Splendor In The Grass… & The Dirt & The Sun
photo taken May 2009 • title thanks to Craig
Tied for first-and-a-half place:
coyote spring roll
the sun is my alpha
the good earth
sunny-side pup
spring rollin’
canis latranscendental
• • • It’s impossible for me not to smile when I see this photo. A smile that starts at the mouth and extends throughout my whole being.
It’s for you to name. Leave your title, caption, or Charlie-commentary in the comment section of this post and you’ll be in the running to win an 8×10 print of what may be my most popular photograph (click HERE to see), which also happens to be the cover image for the German translation of my book! (OMG!!)
Your entries knock me off my chair weekly, can’t wait to see what your marvelous minds conjure today!
August 31st, 2009 at 7:32 pm
“Oh, this is the life! I’m the luckiest coyote in the world! Now, Mama, will you please put your camera down, come over here, and rub my belly?”
August 31st, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Carpe Diem Coyote
You bring so much joy to my day, I can’t imagine one without it. Peace.
August 31st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Belly Bliss!
August 31st, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Aaahhhhh!
August 31st, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Just a Little to the Right…
August 31st, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Solar plexus
August 31st, 2009 at 8:35 pm
“Rolled To Joy”
Happy Roll!
Coyotenip
August 31st, 2009 at 8:46 pm
roadrunner dreams
August 31st, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Coyote nip
August 31st, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Reckless Abandon!
August 31st, 2009 at 9:05 pm
“I love to work at nothin’ all day”
August 31st, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Coyote BLISS!!
August 31st, 2009 at 9:40 pm
“Those lazy, hazy crazy days of summer”…and spring
August 31st, 2009 at 9:42 pm
‘ Four off the Floor’
August 31st, 2009 at 9:45 pm
The whole world is upside and I’m walking on the sky!!!
August 31st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Afternoon delight
The Wyoming Backstroke
Grass and boulders, bees and toes!
August 31st, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Oh how great it is to be me…
August 31st, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Sunny Side Up!
August 31st, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Happiness is a Warm Coyote
(I’d like to think Charles Schulz would approve ; )
August 31st, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Backstroke through the brambles
August 31st, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Coyote Ab Exercises
August 31st, 2009 at 11:17 pm
doin’ the ole bunny foot flop and roll
August 31st, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Calf Stretch!
August 31st, 2009 at 11:23 pm
I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.
August 31st, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Tanning my hide!!!
August 31st, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Wyoming Sunbeam Spa
August 31st, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Charlie as Fainting Goat.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:23 am
Stretchin’ out for every bit of ray
September 1st, 2009 at 12:30 am
Here’s tummy, Mummy!
September 1st, 2009 at 12:39 am
A Lazy Afternoon with the Sun
September 1st, 2009 at 12:53 am
High Plains Dude- Four Paws to the Wind
September 1st, 2009 at 1:26 am
raising his legs to the sun rays
September 1st, 2009 at 1:34 am
Closer to the Earth
or:
Wyoming Chaise Longue
or, if I’ve got the mood all wrong, then, in my family growing up, when the canines ran around and scrubbed their shoulders on the ground, we called them “Victory Rolls”
(I’m adoring my “Coyote Pimp” Tee, btw. Thank you so much!)
September 1st, 2009 at 1:36 am
That cloud looks like a bunny rabbit!
15 more minutes ’til it’s time to flip over!
September 1st, 2009 at 1:38 am
Rollin’ with the homies
September 1st, 2009 at 2:01 am
Oy. Shouldn’t have had that last elf leg.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:02 am
Savasana
September 1st, 2009 at 2:03 am
Floating in a puddle of grass.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:07 am
Prairie backstroke
September 1st, 2009 at 2:46 am
ROFLMAO!
September 1st, 2009 at 3:16 am
UNDERexposed
Love the contradiction… :)
September 1st, 2009 at 3:27 am
Itchie Coyote – Aaah that’s better!
September 1st, 2009 at 5:36 am
taking a dip
September 1st, 2009 at 7:22 am
Right now – right here
Earth, grass, sun … I am
September 1st, 2009 at 7:37 am
Inside bliss – outside rolling
September 1st, 2009 at 8:25 am
Savasanaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
September 1st, 2009 at 9:02 am
Happiness is a sun warmed coyote
September 1st, 2009 at 10:47 am
aww shucks….so close to winning this week :) I got excited when I saw Splendor in the grass as the title. Congrats Craig
September 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
can we never leave!!!!!
March 10th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
This is a great website!
Thank you for sharing your story.