Friday Night Photos

With the Trump administration becoming more unbeelievable every day, time to focus on those who do the hard work and make life better for all of us.

Here's one. I give you Signore l'Ape. In the words of Jeb Bush, please clap.

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Hanging basket:

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Off to finish the roast chicken.

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k9disc's picture

Mocking up interior:
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Living area, kitchen, bath (between the sheets), dog area & bedroom. Living area will have a u-shaped settee with table on passenger side.

Kitchen & Bath:
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Kitchen will be open with only fridge and sink. We're looking at a rolling island to be secured while on the road for max flexibility and space.

Bathroom:
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A single, sloped floor with toilet on left and shower where the tables are.

Kennels & Bedroom:
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We'll be putting a bunch of kennels in here, floor to ceiling, right behind the bathroom. The bed is a bit small, but it's what we have available right now. A few more crates will go on the opposite side.

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“Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” ~ Sun Tzu

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@k9disc

The other day, my son was talking about travelling around in a converted school bus.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

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@Bollox Ref

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@janis b

imagining the space in a bus, devoid of seats, and the uses you could put it to.

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Gëzuar!!
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@Bollox Ref

Sometimes kids imaginations are the material of future dreams come true.

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@k9disc

life-projects.

I am reminded of travelling by train, only the passengers are all dogs in bunks. I had first imagined them all piled together in a dormitory area of the bus ; ). The last photo is very entertaining. What is s/he trying to do?

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there.

Our dogs are pretty naughty when it comes to getting on things. It's what we teach them to do, and we do so in a way to create a little working addict -- not unlike what happens to Americans, not joking either...

But keeping them off of things is a constant battle.

The design for the bus, aka: the Jolly Collie (like Jolly Roger), is really tough. We're trying to keep everything as open as possible so we can maintain a 2 room feel and use. If we have 2 rooms, of any size, the dogs, and the people, can be comfy.

What we are essentially doing is a fairly traditional, if spartan, tour bus set up, but instead of the six bunks in front of the master bedroom / gathering area, it will be kennels on each side.

We're getting ready to pare down our home / training studio into a road version. It's a pretty stark reality moving to simple living. We've been on the road for the last two years, but we've always just had our stuff in the Studio.

It's a pretty exciting project and lifestyle move. People are very interested in it. Should be a fun ride.

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@k9disc

the tribulation of trying to keep them on and off things, as a ‘constant battle’. What a delicate balance you are walking ; ).

Enjoy the ride!

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of low hanging fruit.

@janis b

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@k9disc

Time consuming and hopefully not too expensive. You forgot to tell us about your dawg.

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He is a 3 year old rescued Baussie (Border Collie / Australian Shepherd). He's a "Runtanado", one of 5 siblings that are all playing with elite handlers in the disc dog world.

My GF has his sister from previous litter, they come from neighboring farms in MN that, apparently, don't believe in spay/neuter. After we saw what my GF got in her dog, several of us were very interested in the next "oops" litter they had. The rescue that pulled them really saved these dogs too. The litter that my GF got her dog from were pulled from an unheated barn in MN winter.

Epic is a world finalist in a few disc dog disciplines and was the LCQ winner at the West Coast Incredible Dog Challenge this year. He might get some TV time this year.

Here's a playlist for a project we did earlier this year for one of our sponsors and our preferred disc dog organization: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8zWXaJfi1-sjADkYDtidi8V-0wjMHT8A

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@k9disc

I watched several episodes, and was dazzled by the mutually shared exchange between you and Epic.

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Socialprogressive's picture

I really like your first photo.

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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.

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@Socialprogressive

I like to watch the bumbles doing their thing.

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Gëzuar!!
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Unabashed Liberal's picture

to all of our excellent C99P photographers for sharing your work with us!

A special thanks to k9disc for posting pics of his bus, and of his very handsome and super smart Border Collie! Biggrin

Couldn't get a screenshot of the list of the Top Ten Smartest Dogs (due to the browser I'm using), so I'll post a link to the chart. Of course, the Border Collie tops that chart.

Pleasantry

Everyone have a nice weekend. Beautiful weather in our neck of the woods, especially for traveling.

Mollie


"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures--they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive."--Gilda Radner

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.

