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Not much outdoor play this time of year. Our daytime highs are typically around 110º F (43ºC). That's normal for summer in the Phoenix area, so I'm not complaining. But it does mean we spend more time indoors in the air conditioning. But I wanted to try some action shots with my new camera so we ventured out for a few minutes.
It was a gorgeous day here today. Sunny skies and 75F (~24C). So we were looking forward to Jasper's walk after his dinner. Jean has a break until after the new year and I'm retired so we were all going to walk as a family. But we got across the street and Jasper stopped and looked back towards our house. "Come on Jasper! Don't you have to poop or anything?" A few steps more and he's pulling us back towards the house. He wanted to play in the worst way. So into the back yard we went and played with OddBall, Frisbee and as you can see in this shot, Moosey. He was having so much fun, his jaw was quivering. We love our old boy and his passion for play.
Jasper knows how to pour on the guilt with his sighs and mournful looks. But he gets plenty of play. Last night I went up to bed a little earlier than Jean and Jasper. As I'm reading in bed, I hear this on-going monologue / dialogue between the Roger Rabbit (voiced-over by Jean) and Jasper. In his typical cartoon voice, I hear Roger say, "Come on, man! Do a brother a solid and get off my chest so I can jump". Haha, 'do a brother a solid'. I had to laugh. The play continued at least until I drifted off to sleep. Lucky boy.
Aussie 324 Arriving from Stansted to uplift Prime Minister Scott Morrision and delegation following their attendance at the COP26 Climate Conference,
Royal Australian Air Force
Airbus KC-30A (A330-203MRTT)
A39-007
Glasgow Airport, Scotland
2nd November 2021
Cairns, Queensland, Australia These are fruit bats. Unlike most other bats they do not use echolocation to find food. They are nocturnal and have large eyes to spot food in low light. www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/nati...
A photo I took a few years ago in Victoria that I have just processed.
I have seen lots of storm clouds like this during our recent coastal holiday!
Explored #82
Many older Australians will be familiar with this car. It was a very popular model made between 1958 and the year of my birth, 1960. This is the General Motors Holden FC. Price brand new back then was around 1,100 pounds depending on the model variant. Powered by a good old straight six of about 2.2 litres capacity.
This is a 1/18th scale model made by a company called Classic Carlectibles who specialise in Australian models, and is one of just 800 or so that have been released of this particular model. They make many older model Holdens and Fords, and as model cars go, they are very high quality with all doors opening and working steering and suspension. I love this one for the wonderful detail, right down to the hubcaps in glorious chrome, and even the tyre valves.
This is the "showroom" shot taken inside under LED lighting and is a ten image focus stack taken on the Canon RP using the 35mm macro lens. Processed in Canon DPP4.
With the heat of summer draped over the Phoenix area, we're doing a lot of indoor play. Good thing Jasper is agile and very rarely knocks into anything.
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Aussie Shores is a gorgeous beach with excellent waves. There are lovely rentals on the beach and directly on the water. Aussie Shores is made up of two islands, and there are many scenic spots to hang out with friends or to enjoy a special date. There’s a massage table on the water, a small club with dance balls, and Austailian wildlife all over.
Features: Surf board rezzers (C-3 & Umi), rentals, lighthouse, beachside bar with pool table, hot tub, sailboats, tree house
Please visit the Epic Surf Center for many more amazing surf sims and all things surf related. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/True%20Love%20Island/91/13...
Owner: Pris
Photos by: Breanna Sura
Jasper has been enjoying the cooler weather and the outdoor play the temperatures allow. 5-10 frisbees or a few OddBall tosses usually satisfies him. Here, he's anticipating the toss of a toy by my wife, Jean. Such a happy chappy
The clouds are from the outer bands of Hurricane Dorian. We just got a little rain and wind here. Thinking about all the poor people in the Bahamas who lost everything.
Posing the simple question, "you know what?", this is the look Jasper gave me. I got a new phone so I had to try out the camera.
Aussie Christmas is synonymous with seafood. Prawns and oysters are among the most popular items.
Pennant Hills, Sydney
During a recent visit from Dash and Jayme we passed by a playground on a walk. Dash is pretty good at that playground tic-tac-toe. He seems such a happy soul.
Cabin fever is setting in for Jasper. Our typical afternoon highs right now are about 110ºF (43ºC) so that means the afternoon walk has been reduced to doing his business then getting the heck back inside. On Sunday we were about to engage in our after-lunch play session when Jasper headed down the hall towards the garage. Our first reaction was, "is he just confused or something? Gone around the bend?" When I went to see what was up, I found him staring at the cupboard from whence new toys emerge on occasion. He desperately wanted something new to break the monotony that is living in a desert in the summer. We managed to find something. But his birthday is on July 21st so we'll have a few new things for him soon.
January 1st is Jasper's Gotcha Day. He came to us at 5 months of age on January 1, 2012. A picture of him 7 years ago vs. this morning. His coat is fluffed out quite a bit, though you can still feel his ribs and he's a pretty lean boy.
My wife and I have finally moved to the country town of Wauchope. Not a long trip from our old location but a different feel altogether. The railroad bridge is over a hundred years old but still being used every day.
Our handsome boy, Jasper smiling in front of a grouping of barrel cactus at Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona
At age 13 (in a month), Jasper still has quite a bit of energy. But he also knows when he's had enough sun and walking. And Jasper seems to really like gazebos. Maybe because it gets him up a little higher and they're shady - ideal conditions for people-watching and complement-collecting. This particular gazebo is at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, about 45 minutes from our house in Superior, Arizona.
A Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A (A39-001) departs Sky Harbor International Airport bound for home after aiding in the return of two RAAF F-35's to Luke AFB. The two RAAF F-35A's went to Australia to attend the Australian International Airshow.
The early sunrise for the day was not much so I was all packed up and ready to go. Then, I saw this happening and got my camera back out. I'm glad that I waited!
At "The Spit" .............. Gold Coast Australia.
1980's Yashica 500mm f8 Mirror/Catadioptric Lens
on a Nikon D700 DSLR Camera.
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My wife tried to make a stealthy approach to Jasper to get his Oddball, but it was kind of a pathetic attempt (Sorry, Jean)
A 5-day weekend left me a bit fury of face so I thought I'd shoot a selfie with my fury-faced buddy. So here we are, the Fuzzy Faced Blue Merle Boyz.
Typical, after dinner clean-up (with after dinner treat), after dedicated playtime, after running him through his tricks, after sharing some almonds (he'll only eat Marcona almonds), Jasper wonders what's next. Spoiled? Why do you ask?
We got Jasper 6 years ago today from a breeder in Tucson. Jasper had 8 other littermates most of whom were sold as show dogs. Jasper has a bit of a hump to his hind quarters that make him unlikely to succeed in the show ring so he was sold as a pet. He came to us at 5 months old. This is day 1 with us in 2012.
I though Jasper was kind of cute as he paused to enjoy the breeze on our walk the other day. He seemed to enjoy this breeze, but he seems to hate wind to his back. If I'm walking him on a windy day with the wind hitting our backsides, Jasper will keep looking back at me like, "Hey quite blowing wind up my skirt!" I swear its not me, Jasper!