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My two dogs posing for portrait on this freezing day. It was -16 degrees celcius so i had to be quick.

Jasper and I remain working at home during the pandemic. Most of the days spent with headphones on. On the bright side, the headphones act kind of like a hair band to keep my lengthening hair under control. The number of COVID cases is up sharply in Arizona, breaking new records this weekend. Most municipalities in the Phoenix area have mandated faces masks in public starting last weekend. So I'm not mingling with the masses. Sure I could shave, but I enjoy the furry-faced solidarity I feel working side-by-side with Jasper and his unshaven face. 😉

The desert can sprout some strange looking stuff. When I saw these agave (I think) plants I figured I needed a shot of Jasper among them if nothing else than to provide a bit of scale

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... in Hunter Wetlands, NSW

We have some feral cats in the neighborhood and Jasper feels the need to chase them into "kitty jail" (aka: storm drains) when he sees them. This is unfortunate as we're always attached to the other end of the leash. Do you think it's weird that my right arm is longer than my left? ;-)

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It's a shame we don't have them in New Zealand...

Daily Dog Challenge: Team Colours

Etta in Kahn's Aussie bandana.

.... aka "Flying Foxes" In Nitmiluk National Park - Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory

RAAF E-7A Wedgetail about to land at Travis AFB.

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We tried a new park Sunday called Desert Breeze. Bit of a bust, I must say. It didn't live up to its marketing. Jasper seemed to enjoy anyway. Sorry, bit of a side-lit shot.

.... definitely the most plentiful bird in our neighbourhood!

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Patrolling the neighborhood, keeping us safe. Good boy Jasper

Flickr pals Jayme and Dash came over for a second Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. After dinner we took a walk at a local park. Dash and Jasper agreed to pose. I'm not real impressed with my stacked composition and harsh light of this shot, but the boys looked good.

The good old cocky sitting in a tree, making a heck of a mess! Cheeky buggers, they sit in the tree bold as brass until you come out and point a camera at them. This guy was a bit slow, and took off only after I'd managed to get this shot.

Sunset over Port Darwin, seen from Bicentennial Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Neale Bates/Coral Taylor - Toyota Celica at the 2014 International Rally of Queensland.

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Brands Hatch 2023.

Jasper perks up when he hears the neighbors playing in their back yard. COVID 19 (or at least the stay-at-home policy) seems to have had a positive effect on the neighbor family behind us. They've dreamed up some sort of trampoline volleyball game that they play several times per day.. It's the whole family including the mom, the dad and the kids. It involves a lot of hooting, hollering, bouncing, laughing, scoring and many volleyballs. They seem to be very close-knit. Jasper thinks we should be playing like that. But what he's forgetting is that we DO play several times per day.

Sunset over Port Darwin, seen from Bicentennial Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

... high ISO shot of a lizard near Bunbury, WA

Australia Day madness

Copy from my original taken in 2018

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Pre-sunrise 'skyline' with moon, take from a bus window at Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

It feels positively prehistoric in this place in the pre-dawn hours.

Yesterday I showed you a window theme in pink and blue. Today this Aussie Christmas themed shirt is in bright orange.

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The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243 kilometres (151 mi) stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford.

Built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and dedicated to soldiers killed during World War I, the road is the world's largest war memorial. Winding through varying terrain along the coast and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction in the region.

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She gets wrapped in blue every night.

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At the Boxing day cricket match at the MCG, the police were wanderiing about the crowd, looking for people with glass containers that might turn into nasty projectiles.

Sunset over Port Darwin, seen from Bicentennial Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

This is my "nephew" Calvados, or Cal for short. And he's actually Jasper's blood nephew. He lives with my sister-in-law's family In Wisconsin. A great happy-go-lucky dog with typical Aussie energy. Blind shooting again

Cottesloe Beach, February 2016

Jasper waits with Monkey Business for the humans to respond. Sometimes it takes them a while. Like some kind of server glitch or something.

A blind shot from this weekend as Jasper strolled through the greenspace, lovingly looking up at my wife, Jean. But I bet there'll be no afternoon walk today. It's supposed to get up to 98F (~36.6C) this afternoon. That is unseasonably warm, BTW, even for Arizona.

Eyes on the prize, Jasper wills his female human to toss the sheep already! (Yes, Christmas tree comes down this weekend ;-)

Taking your picture, Jasper

This is Calvados, or Cal for short. He is Jasper's blood nephew who lives in Wisconsin with my wife's sister and family. He's a big sweetie. He's got very interesting heterochromatic (multi-colored) eyes.

This was Jasper's birthday haul. Beatrice Bunny, squeaky Chuckit, a new OddBall and a pair of large hedgehogs. As you can see he was absolutely thrilled to stop playing to pose for a stinking picture 😜

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter

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Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

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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.