Day 140

(Our) Edge of the Universe

Normally I don't like to post those images that I worked on with this blog (that's why I maintain a flickr page and Primordial Light) as I try to reserve this for quick snapshots. Today, however, I forgot to take a picture. So, here you have it - above is my latest creation. I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I enjoyed creating it. Now I just need to find a way to get a good print out of it, but that's an altogether different adventure.

Sharon is watching television at the moment. She is so cute when she does that. Her attention lasts for only about a minute, but she really gets into it for that time. The first time I noticed it was when 102 Dalmations was playing. Every bark that came from the television got her attention and she would watch the screen, even with Ozzy biting away at her back and neck. It's just fun to watch her do that sometimes.

I was pleasantly surprised at their behavior today, although I did suffer a setback with Sharon last night. Late last night I needed to correct her behavior when coming back into the house from a relief session. I didn't hit her, but I did need to scold her. Since then she's shied away from me more than usual. Sharon came from a home with 2 women. The lady we got her from said her brother played with her all the time. The thing is, when it comes to people Sharon is more readily friendly with women than men. I'm just wondering how rough the previous owner's brother was with Sharon. I guess I'm just going to have to work to earn her trust again. She's a very well behaved dog and very eager to please her master, but it looks like we still have a ways to go with her development.

Damn, this blog is slowly starting to turn into a dog-blog. I guess it's only natural since those 2 little monsters take up most of my free time lately. I'm enjoying it though. I know once they reach adulthood they won't need my attention as much, but sometimes you just can't wait until they reach that point.

I just noticed that Sharon is really getting big - with nose pointed toward feet she is almost 24 inches long from crown to rump. She's just around 13 weeks old... she's gonna be big. A typical GSD female is 22 to 24 inches at the front shoulder. The body proportion is typically 8.5 units high to 10 units long... she is definitely going to be a larger specimen.

Anyway, dog talk aside, today was a fairly normal day. I was able to give myself a general target for my planned photo shoot. I do need to work out a couple of other things as well, the most important being having permission to go on this trip, but at least one variable has been solved. I'm really hoping I can do this photo shoot. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while.

At any rate, I have an exterminator coming to my house in the morning to do a quarterly spray. Keeping bugs out of my house is a good thing. So, to all of you, my faithful and not-so-faithful readers - I bid you goodnight.