…thanks to Lens Artists Photo Challenge for this week’s theme, ‘waiting’
Waiting for permission to get on the couch.
Waiting to start kindergarten
Waiting to see what Olive will do
Waiting in line
Waiting to be seated in the restaurant
Waiting for me
Just waiting for his turn to touch the car
Waiting for the pizza to come out of the oven
Waiting for her pizza
…thanks to Carla Sonheim for bringing back the ‘sidewalk crack’
This one reminds me of our daughter’s Bassett hound, Lucy,
…thanks to Jess for hosting this challenge
Today’s dog is Lucy. She is a Bassett hound and belongs to our daughter in Hamilton. She’s getting on in years and she howls when she forgets where she is.
…..in week three of January
I thought we were never going to need the snow shovel this year but a big storm has moved into the northeast of the U.S. and southern Ontario. Here in Toronto it’s been snowing all day but very lightly. I did sweep the snow off the porch and did one pass with the snow shovel over the sidewalk this afternoon.
Forty kilometres west of here in Hamilton it’s been quite a different story. Lucy, our daughter’s dog, had to make a path through about 10 to 20 cm of snow to find a place to pee. This photo was taken about six hours ago. I’m sure the amount of snow has doubled since then.
Hopefully I can get out tomorrow and get some of my own ‘snow’ photos. They’ll be the first this season but Toronto often gets bypassed by the bigger storms.
….if you’d like to participate in the challenge the word is leisure
Children and dogs really know how to relax and enjoy some leisure time.
….thanks Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
This week we can post any photo that has words with Z in them or shots of people or animals catching some ZZZs.
Blizzard Conditions
Zoo (then and now)
Me at the High Park Zoo in 1955
The Toronto Zoo in 2017
Catching Some ZZZs
…..Day 26
After taking numerous photos of Lucy, the Bassett hound, my granddaughter wanted me to take some photos of her. Funny how the dog was easier to photograph. Winnie makes a lot of sudden moves whereas the dog was happy to just sleep on the couch. Nonetheless it was fun taking shots from different angles and Winnie loved looking at the photos.
…..day 25
In Carla Sonheim’s year-long on-line class the prompt today was to take 11 photos of the same object. My granddaughter and I decided to should use Lucy, their basset hound, as my subject. This is a slight departure from the drawings and paintings that I do but I do consider photography an art form as well.
….it definitely wasn’t love at first “bite”
Puppies and old dogs don’t always mesh. A and J were looking forward to introducing their new dog, Olive to G’s and B’s older dog, Lucy.
The experts say that there’s something about puppies that older dogs recognize as being non-threatening. They instinctively know that these frisky young pups, although somewhat annoying to older dogs, are harmless and in need of nurturing and gentle instruction in the hierarchy of the canine world.
I guess Lucy had not read the chapter on caring for pups. A while back she had been attacked by another dog in the dog park and in her defence she has been wary of all new dogs that she meets. Olive learned very quickly that Lucy was less than pleased to meet her. We ended up keeping both dogs on leashes in the house during dinner time. Food issues between two dogs can be quite unpleasant and since Lucy is about four times bigger than Olive we erred on the side of caution during mealtime. 
As the day progressed Lucy relaxed a bit, literally, and slept on the couch while Olive pranced around the house and stayed clear of Lucy. Luckily Lucy doesn’t feel the same way about our granddaughter. Winnie can sit on Lucy and dress her up and Lucy reaps the rewards at dinner time when Winnie drops food by her high chair. It’s what I would call a symbiotic relationship.
Winnie is a little unsure of Olive. She’s not used to such an ‘active dog’ but over time I’m sure she will grow to love Olive as the rest of us have. As for Lucy, I think that she will stay out of Olive’s way and be somewhat territorial but time will tell.
The next challenge will come when the girls bring Olive over to our house to meet Frances.
” Say what??? Who’s coming over for dinner?”
…thanks to Jennifer Nichole Wells for this week’s photo challenge and the word dog
Frances and Lucy always make great subjects for photos. Frances is our dog and Lucy belongs to our daughter’s family.
Mama Cormier 