I have been remiss in updating my blog, and vow to try and catch up in the next few weeks. I have lots of photos and videos to upload! For my first update, I thought I would upload some photos from the last 2 weekends. Enjoy!
First is the Japanese Gardens in Fort Worth:
My personal favorite--Begging Koi!
A good close second:
A water snake:
Chief and his photographic skills! (At least he took the lens cap off!)
Weekend number 2, we went to the Dallas Arboretum. We took 250 photos, but I have not included all of them here, but a LOT of them! Please enjoy them as much as we enjoyed taking them!
Dew on a yellow rose:
Metal butterflies:
A black crow bathing in a shallow pond:
Bird of paradise?
Not sure if this is a bee, or what? He was solid black!
Proof that we were both there!
The water lillies were slow to open up:
Sailboats on White Rock Lake:
Dew on the leaves:
Pink roses:
Wishing Well:
Water Fountain:
Inside a "Sod Home":
Never could find a placquard about what these are:
Butterfly:
Bumblebee hovering:
Bumblebee and a butterfly"
Gecko: (No, he didn't save us any money on our car insurance)
Boo has officially been pulled from competition until Fall. He has a nagging shoulder injury that he just can't seem to shake. The sad part, is that he was so close to getting his AXJ, needing only 2 q's. He and I had finally begun to click as a team, becoming more consistent. The courses this weekend were nice, flowy, open courses. Great for the big dogs. (Something that doesn't come around often.) On a brighter note, Hemi had a really great run in Jumpers with weaves on Saturday:
It was his 4th Q, and Gene decided to go ahead and move him up, before he got too used to only doing 6 weave poles. He's not doing standard yet, because we're still having some issues on the dogwalk and teeter. Kyra is now 1 Q away from her MX. She should have been able to get that leg this weekend. Saturday, Gene and Kyra were doing well, but Gene pulled her a little wide on the weaves, causing her to miss the entry. Sunday, he handed her off to me. In JWW, she was moving very slowly and with me losing my brain a couple of times on course, she didn't Q. In standard, poor girl spent the entire run wondering where her Dad was.
All 3 dogs got 1 Q today- not bad odds. First came Kyra- She was really slow, just barely making time for a whopping ZERO MACH points. However, she acted "off" all day, and Gene pulled her from standard because of it. Not sure what the problem was, but she did drop some major chalupa's (her 3rd set of the day) immediately after being pulled from the course. She is acting fine otherwise, so we're hoping it was just a tummy ache. We'll see what happens tomorrow. Following is her jumper's Q:
Boo's JWW run was good..until his Momma got lazy. We had made it through the hard parts, and I let my guard down. (And my dog). Pushed him out around a jump, and cost us the Q. On the up side, in standard, Momma was back on track. We managed to Q-- slightly over time, but being Excellent A, I'm allowed. That was his standard title. 2 more Q's for that jumper's title. Who'd a thunk I would have a standard title on ANY dog before a jumper's title? Tee Hee.
The last run of the day for us was Hemi in JWW. It started off a little rocky, but he finished strong. This is his run, and Q.
So, 3 good, solid Q's from today. Tomorrow is another chance to improve on that score. It's also the first chance for Boo, AND me to get our first MACH points... EVER!
Yes, it's my Birthday today. I am now 29.99 + tax. But, age aside, it has been a really good day. First, I got the following gift from my DH.
The book is one of a limited printed set that never went on sale- Stephen King simply gave them to his friends/important people. Why did Andrew sell his copy? Dunno- don't care!
At work, one of my lovely co-workers and CN's (Cubie Neighbor) spent 2 days making me this cake:
So, all in all, it's been a pretty nice Birthday! Another year behind me!
Kyra decided she couldn't be outdone, so decided that today she would offer Gene a double Q. Her JWW run:
And, her standard run:
So--out of 10 runs this weekend, we managed to pull out 5 Q's. 50% Not a bad haul for this couple. Hemi is slowly improving with each run. Once he gets his head together, he's going to be great!
Chief and his photographic skills! (At least he took the lens cap off!)
