Showing posts with label Mom's getting artsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mom's getting artsy. Show all posts

Sunday, January 5, 2014

You Guessed It - More Photos!

You'd think our Mom would run out of things to take pictures of.  I mean, how many pictures like this,


 or this,
 or this,
or this

can you really get?

Apparently a bunch.  Mom says she was "learning about the settings" with those photos.  Uh-huh.  Something about "aperture" and "shutter-speed".  Whatever.  Just get good pictures of us!

At least Mom got some pictures of Abby being the Dork-a-doodle that she is.

Lookout, Mom!  Dorkadoodle coming in fast!

She's really four years old?  Really?

Crazy puppy.
At least she got some pictures of me looking dignified.

"Yes, I AM strikingly beautiful!"

A cold snooter, but still strikingly beautiful.

Mom cannot get enough pictures like this, apparently!

Mom "liked the light" in this photo.  At least my snooter doesn't look huge!
She did get a few pictures of Abby where she wasn't looking dorky...  Which means her camera must be magic! Heehee!

Pensive?  Or trying to figure out if the UPS truck in the street has bully sticks in it?

"Yay!  The UPS man DOES have bully sticks!  I knew it!"

This would be Abby's "you have something really tasty in your hand, Mom, so I'll sit still for a second or two" face.

And her "The treat in your hand this time isn't that appealing, so I'm not going to look at you" face.

Okay, enough with the posing.  Let's get back to the action!

Sometimes Abby gets the frisbee...

...and sometimes I do!

"Abby!  Deploy the parachute!  There's a brick wall ahead of you!"  (note: no Dorkadoodles were injured in the taking of this picture)

More of Mom playing around with the shutter speed setting...

A little less playing with the camera and a little more focus on your throws, Mom!

Snow zoomies!
Mom seemed to have some issues with the Doodle Launcher this weekend.

The vertical leap lever seemed to be stuck in the 'sproing' position here.
Here it seemed to be in 'springing deer' mode.
Is it too late to pull Abby out of the Winter X-Games?

And here the whole thing seemed to have gone haywire!
Oh well, no Dorkadoodles were hurt in the Doodle Launcher, so I guess it's all good!

"Mom!  Throw my frisbee first!"
Mom thought we should have a sing-a-long, but Abby is tone-deaf!  (Actually, Mom is tone-deaf; Abby is a pretty good singer...)

"La-lah-la-lah-la-la-LAH"

If I sing louder, maybe I'll drown out Mom and Abby!
Heehee!

Here's a few other photos Mom has taken with her camera...

I don't know what Mom's thing is with disembodied feet, unless she's trying to suggest Abby needs her toes trimmed...
Sunset in winter.
So, until next time, we'll be the Doodles posing for treats!

"Be patient, Abs.  I know Mom's got the good treats in her pocket!"

Have a great week!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Mid-Week Post: A "Few" Photos

Where "few" is slightly less than a bazillion.  If Mom waits until the weekend to do a post, it'll be another gargantuan post with 87,000 photos, even though she worked Monday and Tuesday, and goes back to work Thursday and Friday...

First, Happy New Year to everyone!  We were wild party animals, and almost stayed up to midnight (in Newfoundland)...

"Zzzzz..."
In our defense, we were worn out because we had a brief snow flurry Tuesday afternoon and we had to take advantage of the teeny bit of snow while we could...

It wasn't exactly a blizzard...

It was almost enough snow to be considered a 'dusting'.

But that didn't stop us from having fun!

Abby even worked on her dance moves in the snow.

And I focused on catching frisbees!
The rest of the week has been warm and sunny (and for those of you who claim that if there is snow on the ground, it can't be warm, well, temps in the 30s are warm - especially when a few weeks ago we were in single digits- which is really cold!).

Sproing!

"Houston, we have lift-off!"

I just don't know about this girl....

Mom's favorite late afternoon sunlight (where 'late' is 2pm)
Mom is still attempting to get pictures of us running toward her.  So far, nothing is up to Mom's exacting standards, but that doesn't keep her from trying.

"Look Ma!  No hands!"  Heehee!

You might want to duck, Mom!

"Hi Mom!"
Mom has also been getting some 'random shots to see what comes out' - which sounds an awful lot like pushing the button on the camera and hoping something good happens.  But what do I know?  I don't have opposable thumbs...

Abby, doing what she does best.

Goofadoodle extraordinaire! 

Wheee!  I'm Queen of the Mountain!!

"Abs, if you let go of the frisbee, it makes it easier for Mom to throw it again.  Just saying..."
Of course, Mom always has to get some 'portraits'.  (Still without using the 'pet portrait' setting on her camera...)





In addition to getting striking photos of us, Mom is still in her 'shiny thing' phase.  She keeps trying to get 'cool' pictures of our Christmas lights.

Our buddy Frosty was even recruited when Mom was trying to get some 'bokeh' photos with the Christmas tree lights. We think she probably needs a bigger tree if this is really going to work out.

Did I mention that Mom is enamored with shiny things at the moment?

From the look on Abby's face, you can see why Frosty was recruited for the bokeh shots.

Seriously, Mom, I think you need a bigger tree, or something.
And there you have it.  I'm going to go curl up on the couch and wait for the weekend!

I'll be right here if you need me!
*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus