Framed

Henry, watching the game

Henry, still watching the game

Henry, watching me

Dog Blog Post #2280

Is it just me, or did the Miami Dolphins look like giant pumpkins in their Color Rush uniforms?

Anyway, here's Henry watching the game, as seen by my iPhone through a plastic needlepoint canvas, which has a square "frame" of stitches around empty squares - my current Football Season project.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 29, 2016 - "Frame Within A Frame"

Daily Dog Challenge 1795. "Framed!"

Zachary through a different spot in the canvas

Zachary, no canvas in sight

His fur looks a bit funny as he'd just finished giving himself a bath.

Or at least the parts he cared most about.

He is a dog after all, and not a cat.

Canvas, no dogs in sight.

The empty square surrounded by golden stitches that I was (mostly) taking pictures through.

That's my finger at the bottom, for size reference - ten squares = 1 inch.

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In The Bag

Zachary: "Can we eat them?"
Henry: (whimper)

Not yet.

(silence)

Henry: "Now?"

Not yet... and you do realize you only get a few Cookies each, right?

Not a whole bag.

(silence)

Dog Blog Post #2279

Because you can never have too many bags of Cookies.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 28, 2016 - "Brands and Logos"

Daily Dog Challenge 1793. 1794. "Arrange(d)"

Zachary (whispering) : "You distract her, and I'll bury the bags out in the yard."

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The Ball

Presenting Zachary the Lacrosse Ball

Presenting Henry the Lacrosse Ball

Henry (thinking) : "What do expect me to do with this?"

Dog Blog Post #2278

Part of Me might be in the pictures, but for the boys, it's all about the Lacrosse Ball.

Well, at least for Zachary it is.

Henry just uses it to get Zachary to play with him.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 27, 2016 - "Part of Me"

Daily Dog Challenge 1793. "A Dash of Color"

Henry - wishing the Lacrosse Ball was a Cookie

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Scraps

Henry: "What box?"

Zachary: "Ewwww"

Dog Blog Post #2277

In our house, many items come with a free dog toy on the OUTSIDE.

Today, we have the Crumpled Scraps that once were a Dog Cookie box.

We toss the empty paper cartons and boxes into the boys' toy basket.

They are then free to pull them out when the mood strikes and rip them to shreds.

Bits of shredded box are often used for rousing games of keep-away, a rather silly game given that equal-sized scraps of box often litter the ground all around them.

I keep a small under-bush plastic rake in the closet to quickly gather up the evidence for disposal.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 26, 2016 - "Crumpled"

Daily Dog Challenge 1792. "Scraps"

Henry: "Bring another!"

Still Life with Scraps

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Little Noses

Little Noses

Dog Blog Post #2276

Son's Lion puzzle, with a tiny triangular nose.

The boys have triangular noses, too, if you look at them "just so".

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Our Daily Challenge - September 25, 2016 - "All Things Wooden"

Daily Dog Challenge 1791. "Triangular"

Awwww

This is what happens when I watch too much Football, most of it bad.

While the Raiders beat the Titans 17-10, the 49ers were dismal and the Sunday Night game (Cowboys vs. Bears) was a sleeper.

Think about this...

Week 1: 49ers beat the Rams 28-0
Week 2: Rams beat the Seahawks 9-3
Week 3: Seahawks beat the 49ers 37-18

Rock-Paper-Scissors, anyone?

About the only thing of note is that the winner was the home team each time.

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Scratch a Dog

(scratch scratch scratch)

(pet pet pet)

Henry: (happy sigh)

Dog Blog Post #2275

I was totally stumped on what to take for the day's challenges Patience and Canine Myths.

So I stretched out on the sofa near my "studio" (aka Kitchen) and thought deep thoughts.

Soon Henry hopped up on the sofa and stretched out in my lap. Well, as much as a 90 lb dog can fit in a lap. And he wiggled and he squirmed and he wiggled and squirmed until he was practically under my chin.

And I pet him.

You really have no choice, as (1) he's really soft and, frankly, wonderful to pet, and (2) he'll nuzzle your hand with his cold nose until you start, and then repeat as necessary if you try to stop.

Which reminded me of something I read one day on a list of Superstitions:

"Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job." by Franklin P. Jones

I remember laughing as I read it, as I have no doubt that Mr. Jones was opining on how dogs expect you to keep scratching once you start and NOT that you can avoid ever being fired by giving a dog a scratch.

Of course, on the off chance that really is what he meant, I think I've got my bases covered.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 24, 2016 - "Patience"

Daily Dog Challenge 11790. "Canine Myths"

Yes, another iPhone shot.

I don't have a lens on my Nikon that will allow me to capture this much, this close.

