Wednesday, August 27

A Tribute to my Favorite Banana Butt

My parents will be here around lunch time, and then it will be packpackpackpackpack until probably tomorrow morning when we leave (depends on how much packing is left or we may leave friday, but the goal is tomorrow morning).

Anyway, since i probably won't have time to update later as i'm taking everyone to the vet for health certificates, and taking my car to get it's oil changed and a million other small things that i forgot to do until RIGHTNOW, then i'll be backing the lappy and won't have anything to update on as my phone and it's internet arn't fully cooprative yet (I can read websites, but apparnetly not post anything...*twitch*) Anyway, i give you a tribute to the Banana Butt and Qwilly's lurve for her. And just pretend i'm not crying over leaving her behind tomorrow morning. cause i probably will be.

*cue sappy love song music*

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I'll miss you Doodle.

Tuesday, August 26

in honor of Ohio

I goofed off instead of packing for most of today, then we went to dinner and i actually did finish packing after that. Well... almost finished packing. There's just a few things left to gather together... but anyway. I didn't get to actually take any pictures today... so i went thru my photo logs and found these two amusing photographs from December when Courtney and I took the dogs (we only had Qwill and Daisy then, *gasp*) and the baby on a crazy road trip to Ohio to surprise both our mothers. All around it was a very bad idea and i loath long car trips because of it, but i digress.

Daisy was less than thrilled by the cold weather.
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Dispite his face in this photo, he likes snow. Don't let him fool you. Besides, that's a good thing when you consider that we're moving to where it snows a whole lot more than it does in southern Texas!
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tomorrow i've already planned my tribute to the Banana as it will be Mr. Q's last day with the love of his life (next to me, of course). See you tomorrow!

Monday, August 25

A Study of Eyes and Noses

...or I'm going to get an in focus closeup of Shiner if it kills me!

and i did it too! After trying....a lot.... but i did it!

See? Shiner in focus!
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And now for something entirely creepy, Qwill and Shiner have identical eyes!
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So does Trophy!
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Do these boys know they're not at all related? I doubt it...


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(look! i did it twice!!)
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Let's not forget the banana!
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Oh, and the reason why i love photographing puppies? for every good shot they give you 20 of these:
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Sunday, August 24

So Sweepy

I've made a mini goal with myself to update this thing everyday. I know there are going to be days where it will be physically impossible (like on my upcoming migration back to Ohio and probably any day where i work over 10 hours), but shush.... let's not see the glass half-empty. Besides my photography skills need lots of work.

Today I did a study of sleepy faces.

Puppies have the sweetest sleepy faces.
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Qwill says "put the camera down woman, i'm sleeping"
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But Qwilleran, you have such bee-yoo-ti-ful eyes :)
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Besides, when you try to escape my flash by snuggling with your older-little bruddah, it's very photo-worthy.
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And let's not forget the Doodle.
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You'll notice no closeups of Shiner... i don't know what magical aura the dog possesses, but close up photos of him r.e.f.u.s.e. to be in focus. period.

to make up for it, i leave you with a picture of my cat Zeus being adorable.
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Saturday, August 23

El Tres Banditos

While packing the mountains of ...stuff... i've accumulated in preparation for my move back to Ohio, I found my stash of bandanas. I just happen to have one for each pooch in their colors...

They're very good sports. Trophy needs to work on posing for the camera instead of eating it, but i managed a few good ones.

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This photo speaks volumes for the personalities of my three. Qwill HATES posing for pictures, he'll do it, but he makes sure at least half of the results display his displeasure. Shiner, on the other hand, is buttering me up anyway he can (without moving his butt) to get the chunk of freezedried liver in my hand. I think his bedroom eyes are purdy.
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Aw! They really do all like eachother, they're "holding paws"... well... sort of. :)
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As you can see Daisy isn't wearing a bandana. This is for several reasons:
1. her mom thinks bandanas on dogs are stupid. (I think she's stupid)
2. She has a BANANA! who needs a bandana when you have a banana? :)
3. The boys took a vote: no girl banditos allowed!

Friday, August 22

Not Another One!

ok, i did it. I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but yes.... i started a dog blog for my photos. Don't shoot me, i'm doing it out of wub. I mean, who can resist their photogenic faces?
Let's meet the cast of characters:

This is Qwill.
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He's my main man. The first dog of my very own. He's also the Favorite, and he knows it too. He was rescued from CCPAL in Bandera, TX on September 15, 2007. We're getting close to one year! Qwill has hip dysplasia in both hips, but you'd never tell it just by looking at him!
Qwill has many names: Mr. Q, Qwilly, and Plume Tail. He is about 3 years old.


This is Shiner.
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Shiner is my emo dog. He's not always sad, as i managed to catch him with a rather attentive look on his face. Shiner was rescued from the Waco pound by Ruff Mutt Border Collie Rescue in Garland, TX before i fell in love with him and brought him home on February 17, 2008. X-rays reveiled that Shiner had suffered major trauma in his past life (most likely being struck by a car) and has several fractures to the left side of his hip resulting in hip dysplasia, a slight limp, and a funny tail set. He doesn't let it slow him down. At only 36lbs, Shiner is slightly older than Qwill but i still call him my emo puppy!
Shiner also goes by: Shiney, emo dog, emo puppy.


Ah, the holy terror himself: Apostrophy!
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Going mostly by "Trophy" this little pup has wormed his way into my heart. The "almost border collie" Trophy is a Australian Cattle Dog/Lab mix. He was born May 10, 2008 and at 3 1/2 months old has turned the lives of my BC's upside down. We all love him tho, who can resist puppy eyes?



The other cast of characters:
Daisy:
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Daisy may soon be leaving out little troupe, as her mom doesn't want her to go with my boys when we move out in just under 1 week, but more on that to come. Daisy is a lab/chow mix nearly 2. She and Qwill have been best friends since they laid eyes on each other.
Daisy also goes by Doodle and "THE BANANA!"

Koda:
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Koda is my sister's dog. He will soon be a much bigger part of the story as i am moving home to Ohio and in with Koda and my family. More updates to follow, i'm off to work.

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