That's great news, Marc! And for me, 6696 is an excellent
composition (well they're all lovely). I might have tried to get the
background in focus, but only after having taken the photo and
inspected it on-screen :-).
It almost makes me want to try to persuade Madame that we should have
a dog, or 2, and that they should be Airedales ...
Chris
On 21 Jan 2007, at 06:23, Marc Lawrence wrote:
> Speaking of dogs, you all might recall me losing Monty a couple of
> months ago. Someone said that another would come in to begin shrinking
> the massive hole he left. Well, totally unintentionally, one did.
> Oscar (8 years old) was just meant to be a visit for us, to check
> on him for the Rescue people so they knew what type of dog they were
> rehoming. Well, he's here to stay, as of about a month ago. I figure,
> he might give me, and I him, some pleasant "twilight years" memories
> that I never got, losing Monty at about the same age. Funny is that
> Oscar's previously always been an outside dog, but it took him a
> snip to learn how to sleep on the bed and get on the sofa. :-D
>
> Anyway, here's some photos:
>
> http://www.parknmeter.com/gallery/v/airedale/oscar5.jpg.html
> (Shaggy as all get-out, and desperate for a bath and a clip)
>
> http://www.parknmeter.com/gallery/v/airedale/CRW_6511-01.jpg.html
> (Post-clip, and "stocky" - which is what I call myself when I'm
> pretending I don't need to lose a couple of stone)
>
> http://www.parknmeter.com/gallery/v/airedale/oscmarc1.jpg.html
> (Can an old dog be taught new tricks? Of course he can, and he
> has, like how to sleep on the sofa. Obviously I didn't take this
> photo, being asleep and all :-) )
>
> http://www.parknmeter.com/gallery/v/airedale/CRW_6677-01.jpg.html
> (This is called "play" in dogland. Maggie - on the left - is Queen,
> but always willing to descend to mere Oscar-level for a bit of biff)
>
> http://www.parknmeter.com/gallery/v/airedale/CRW_6696-01.jpg.html
> (Just a "Family portrait" of them both (sort-of)).
>
> (Some of the above are a bit "choppy". I think I've overcompressed
> a couple of them to get them around the 100KB filesize region)
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