Category Archives: Zoe

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Zoe in Autumn Leaves

October 15, 2008 – 10:45 am

In 2007 I helped out with the 2008 ACT Rescue and Foster Calendar. It was a fun project, although at times it was difficult to work in the studio with rescued dogs who had little to no training. In fact, difficult is an understatement. For the Autumn themed shot we had all these georgeous leaves filling up my studio. The dog we were working with was a little excitable. Leaves were flying everywhere and half way through the session, she peed all over my backdrop *sigh*. You might think that was bad, but then she was so excited that she swiped her tail through it and pee was flicking over everything. Trust me when I say I needed a shower after all of that.

Anyway, when everything had settled down, I decided that Zoe would look lovely on the leaves. Oh the joy of working with a dog who knows how to drop, stay and look at me! Plus, she’s so darn pretty.

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Zoe - The Sphinx

August 29, 2008 – 7:16 am

I call this photo ‘The Sphinx‘ because Zoe’s pose totally reminds me of the namesake sculpture in the desert outside Cairo, Egypt. Seeing the Pyramids of Giza was at the top of my world wonders list, so Brendan and I made the journey in early 2004. I was surprised to find the Sphinx smaller than I imagined. I guess all the photos of it have the pyramids strategically framed in the background so it gives it a greater sense of size. Despite the smaller than expected size, it was totally worth visiting. I think I might go through my archives this weekend to have a look back through those photos. That was the trip that I fell in love with photography so I’d love to see how those photos look to me now.

Today I have the day off work. Labor day is Monday so I find myself with a four day weekend. Woo Hoo! Today, Brendan, Zoe and I are off to Laguna Mountain for a hike. We used to do this all the time as a family when we lived in Australia, but we haven’t done it so much since we lived here. That’s going to change.

 

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I’m off on another roadtrip

August 15, 2008 – 4:50 am

I truly dread to think about how many miles Brendan and I are going to drive this year. This is our third big road-trip since December 2007. We really do find that this is the best way to see a country though, and we can’t wait to see a couple of new States and Provinces.

Zoe is once again going to enjoy her vacation at Camp Diggity Dogs. No doubt she’ll come home exhausted again from too much fun. This photo of Zoe was taken on the first occasion she had ever seen snow. I don’t think she much liked the cold on her paws, but she’ll go almost anywhere to chase a stick.

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I’m off to Dayton, Ohio!

July 28, 2008 – 5:29 am

Today I’m travelling most of the way across the country to Dayton, Ohio. In my real life I earn a living as an Aerospace Engineer. I’m in the USA for three years to act as a technical liaison between Australia and the USA. It’s a great job and I get to do lots of interesting things. I’m not sure whether Dayton, Ohio is going to be interesting or not.

When I ask people about what there is to do there, I get told that it’s got a great Aerospace Museum. Ummm…ok. Is that it. Surely there is more??? If any readers come from the area, please drop me a line and let me know what I must see and do during my three weeks out there. I have a car and will travel on weekends.

Today’s dog photo has to include my favourite girl in the world, Zoe. I’m going to miss her so much while I’m away. Thankfully my husband, Brendan will be home with her for most of my trip so I don’t need to worry about deserting her completely. 

This is the ‘Hurry Up’ look she was giving me on a hike we did up in Idyllwild over the Easter weekend.

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Zoe the Ring Bearer

July 14, 2008 – 7:36 am

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Zoe was the ring bearer at our wedding last year. Her presence at the wedding made the entire event so much fun. Throughout the entire ceremony she decided to face the wrong way so she could watch the ducks down on the pond. Didn’t she realise this was one of the most important days in her parent’s lives? She dropped her flowers somewhere on her walk down the aisle. The rings were attached to the flowers so there was a moment of panic when the flowers were found to be missing. Thankfully the rings were still attached to her collar. Please don’t consider having your dog in your wedding ceremony unless you can handle chaos on your big day!

I just love this photo of the girls getting the rings from Zoe. I can’t believe I only just rediscovered this photo on the weekend. I’m laughing as I remember everything that happened this day. I love that photos can invoke such a recall of memories.  

Photo by Kelly Tunney

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Zoe lurches down the Aisle

July 13, 2008 – 7:32 am

When I got married in October last year, I couldn’t imagine having our wedding without Zoe. She had been my best friend for close to 8 years at that time, and I wanted her in our wedding party. Since she is normally a very calm dog, we thought it would be a breeze for her to be the ring bearer. My good friend and bridesmaid, Liz, kindly agreed to walk her down the aisle. Unfortunately for poor Liz, when Zoe saw every person she knew all in one place (including her Dad) she got so excited that she lunged her way down the aisle, stopping to say Hi! to everyone on the way. I hope Liz has forgiven me, but I’m sure no-one forgets how funny it was to see Zoe get so excited. It was so worth it.

Photo by Kelly Tunney

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Zoe by the Fireplace

June 9, 2008 – 8:16 am

We’re home from my work trip/holiday in Canada and the first order of business this morning was to collect Zoe from Camp Diggity Dogs where she’s been having her own special vacation. Brendan was going to collect her later this morning, but there was no way I was going in to work without seeing her first. 

As soon as she saw us, she went mad. Running around like a puppy, moaning and groaning in an anxious way that indicated we should never leave her again. Once we got home, I let Zoe into the yard and I went through another door. She started crying and yelping to be let in, like I’ve never heard before. Now she’s just following me around the house with her ball in her mouth and she’s groaning a lot. Poor dog. She’s so excited to be home. I think she missed us and much as we missed her.

When queried why we hadn’t seen much of Zoe on the doggy daycare webcam, we were told that Zoe spent all her days sitting in the Cabana with a ball firmly planted in her mouth. Apparently she got up every now and then to chase a new ball and make a swap, but mostly did a lot of relaxing. Well she is getting on a bit after all.

It’s nice to be home.

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