New Snow and Olympic Frisbee Action!

Of course, when there is now snow, there MUST be frisbee action; it's one of the unwritten rules of the universe.  We have actually had a pretty dry winter, which has made for easy commutes for Mom, but it's not so good for our snow frisbee action (or our summer water supply).  So we were thrilled to see snow forecasted for the entire weekend!  For once the weather guessers were right and we got a bunch of snow!

Let the games begin!

Did I mention that we were thrilled about the new snow?

Seriously thrilled, as EVERYTHING is better in new snow!

Mom was all excited, too, because she has actually been reading the manual on her camera, and was trying out a new action setting.  She's not entirely certain if it is a better setting for frisbee action, since it was snowing all weekend, but she was pleased with the results.  And since she seems to be the only press interested in the Olympic Snow Frisbee event, we're glad she's getting some good shots.

Part of the snow frisbee competition includes scores for artistic interpretation.

Note my upright body position while catching the frisbee.  High marks on this catch for sure!

Abby assures me that this is for the snow frisbee competition and NOT part of her figure skating routine.  I think it would work for both!

Abby sticking the landing!  (Even if she didn't catch the frisbee...)

Nice amplitude!

Pairs frisbee action!

Nice form, complete with a catch!

Abby is not the only one with good form!  And I always catch the frisbee!

Abby's Dogzilla pose is always a crowd favorite!

We also always make sure we've got good snow zoomie action; it impresses the judges!

Finding the frisbee in deep snow is another handy skill!

"Hi Mom!"

Zoom-zoom!

I got it!

"Coming through!"

We're definitely ready for the medal competition!

Abby has also been working on the Olympic exhibition sport of frisbee tug-o-war.

With such fine technique, I have no doubt frisbee tug-o-war will be a medal event at the next Olympics!

While we were having fun in the snow, Dad was having a bit less fun...

But thanks to Dad our competition area was kept in tip-top condition!

In addition to getting all the action photos, our press corps made sure she had some 'athlete portraits' ready to be released to the international press.  We, of course, happily obliged.

Abby, with the tools of our trade!

Abby's 'game face'!

Ready for action!

Abby's 'serious' look.  (Note, she doesn't really DO serious...)

Her 'pin-up girl' pose!

Snooter kisses please!

Contemplative preparation for competition.

My 'wild hair' look!  Snow frisbee IS a 'freestyle' event after all!

And a few 'technicolor' photos for our fans!  (Mom is still playing around with 'Lightroom', which is why the photos are so colorful!)

See you all at the Snow Frisbee medals ceremony!

*kissey face*

-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Warming up for the Olympics and a Portrait Gallery

I would like to make it Very Clear that Abby and I got a lot of frisbee action this week.  But for reasons that are still not clear to me (it apparently has something to do with Mom 'experimenting' with different settings on her camera, resulting in 'less than satisfactory' action photos) there are less actions photos this week than usual.  (Keep in mind that 'less' is relative!)  But we are actively preparing for the Frisbee Freestyle events in the upcoming Winter Olympics.

There was some use of the Doodle Trebuchet

And some standard frisbee catches - a compulsory exercise in the Olympics.

More simple drills for the upcoming Olympics.

A nice catch in the pike position - one of the 'compulsory' frisbee catch moves required in Olympic competition.

 

Me working on the 'dive into a snowbank' part of the compulsory exercises.

Abby also working on the 'dive into a snowbank' exercise.

A solid vertical catch.

Good extension, a clean catch!

Another catch with nice vertical!

Yep, I think we're in good shape for the Olympics!

In addition to the frisbee photos, Mom is obsessed with getting photos with us running with frisbees.  She has yet to be 'completely satisfied' with them (which is okay - she throws frisbees, we come running back - nothing wrong there!), but she's determined to get some shots of us running.  So there are a lot of photos of us running, in varying degrees of quality.

Mom calls this 'unfettered joy' - I couldn't agree more!

Zoom-zoom!

Watch out!  Coming through!

"Hi Mom! I have this frisbee for you!"

"And another one!"

"Mom, I think you still need to work on your color-adjustment skills..."

"Hi Mom!  I think I'm a little orange here - but I'm in motion!"

"Hi Mom!  Another frisbee!  Maybe that's because I'm half retriever!  Heehee."

The sports photo guides say "get two eyes and the ball" - how about two eyes and the frisbee?

"I mentioned that I'm half retriever, right?"

"Can't stop mom!"

Still got that retriever thing working!

I even retrieve in new snow.  Sometimes...

Hi Mom!

Okay, so maybe there are more frisbee photos than I originally thought.  I guess Mom has been spending a lot of time sorting through photos...

Now on to the portrait gallery.

Mom says we look 'focused' here.  Of course we are - she's got treats in her hand.

My shifty-eyed sister with a big schnozz.

You wanted a picture of me look right at you.  Well here I am.  Complete with snow on my snooter!

Speaking of snooters!  Holy Hipposnooterus, Batman!

Mom just likes this photo - probably because it makes Abby's schnozz look medium-sized.  Heehee!

Abby's got her head in the clouds (again)!

Hey Abby, your head is blocking out the sky!

Wow!  A rare photo where Abby is making eye-contact!  Mom should frame this!

I do NOT have a big schnozz - Mom just likes to play around with perspective.  I hate to think what will happen if she gets a fish-eye lens!

Yep, I'm pretty!

Finally, since we finally got some snow, Mom decided to try her hand at some 'artsy photos.'

Snowy pine.

Aspens in winter.

More snowy pines.

Clearly our Mom has gone photo-crazy.  This is what we have to say about that:

Pfffth.

And double-pfffth.

But we still love you Mom!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus