RDP – Coddle

thanks to Ragtag Daily Prompts for today’s prompt….coddle https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/rdp-monday-coddle/

coddle

verb cod·​dle ˈkä-dᵊl  coddled; coddling

1: to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point (coddled the eggs for the Caesar salad)

2: to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness PAMPER (accused the court of coddling criminals)

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The older Lucy got she was coddled more and more
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A proud great granddad coddling his first great grandchild
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A pampered day for Kevin’s car – cleaned inside and out

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – #61 – Precious Pets

thanks to Travels and Trifles for hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

Over the years I’ve had numerous ‘precious pets’ as have my daughters and sisters. Not all these lovelies belong to me but they are someone’s precious pet and I was privileged to have taken their picture.fullsizeoutput-6fd6
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Our First Major Snow

…..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.

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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.

Word of the Day Challenge – Leisure

….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.

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365 Days of Art – A Photo Study

…..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.