This photo was taken in Canberra, Australia during the annual Balloon Festival held in April (Autumn in Southern Hemisphere). I loved that time of year in Canberra. The mornings are crisp and full of blue skies, and mostly downright cold, but oh so invigorating.
This photo, as well as yesterday’s, were both taken at a street market in St. Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
I’m happy to say that a good hike up Cowles Mountain was just what I needed yesterday. I slept 12 hours since yesterday afternoon. Zoe, who is getting on in years, slept for about 20!
Phew! I’m finally home and slept last night in my own bed for the first time in nearly a month. To be honest with you, I’m just plain exhausted and feel like a need a holiday. I’ve been keeping a rather hectic pace for the last nine months since we moved to the USA, and I really do feel like a need some downtime from travelling (famous last words). I’ve calculated that in 9 months I’ve been to 14 American States and four Canadian provinces. I think that’s a little crazy and my body is starting to agree. We’ll see though. I’m meant to be travelling to another international meeting next month, but I’m not sure whether I’ll be going. If it doesn’t happen, I’m going to spend some quality time gazing at my navel for a few months.
I hope to be catching up on everyone’s blogs over the coming weeks. I’ve missed you all….so I’ll be dropping by soon. In the meantime, it’s time for a doggy photo from my visit to Monterey in June. The Aquarium is well worth the visit and the drive down to Monterey from San Francisco is really beautiful (provided you don’t get stuck in Wildfires like we did).
Happy Birthday Rebecca. I hope you have a wonderful day with your beautiful family.
Once again, this photo was taken in Balboa Park, San Diego. I love to use the architecture available to me to create a unique image and when I saw these steps in front of this old blue door, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. For me, the colours really work together and I get a kick out of how everyone’s paws are hanging in unison. You’d almost think I had planned it that way.
I really hope I get the opportunity to photograph more dogs in interesting urban settings. I really love architecture and I should photograph it more often, but I usually find it lacks life without people or dogs included.
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
San Francisco is truly a city for people watching (and dog watching of course). It’s one of those places I’d be quite happy to wander around for a few days with my camera, which I was lucky to have the opportunity to do last month. This shot was taken in Haight-Ashbury, hippy heaven and the birthplace of the Summer of Love. What a fascinating place.
