photo taken May 2008 • title thanks to Bob K.
one year ago: Natural Death, Natural Reaction
two years ago: Stick With Me, Kid
I hate to be a broken record but YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!!
Such brilliant captions. This was a tough one to pick. Love the sweet simplicity of yours, Bob ~ thankyou!
And tied for second place with honors:
Dot & Dash
Little niblet… I mean, nubule!
Cutorial
Au Pair with Bad Hair
The Prince and The Pupper
Short Stack & Tall Boy
One small step for Charlie, one giant leap for Chloe
Field Guide
“Sometimes, kiddo, you just gotta turn your back to the wind and wait it out. Yep, just like that.”
Chloe, I’m afraid of dandelions
Charlie is perplexed, Chloe is…Chloe
Soul Sister
Lord help the mister that comes between me and my sister …
“Just because the cake had a sign that said ‘Eat Me,’ doesn’t mean you should have Chloe. Now we have to find the one that switches you back.”
Marshmallow Fluff
Punk, Rock
Buddies on the Yellow Bud Road
In Charlie I Trust
• • • Some days are difficult days. I had one a few days ago… but then I looked at this photo and the difficulty just… evaporated. Not permanently – but when it returned it was a little bit lighter. Or I was a little bit lighter.
Can you put words to this? I believe with my whole self that you can; you guys have been proving that for a year! I can’t wait to see how you do it.
Leave your title, caption, or thought-bubble-commentary in the comment section of this post and you’ll be in the running to win an 8×10 print of one of my favorite photos (click HERE to see it)!
Over at HONEY ROCK DAWN:
Sweet around the edges: a Photoshop tutorial
It Snowed. In May.
A LOT OF BULL
Calves + Wind + Dirt = Romance of the West
Via Twitter:
Brown sugar is alive. No, really. It’s official.
A la Cart:
The practically famous, incredibly delicious, nearly indestructable
Elk Antler Chew Toys are restocked!
photo taken January 2010
one year ago: Resting On The Path To Brotherhood
two years ago: 5 Degrees This Morning
photo taken February 2010
one year ago: Meet Daisy
two years ago: Being Corny
When I sent these photos out to the Daily email list, someone wrote back stating, “if Charlie is eating weeds, he’s malnourished,” or something to that effect. He’s not eating weeds.
The real story behind Charlie and the weeds is so cute I’ll share it here.
When Charlie was a small pup, we spent tons of time outside, down by the tamarisk tree, or in the draws where the wild grasses grow. And weeds, too.
One lazy day I plucked a long, dry weed and teased Charlie with it and he took the very tip between his teeth and bit it off and spit it out. And I teased him with it again and he delicately nipped off another 1/4 inch and spit it out. And on and on till he reached my fingertips.
This became one of our games ~ I hold out a dry length of weed and he nips off 1/4 inch bits, one after another until he reaches the end I hold. We still do this.
And Charlie now does this with standing weeds when he wants to play! You can see him doing this in the Home video, at the 3:20 and 3:30 minute marks ~ he’s saying, “Chloe, chase me!” And that is what he’s doing in these photos.