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@Unabashed Liberal

Border Collies are especially smart and beautiful.

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@janis b @janis b

Collies are handsome and amazing dogs. Maybe we can convince k9disc to post one of his training videos, sometime soon!

Biggrin

Luv the photo you posted--the foliage in New Zealand is so breathtakingly beautiful, it's almost hard to believe that it's real.

Hope you have a lovely evening visiting friends.

Mollie


"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures--they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive."--Gilda Radner

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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@Unabashed Liberal

"Is it really real?".

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@janis b

I went on a cattle round up and the owners had a bunch of border collies that he'd tell them to "get them up" and they would go down into ravines, up steep hills and other places that were too difficult for horses to get and they'd bring them back to the group.

I rescued a border collie/Australian shepherd mix and she was the only dawg I gave away. She had too much energy and I couldn't get her attention to discipline her. My friend had a cattle ranch and when I took her to visit, she started herding cows so I let her stay there. This was a good decision for her even though I missed her terribly.

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@snoopydawg

even though it was difficult to let her go. I trust she appreciated it.

I have only seen Border Collies in action from a distance, while driving by. Even at a distance it is remarkable to see.

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Sorry, no photos of politicians, just some shots from the reptile house at the San Diego Zoo.

Lizards.
Grays Monitor Lizard
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Horned Lizard
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Chinese Crocodile Lizard
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Green Crested Basilisk
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Snakes
Rowleys Palm Pit Viper
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Emerald Tree Boa
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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
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Side Striped Palm Pit Viper
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@Socialprogressive

Your photos reveal so much personality of the individual. I especially like the snakes wrapped around themselves.

Sorry to bring politics into this space, but maybe you'll appreciate the intrusion, anyway ...

The NZ Tuatara

And it's mate (Winston Peters) in the political world. This longest serving parliamentarian will decide NZ's next government, most likely decided early this week.

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@janis b
They say owners resemble their pets, I wonder if Mr Peters owns a Tuatara?

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@Socialprogressive

They seem so compatible.

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@Socialprogressive

Mollie


"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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@Socialprogressive
That's what we called the Horned Lizard. They were EVERYWHERE when I was a kid, running around outside in the Texas panhandle in the 70s. Now they're endangered. Sad

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@Socialprogressive They are all sensory organs?

I saw a photo of a Blue Racer this morning. They live only on Pelee Island in Lake Erie. And they are blue!

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Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.

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Migration season brings a host of interesting birds through here. There's a trail by my husband's college where I go walking Monday-Thursday mornings while he's in class; there's usually something interesting to see there. Yesterday I went looking for kinglets; I watched some golden-crowned kinglets, and upon reviewing photos later was delighted to find I had also gotten a ruby-crowned kinglet; both are lifers! They are so tiny and they never sit still so it's nigh impossible to get a good photo of one, but I managed to get both!
golden-crowned kinglet

ruby-crowned kinglet

I had to crop both of these quite a bit. I also decided to start watermarking my photos; literally our first day there I ran into a guy who has an (online I guess?) art gallery--he noticed my camera and started talking about photography. You just never know.

Anyway, another migrant we have is the yellow-rumped warbler. They're so cute!




Also saw some in our yard for the first time; they were everywhere for about two weeks but now they're mostly gone. (The cats got two of them too. Sigh.)

And here's my first halfway decent photo of a blue jay; I sure missed them when I was in Utah. I'm getting better at photographing birds in trees.

Cheers.

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This shit is bananas.

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@Daenerys

I love Warblers for their sweetness and their lyrical voices.

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@Daenerys @Daenerys

Mollie


"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures--they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive."--Gilda Radner

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@Daenerys

it's looks like it's curious about something. It's colors and the blue wood along with the depth of field.
Good idea about copy righting your photos. You never know.

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@Daenerys

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I really like the subtle colouring of your Signore l’Ape photo.

Not much in the way of photography this week, but lots of bee action around, courtesy of my neighbour who keeps bees.

Off soon to a friends for a shared meal and fun games with Apples to Apples. See you all later. Have a great weekend!

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I'm hoping to get mine off my camera for next week.
Thanks everyone for posting your pictures.

Since it's Friday the 13th

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