I know it doesn't look like a lot of fun, when you are hunched against a bitter wind that is whipping your hair (or fur) around and ice is freezing your eyelashes. But you have to admit that there is something exciting about it as well.
I thought that the other day on this walk with Joni. I had my scarf up over my nose and my colourful wool hat pulled down to my eyebrows, held firmly in place with the hood of my winter jacket. I was dressed in layers and layers of thin wool, then ski pants on top and warm thick woolly boot socks. I was trudging along on my snowshoes on top of the thick wind-sculpted drifts, only stopping long enough to pick up Joni's throw toy and send it off into the swirling snow so she could go racing after it. She absolutely loved the game and the walk and bounded over the deep snow in what looked like pure joy. And I looked around me across the white fields that were misted with blowing snow and I felt exhilarated at the sight and the conditions. I love it. And Joni loves it too. What you see in this picture is a happy dog. Photographed by a happy person.*
*If you have your camera out in conditions like this, make sure you bring it into a cool room to acclimatise before bringing it into the warm, to avoid condensation in the camera innards.
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Just a adorable dog +Ellie Kennard
Thanks a lot, +Heiko Mahr and so many different ways that she looks. Soft and gentle with her blue balls today. And this is such a contrast to that.
What a love of snow and a bundle of energy
Wonderful image +Ellie Kennard
+Giselle Savoie :-!
WOW!!!
+Mike Mike thanks very much, Mike. I'm glad you liked it. Many people don't have time to read what I write about my pictures. I always appreciate it when some do.
What a terrific picture and description +Ellie Kennard !!
Thank you, +John Wade
Super image +Ellie Kennard
+Alex Lapidus
Many thanks, Alex
Thanks a lot, Cheryl. +Cheryl Cooper
+debi scott tell me about it! More to the point, tell Steven who has spent so much time moving frozen water around instead of working. 😉
It will come.
Great shot!
😀 really!?! Then it surely was windy! 😀
oh how wonderful!
+Ellie Kennard rain right now is a good thing for us. Snow again tomorrow. We just want spring to come already!!!! Ya can't control mother nature.
+MicheleElys Mer I do anything for that dog. And she does anything for me. 🙂
+Ellie Kennard awwwww
+Ursula Klepper I'm glad you like it. Thanks for the comment. And yes, the comments are revealing, where the clothes I wear are not LOL! 😀
Thanks very much +Shelly Gunderson
This is such a great image, you have captured this fantastic, the movement of the wind the cold snow and air and Joni's expression, it even looks like there would be a little sunlight from the left! I enjoyed to read your post and tried to imagine how you must look like and got even more informations from the comments. :o) stay warm! xo
Great action image!
+Rob Patterson not another word then, Rob. It'll be our secret.
+Joyce Fay I know you would be.
+Mari Luukkonen ah! She's actually standing still waiting for me to throw her toy. It's the force of the wind that makes it look so wild.
+Ellie Kennard Shhhhh!! (I'll never get any of my southern friends to visit if you give it all away)!!! LOL 😀
I know why she is happy I would be too.
You were right +Ellie Kennard! And she is really running fast 🙂
+Mike Pickard I enjoy every moment, and every moment that I capture makes me smile when I look back on it. You're right. Thanks Mike.
+Laura McLeod She doesn't like the rain as much as the snow, for sure. But I had a dog, too once that wouldn't go out of the house for days if it was raining. Must have had an iron bladder.
All right, +debi scott I'm not jealous of your rain. I had 21 years of rain in England (slight exaggeration, I did have 2 good summers in those 21 years). So I know about rain. But there is beauty in everything. There's all those lovely rain drops! Thanks for dropping by, Debi. 😀
+Rob Patterson We know all about the thrills of extreme weather, as Canadians, don't we Rob? (I'm looking forward to blackfly season, aren't you? – at least I have a bug shirt. Something else to put on…)
+Christina Lihani They do indeed! So much joy!
+Brian Waddle Hah! 😀
+Marie-helene De Cevres Et oui! Au faite, plusiers grosses tempetes!
+Jasbir S. Randhawa Brrrr indeed, but you are right, she is loving it. And so am I. Hard to believe, I imagine.
+Susanne Stelle She loves it, Susanne. 🙂
+Mari Luukkonen I thought it might appeal to you, my snow loving friend. 😀
Thank you Gisela, I was hoping to convey that very thing, +Gisela Heeg
+Mel Earwood thank you very much Mel
+Sumit Sen thanks a lot, Sumit
+Lynn David Newton Now you make me feel so cruel sending my dog outdoors naked! But the real loser in this is me. When I get ready to go out it takes me about 10 minutes or more to put everything on, with changing into ski pants, different socks, boots, scarves, hats and then snowshoes. She just jumps out the door straight into the snow. She definitely has the best of that deal. And is indeed having a ball.
i'm sure that you will treasure this photo … one of the many looks of Joni…great shot !
+Ellie Kennard Love your story – and absolutely agree!! Most people miss out on the thrill of being out in those conditions because of their "need" to stay in comfort!!! 😀
+Ellie Kennard love the look on Joni's great face. My Dad's dog loved the snow but if she had to go into the rain she would balk every time. May be something in the snow that dogs love.
Thanks for the condensation warning. I'm out in the rain right now. Yes I said RAIN!!!!!
Oh my goodness! Dogs just always exude such joy, don't they +Ellie Kennard?
I can hear Steiner's Charge of the Light Brigade !
Ho grosse tempête
Hai friend
+Ellie Kennard Fabulous image, Ellie! Joni's clearly having great fun! Brrrrr! :-)))
I guess she likes it +Ellie Kennard
Really great image!
Fantastic photo full dynamics. +Ellie Kennard
Beautiful images +Ellie Kennard – words and photo 🙂
What fun! 🙂
When you consider that animals go naked indoor and out, you've got to conclude that they've got some sort of built-in mechanism that enables them to handle it. Joni looks to be in her element. I have no doubt that she's having a ball.