A sunny Saturday

Bubby is turning out to be highly photogenic

I think you can tell from these photos I took this morning that he also doesn't mind having his photos taken either - he was on the top of the couch, taking a break from trying to get at some knicknacks I have on a shelf right above where he was laying here looking beautiful - in other words he is still very much being a puppy

You can see the knick-knacks in the top of the photo here where Bubby is looking beautiful

This is Buttercup laying on the other side of me wondering what all the fuss was about

And then her asleep because it was just too sunny not to go to sleep

We then had a fabulous walk in the woods this afternoon and the dogs gaave me a couple moments to take a couple pictures of them

I wish now I'd brought my regular camera instead of just my iphone because I think these would have been really nice photos to have with a regular camera and not all fussed up with a pre-made program. Oh well.

Here's a shot of the part of the walk we go on - woods behind my house - I'm so lucky to have this space - waiting 7 years for it to be developed and it hasn't happened yet - I hope it never goes through. That would be awesome to always have this space to walk the dogs.

And here is Buttercup on my lap after the walk dead-asleep - I think she's had a good day for a 17 year old dog.

Friday night

Buttercup and Bubby having fun

Taken at Long Lake

Buttercup at her best

Beautiful bed mates

Taken at Dogkisser international headquarters

Travels in Delhi Ontario

I am in Delhi Ontario visiting relatives I've never met

So I have my camera with me

And these are a couple pictures I took this morning

Around, above, below, and to the left of where I've been

Just normal stuff

And of course when I see flowers

I have to take pictures of them

Last night at the Hamilton airport there is the neatest statue of what they call "the common man traveller" - the light wasn't good enough to take a picture of him from the front - so when I am leaving Ontario I hope that I'll be able to get some photos of him them - he is a wild statue

And here is a couple pictures of what I've left behind

I know I've left them in great hands, but I am having pretty severe separation anxiety

Ten minutes of wrestling and 17 year old Buttercup is still ready to go for some more

Taken at Dogkisser international headquarters

Bubby and Buttercup do the Long Lake Provincial Park

Yesterday we went to Long Lake

It was such a beautiful da
y - and it was chock a block with people and their off leash dogs - there were so man
y people there with their dogs it was unbelievable

Bubby had a fab time play
ing with all the dogs there - and I was amazed that people still go there to walk their dogs off leash even after all the warnings over the
years - it was a beautiful da
y for everyone - humans and dogs alike

This little puggle was named Cheech or something similar and was having the time of his life being bad - but it wasn't bad really
- he just wasn't listening to his owners - he was just going and playing with everyone walking by - which is just normal - he had the time of his life.

Bubby thought the place was shangri-la - there were puddles to la
y down in and get muddy
in and the lake to la
y down in and get clean in

Even Buttercup had a good time

And I had a good time watching them all.

The last bloom of summer 2011 on October 12, 2011

Taken at Dogkisser international headquarters

I am a pariah. Now go away.

Taken at Dogkisser international headquarters

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Taken at Dogkisser international Heasquarters

My first foray into metallurgy - 3 silver rings - I think they're pretty cool!

A broken up headstone

Taken at Camp Hill Cemetery

Another busy day - Maritime Fall Fair, fluffy Bubby, NSIHPE

Today the Maritime Fall Fair was all about horses, I missed the oxen this year - but I did see some cows, so that was good - this year I focused on the midway in my picture taking - which you can look at below - I'll just post all the photos at the end of this post if that's the kind of thing you like to look at.

I also got a couple good shots of Bubby and Buttercup -

Buttercup got to eat her first chicken foot today = which she seemed to enjoy - and

Bubby was looking very fluffy and beautiful, which I of course was not very good at capturing - maybe someday I'll get a good shot of him.

I also took a drive over to the last day of the Nova Scotia Integrative Health Pet Network and

absolutely cleaned up on their silent auction - I guess someone had to bid on the items, eh? I got a magic bullet, a handmade purse, and a candle like one that I already have that's handmade by a company up in Antigonish - I happen to like them - so I bid on it.

I noticed a couple things were missing though. In the thank-you section - the person who made the

magazine ads for the Dogs Naturally Magazine was not thanked - and I think she should have been - her name is Angela Duggan - and I think she did a fabulous job with the ad - it was in every issue of Dogs Naturally Magazine leading up to the expo - and I think you'll recognize the dogs in it.

I also was not thanked - evern though I was involved early on and designed the logo for the event, as you can tell by the presence of Buttercup in the logo as well. Am I sour? I guess you can say I am, but such is life - I only spent many, many hours working on the event - one could say I wasted many many many hours on the event.

But at least the event is over now - and everyone learned lots of lessons from the organizing of the event, that's for sure - I know I did. And I didn't even get a free t-shirt. People who volunteered on the day of the event only got a free t-shirt. Oh yeah, that's the sourness coming out again. I never said I was perfect. I like t-shirts. I'd probably never wear it though because it'd be advertising an event that I'm sour about.

I like to wear t-shirts that advertise things I'm passionate about - so it's probably better I didn't get one.

I like my magic bullet though. And I got a good price on it.

Here's my photos from the Fall Fair today -