Furry Friday Fotos

our beasts.

Lord Cliverelli.

he has his minions do his bidding.

he kills them whenever he feels like it.

we are here to care for him and make sure he has the most comfortable life.

He owns all the land he can see. 

no matter where he is standing or sitting.

Jack Jack.

he is a minion.

he loves Lord Cliverelli.

He is here to please Lord Cliverelli and Dan.

if Dan is not in his sights life is not complete.

he lives for head rubs in peoples crotches and for food...any type of food you'll give him.

winter walk

the sun was up.

the dog was raring to go.

i got on my snowpants, coat, boots and toque.  

fetched Gertie.

let out the beast.

away we went.

the beast.

what a beautiful day for a walk.

sun was shining.

snow was glittering.

didn't need snowshoes because our trail was packed down enough.

this is not our trail.  i climbed up through waist deep snow to photograph this trail.

the train passing.  a glimpse through our trees.

the view from our lookout

i wanted to capture the woodpecker..or the crows.

maybe even a chickadee.

the one crow that came to say hi left before i could even get my camera to my eye.

the one woodpecker we know of didn't come out to play.

there was one little chickadee but it flew away when the beast and i neared.

relaxing up at the lookout.

oh well.

it was still a gorgeous walk.

look at that beautiful blue sky

gertie loved capturing the beauty surrounding us.

the beast is so fun to photograph in the snow.

i'm so glad i took this hour today.

and check out who was enjoying the sunshine through the window when we got home.

*yes, he's sitting on our table...when the people are away the cat will play*

*all photos taken by me

with Gertie.

Compare: Jan 2014 & Jan 2015

Hey all.  

it's a new year. 

i sucked at the photo a day for 365 days.  

but i'm ok with that. 

it's a new year. 

it's January.  

let's see what Jan 2014 held:

began running again.

Elsa was running rampant

 the snow came in Nov 2013.  

we just kept getting more.

lots and lots of snow.

***

now let's check out this new year so far.

Jan 2015

snow came Nov 2014. 

most of it left by Christmas. 

this is new years eve/day snow.

we bought the kids snowshoes for Christmas - perfect.

he's still loving the snow.

the first week back after Christmas break... we had 2 snow days.

I'm still running.  

my husband and i got some sweet new shoes.

a little treat since our other ones have holes.

so far the januaries seem pretty similar.

looking forward to seeing the february comparison.  

81/365

day 81.

this was a Practice Portraiture day.

the theme...

On Their Terms.

harder than it sounds.

i wanted the perfect photos.

'do this, no- not that.. c'mon, please.'

i had to bite my tongue a couple times to stop myself from trying to get them to do it my way.

but what great shots i got letting them choose the photo.

'the boys'

my friends' kids.

and my model.

my girl. 

 letting kids be kids..

some great fun.

*all photos taken by me

with Gertie

edited in Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here

48/365, 50/365 & 53/365

these three prompts finish off the month of February.

i'm already into the month of March and have done better 

(it's the 5th day of march and i've taken 3 days worth haha)

so here we go with 48/365

the 17th day of February.

we went to Family Fun day at Camp Mini Yo We.

Where I Stand

watching my littles walk out to learn ice fishing.

there we are, on Mary Lake.

missing daddy.

finishing up the day. 

day 50.

the 19th day of Feb.

Two

my boy lost his two front teeth.

look at that smile!

finally the 22nd of Feb.

we went to dinner at friends'.

they have a beautiful new (to them) puppy.

53/365:

Oh Boy!

(practice portraiture - i chose animal portraiture)

i couldn't take a photo of him and not take one of this beautiful girl.

earlier in the day we blew bubbles in our milk.

Oh Boy! 

*all photos taken by me

with Gertie.

edited with Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here 

29/365, 31/365

day 29:

Lively

the beast.

he absolutely loves winter.

he runs, bounds, leaps, rolls, slides.

he's definitely lively when he gets out in the snow.

I didn't do day 30: focusing.

day 31:

A Horse.

i went for a little walk over to visit my horse friends.

i was wanting them to come see me at the fence but there was a lot of snow, and they had their paths.

*all photos taken by me, 

with Gertie.

edited in Photoshop Elements.

See where my challenge began : Here

day 24

ok, before i show the pics from day 24.

i am done my 30 days photo challenge.

the photo end of it.

i finished my first ever 30 day challenge in 34 days.

next time i'll try to get them done in the alloted 30.

my kids were just beginning to ask:

"what's today's challenge mom?"

they had begun to enjoy figuring out what i could get pictures of.  

i loved it.

i'll do another one for sure - but not just yet.

now, where was i?

day 24:

Animal

this is our beast.

my boy wanted me to take a photo of some of his animals

this is Lord Cliver.

he didn't want to have his photo taken. 

my husband tried holding him for me.

it didn't work out so well.

our cat is not declawed. 

*all photos taken with Gertie.