Playtime!

Playtime with Monkey is awesome! She has so much energy and has such a good time it's just infectiously fun. She tends to be one of the most difficult things I photograph mainly because she moves faster than my shutter. In most of her pictures you'll notice everything is nice and sharp except for her head because she's always moving it.

99 out of 100 playtime photos come out like this one. Monkey says I should have shot where she was going to be instead of where she was.

Sometimes we miss the ball. That whole eye mouth coordination is tough.

Most of the time she gets the ball no trouble, but catching the ball isn't what playtime is all about. Playtime is about…

Running!

and running

and running

and running!

until we can't run anymore.

For such a crazy little dog once you wear her out she can be very good, and ridiculously sweet. Plus when she slows down a little bit you get to see how expressive her face really is. After playtime we run through the basement and up the stairs to the kitchen. She always beats me up the stairs but I usually catch up to find a scene like this.

"Wow! I'm really high up."

"and there is still a long way to go"

"Can you pick me up? Please."

Spring

Everyone I know is doing this whole blog thing so I figured I would jump on the bandwagon. Since spring is when all things are starting and growing new again I thought I would start my new blog off with some springtime photos from the yard. With all the rain and the amazing weather we've had even the snow earlier this week couldn't stop a few things from popping up.

All the various lilies are starting to sprout and the day lilies at the end of the porch just exploded out of the ground. I'm convinced they would still be there even if someone dropped a nuclear bomb on the house.

Even the candy tuft is starting to bloom. Amazing considering we just had a March snow a few days ago.

"Can we have play time now?"

"No, not yet."

Our stalky Crinum Lilies have started to push through the mulch.

"You said their would be PLAYTIME!"

"I know. I'm taking pictures right now. Hold your Monkeys."

These purple flowers are pretty. I have no idea what they're called but I'm sure the wifey could give you the Latin name and species plus all you ever need to know about the proper way to plant them.

"I have a ball for when it's play time!"

"I'm so glad you found your ball. We'll play soon"

What yard in Georgia would be complete without a magnolia tree. Ours is a Little Jem Magnolia which means it's a mini and only gets about 15 feet tall. Speaking of minis.

"Pllleeeeaaase can we have playtime now?"

"Yes, now we can have playtime."