Zachary likes petting, too

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Golden Boys

Finally, guys. I've been waiting for you.

Where were you?

Henry: "He he he - we had a GREAT time!"

Henry: "We were rolling around and playing Bitey-Face."

Henry: "You should have been there."

Dog Blog Post #2274

I had the Nikon set up.

The boys had just been fed. The house was a pleasant temperature. I was wandering around the room pretending to set up the shoot.

The boys were prancing about excitedly.

Everything was ready to go.

And then Zachary went over to get a drink and Henry plopped down on the floor.

And that was it.

No fun.
No bitey-face.
No nothing.

So I took a seat on the sofa. Watched some baseball. Figured they would play sooner or later.

And I was right.

A couple hours (yes, HOURS) later they come charging into the room all happy smiles and panting.

Yup, they had played all right.

In the other room.

(sigh)

Soo... Looks like the boys where having a bit of Fun and Games at my expense.

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Daily Dog Challenge 1789. "Fun and Games"

Henry's Head Rest

Look into my eyes

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Thursday Night

With the iPhone

"Zzzzzz"

"Zzzzzz"

"Zzzzz"

Fluffy bits of Henry.

Dog Blog Post #2273

Even the boys turned their backs on tonight's Football game.

Final score? Patriots 27, Texans 0.

Ouch.

Not that my teams are any better.

(sigh)

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Our Daily Challenge - September 20, 2016 - "Fill The Frame"

Daily Dog Challenge 1788. "A Favorite Place"

On the Big Bed.

With the Nikon

Henry: "Wake me when the commercials come back on."

Henry's fluffy rear leg

The Bed Shark

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Golden Peace

Henry: "We're Flower Dogs!"

I see that.

Zachary: "Cookie Dogs would be better..."
Henry: "Now I'm hungry."

Dog Blog Post #2272

It's hard for me to imagine a more "peace and love", "can't we all just get along?" kind of dog than a Golden Retriever.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 19, 2016 - "Pairs"

Of dogs?

Of paws?

Of flower wreaths?

Daily Dog Challenge 1787. "Put It On Pause"

(In honor of the International Day of Peace and Pause The World Day)

Zachary: "... with Bacon on top."
Henry: (sigh)

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Late Afternoon Light

Wordless Wednesday...

Zachary

Henry

Zachary

Dog Blog Post #2271

The boys looking out through the window.

Some sliders were pushed in Lightroom to bring out the magic I see in the late afternoon light.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 18, 2016 - "Window, Transparent, Through"

Daily Dog Challenge 1786. "Looking Through"

Henry: "See you tomorrow!"

Lost in the thought

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Tuffs and Fluffs

Henry: "Momma, feeling itchy."

Coming, dear.

Henry: "Ahhhh"

Henry: "Much better."

Dog Blog Post #2270

Golden Retrievers are a double-coated breed, with a thick, soft, undercoat to keep them warm that is protected by a longer, coarser, outer coat.

When Spring comes, they blow their undercoat - sending giant tuffs of fluff wafting all over the house - and everyone and thing in it.

Henry repeats this in the fall - about now - although the tuffs are more mouse than moose sized.

He then continues to shed a small rabbit's worth of fluff per week, or so, over the rest of the year. No, I'm not kidding and no, I don't know how he manages to grow (and lose) so much.

This is in addition to whatever the groomer gets off him every 2-3 weeks.

(Zachary probably sheds as well, although the quantity is minuscule compared to his much fluffier nephew.)

The only tool I use for grooming is an undercoat rake - shown here - which is exactly what it sounds like. It has short, thick, widely-spaced, plastic-coated tines that reach down through the top coat to pull out loose undercoat.

LOTS of loose undercoat.

Henry loves being groomed, and will stand there, leaning into the rake, for as long as I'm willing to comb him.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 18, 2016 - "In Transition"

Daily Dog Challenge 1786. "Changes"

Henry: "You aren't going to stop, are you?"

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Strong Lines

The Elegant Mr. Zachary

Henry: "Eh hem"

Oh... sorry, your hat!

The (almost) Elegant Mr. Henry

Dog Blog Post #2269

I've made a half-dozen or so collars for the boys from plastic canvas and embroidery thread.

Each takes me anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to create, depending on how much free time I have and how complicated the pattern is.

This one is actually reversible. Not inside-out, of course, but from front to back. If you spin it around, the heart is filled in with creamy white thread.

Now that Football is back on again, I should really considering starting a new collar.

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Our Daily Challenge - September 17, 2016 - "Line Dance"

Word: Neckline

Daily Dog Challenge 1784. "Strong Lines"

Henry: "Momma would be lost without me."

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