I'm Hungry

Many times, our boarders are not on our schedule. We seem to feed later than their families. Finley sure thought so. Hey mister, I'm hungry.
Seriously, I'm really Hungry. Place food in here.
Maybe some stinkeye will hurry you up. Finley tries mind control.

Family Portrait Friday

Very rarely do the pups lay together like this. That left the other 1/3 of the couch for the humans. Had to snap a shot, as who knows when this will happen again.

Angles of Kelli

Kelli is a master roacher.
She likes to reach for the sky.
And show some teeth.
And sometimes, tongue.
Stinkeye to the paparazzi.
Gives up, and takes a nap.

Wordless Wednesday - Jenny Photobombs Vegas

Ms Jorja

We don’t always watch just greyhounds. Regular followers of the blog have seen Jorja before. She’s funny looking, in that very cute way.

Jenny says, don’t worry daddy, i’ll keep an eye on her.

Yes, Kelli. That is a fuzzy little Jorja growing out of your butt.

Wordless Wednesday - Belle

Wildlife Wednesday

I haven’t used my Canon 7D as much after I got the Fuji X100S. But for action shots, and bird photography, it’s still my go-to camera setup. I realized I hadn’t downloaded pictures from it since back in June. Remembering warmer days on this cold rainy day.

It didn’t take long for the birds to figure out that free food was available. We had female cardinals.

And male cardinals.

Goldfinches. So colorful.

Black birds. Who weren’t happy the that feeders were low.

Squirrels. Who were happy to fill up.

The birds and squirrels learned to share.

Waiting for the rain storm to pass.

One bird ran into the glass door, and was shaken for a few minutes before flying off. Don’t think it appreciated me poking the camera in its face.

Even saw a Red-Headed Woodpecker.

Dragonflies buzzed around.

Baby deer were out and about.

Surprised a deer as I was going out for a run. Wasn’t too bothered, as it let me go back in to get the camera.

On the not so wild side, Maddux who doesn’t have a fenced in yard at home, took advantage of it while he was here.

Sallie telling her sister, Flicker, to Stop Digging.

Wordless Wednesday - Kelli on Stan

Wordless Wednesday - Shy Sly

Wordless Wednesday - Jenny Deer Watcher

Grapehounds NY 2013

Yes, that’s right. 2013. Just a little bit late. This was back when we still had Stella.

Stella is all excited for the 8 hr drive up, while Stanley has already settled into nap mode.

We stayed at an old farm house. The house dog showed us where the ducks were. Stella took particular interest.

You could tell which wineries welcomed the greyhounds.

We ran into Sly and Cooper’s parents at Villa Bellangelo. Their tasting room was so big, the kids decided to spread out.

Then off to lunch. Stella and Stanley shared a bed on the deck.

We had a beautiful view on the deck.

While we started our tasting menu.

We went back at the farm house for a little break, and the ducks were waiting to ambush us.

Then off to the Welcome Party at Hazlitt. Stella and Stanley look out on all the other greyhounds.

Parker looks around. Searching for some of his peeps. 

Oh look. He found some pups his size at one of the wineries.

We really did feel welcome at the wineries.

By this time, Stanley was willing to just lay down on the floor. But for our tripod girl, we took in the cushy bed.

This little slip of paper was our pass to the greyhound-friendly wineries.

There was vending at the host winery. Where the vendors sold such things as the Bake a Bone. I referred to it as the George Foreman of doggie biscuits.

The stained glass really looked great on this sunny day.

The kids were so tired, they didn’t mind sleeping under the deer head.

Refreshed after their nap, they are ready for their next tasting.

On to the next winery.

Where they have something for the pups and their humans.

The last winery we went to had this artsy chalkboard.

We showed a little restraint this year. Of course, by now in real time, none of those bottles are left.