Where's Wilson? on Wordless Wednesday

In a Blaze of Glory!

Most of the trees in my area have given up their leaves. I know because I've been raking them up out of my yard fairly often. But there is one variety of maple that still has all of it's leaves intact and it is putting on a glorious show and one last hoorah for the fall season!

Not Gonna Budge!

A little while back, on a gorgeous fall day, I was out in the backyard, raking the leaves into little piles. Of course, the boys were out there with me, supervising. They plopped down and I raked. Eventually I would rake too near to them, they would get offended, and move to a new spot that had not yet been raked. This happened several times. Eventually, as my chore wound to an end, the boys clung to the last un-raked spot! Here they are, trying to hold onto the last little patch.....

We claim this spot in the name of dogs everywhere!

We won't budge!................Wait! What's that about a biscuit in the kitchen?!

Currently, my yard looks like I never even raked it clean, so this little scene will be repeated in the near future. Dog vs Rake II....coming to a blog near you soon!

The Hunt for Red October

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND,  EVERYONE!

In the style of artist Bev Doolittle

Amanda's picture that she posted today on her manymuddypaws blog reminded me of this photo of Wilson from a previous winter. I liked Amanda's picture for how the colors of the dogs played with the colors found in the leafy/snowy background. My photo does a similar interaction of Wilson's brindle with the old dried leaves and his white trim with the areas of snow. He blends in well enough that it brings to my mind the art of painter Bev Doolittle, who is well known for her style of camouflage painting. I am a big fan of Bev's work.

Many millennium ago, I was an Art/Photography major with a minor in Art History. I graduated into the poor economy of the early 80's. I quickly learned that I would starve if I pursued a career along those lines and headed down the budding computer fields track. I still enjoy "thinking" about art/composition/color relationships, etc., even if I wasn't lucky enough to make it my life's work.