in her presence. She loves riding in the car with me or daddy, and she knows we are leaving once we pick up our keys. She is the greatest friend I could ask for, and will forever be an unforgettable member of the family. 

 

Well, this morning we had a great example of just how dynamic and untrustworthy Ohio weather can be. This morning there was a thick fog that lasted until about noon. With this in mind, I knew there had to be dew still out on the grass. That kind of circumstance calls for a major macro day.

"Pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing."-Book of Common Prayer.

"O Love,O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew".-Tennyson

"Out-worn heart, in a time out-worn, Come clear of the nets of wrong and right; Laugh, heart, again in the grey twilight, Sigh, heart, again in the dew of the morn."-W.B. Yeats.

"The foot less prompt to meet the morning dew, The heart less bounding at emotion new, And hope, once crushed, less quick to spring again."-Matthew Arnold.

"I am a mushroom On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.-John Ford.

"She found me roots of relish sweet, And honey wild, and manna dew; And sure in language strange she said, 'I love thee true.'"-John Keats.

Photoshoot #1

As some of you may know, I've recently become friends with an AMAZING photographer, Rachel Clarke. She and I did a little photo shoot of her sisters just for fun about three weeks ago, and I had the best time everrrrr :).

Nice first shot of the girls :)

This reminds me of a song....."Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur...."

 Rachel....please don't yell at me for this :)

 LOVE this shot :)

Hard at work :) Check out her blog.

  Oh the unfocused effect <3

 SUN FLAREEEEE :D

 One of my faves <3

 Soooo cute!

 I think she was getting scolded... poor thing!!

 It may just be me....but this face reminds me of the starving children commercials.... O_O

 Bunbun :D

 AWEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

               Great conclusion shot I have to admit :)

As I said I would do, I did some work today and edited. Just some farm shots, but hey I actually did something useful during the weekend :)

Well needless to say, I've been a bad blogger. With school, JFB, Post-Secondary classes at OUE, and weak attempts at a social life, I've had no time to take, edit, or post any pics or news. :( I apologize profusely to my four members, and promise to work harder at this :)