Actually Joni was not on hummingbird watch at all, I was supposed to be. I had set my camera and myself in a good place, hoping to catch the hummingbirds as they hovered amongst the flowers on the hosta. I was sitting quietly in a chair where I knew I would not disturb them and I would get an unobstructed view of the plants and the visitors. It was a peaceful quiet sunny late afternoon. Perfect. I was only worried that I might doze off in the warmth of the sun.
All of a sudden I was jolted out of my peaceful reverie and all the birds flew off in a panic. I felt a frisbee land on my foot. Joni was on frisbee watch! It didn't matter how politely (or sternly) I asked her to go somewhere else, or how many times I threw it for her, she wouldn't leave me or the frisbee alone. The hummingbirds were well and truly gone for the day, frightened of being hit by either a flying frisbee or flying Joni. Sometimes I think that Joni doesn't quite get this photography thing.
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Where are you going ? ^_^ Very Cute
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I would have to agree! Thank you so much for sharing.
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Oh yes, I am noticing a similar resemblance for sure! Very interesting 🙂 Thank you for sharing:-)
😀 But different breeder. Actually Steven just pointed out how much your Skye looks more like our old Joni, who was longer haired. I'm not sure if the two breeders have stock related to the other, but not as far as I know. Joni's grandmother came from Scotland. Take a look at the original one: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+StevenKennard/posts/FvDJTuqsKSN
freckles as well.
This last Joni who died in October 2013 came from Greg as well and is related to this one. +Shamik Tobin
Bingo!! Skye's father Oreo came from Double R Border Collies in Middleton, so perhaps they are related….Skye was born Jan 2010~
+Shamik Tobin she is from Greg Marshall, from Middleton. He raises sheep, more as a hobby.
Maybe they have similar ancestry.
Yes +Ellie Kennard even the freckles on the noses are placed similar!! Skye came from New Glasgow area, and yours?
Thanks, I can see they look alike, Shamik! +Shamik Tobin Same breeder maybe? Where did yours come from?
Joni is beautiful and looks just like our Skye 🙂
Thank you
Good idea, +soo in lee
Yes always wanting attention if I play with one dog the other wants to play then I play with that dog the other one wants to play it's really annoying so I rather call my brother
+soo in lee they are wonderful dogs, full of energy. You must be busy with them all the time. 😀
Such a beautiful dog border collie I got two of those dogs
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+Dylan Johnson all the wildlife is scared away, so we have to instead take pictures of our dogs! 😁
+Ursula Klepper they are so great! Just not the greatest photographic assistants at times. Give your Mira a hug for me!
+Margot M ☺ she knows the answer to that one!
+Rob Patterson 😁that is excellent advice which I will be sure to follow. The term OCD was invented for border collies I am sure of it.
Haha! dogs love to do exactly this! when I sit in the grass trying to shoot some macro or something else Mira comes and lies down exactly in the way so that I have a "nice" black background! :oD
awwww Joni Whosagoodgirl 🙂
+Ellie Kennard I am glad to here it I know what you mean lost missie 7 years ago and I think of her every day
+Ellie Kennard Never , ever have a border collie involved in hummingbird watches!! LOLOL Talk about OCD!!! LOLOL 😀
Heehee dogs will do that, that is for sure! All the wildlife is scared away by my dogs too
It was hard, as I'm sure you understand, but the one you see here brightened up the whole picture very quickly! +Pete Goodall
+Ellie Kennard your dog's look beautiful sorry for your loss
+HQSP Animals and +Andy Smith thank you very much for the lovely comment and the reshare.
+Sharon Woodward that is true, and that covers a lot of naughtiness. 🙂
+Stephen Thackeray 😉 exactly!
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What a beautiful furry baby though!
Naughty girl Joni!
+Linda Jess so true. And you know her well, so you know it's a fact.
You have to love her though. She thought she was helping you enjoy your day.
Then you know +Pete Goodall!
The Joni collection contains photos of both our border collies, both Jonis. The first, the older looking dog died about 4 months before we caved in and got the new puppy, the dog we have now.
+Ellie Kennard I have 4 border collies I love this breed
Ha indeed! +Lynn David Newton – yes, she did! Our squirrels are not in the least interested in sugary water, so when we had feeders they didn't try to get into them. But the bird seed feeders are a different story. We stopped with the feeders a couple of years ago and try to have flowers that they can feed from.
Ha! Joni photobombed your hummingbird pics, eh?
At my dentist's office in Phoenix, they had a feeder right outside the window, viewable from patient rooms, and they almost always had activity going on there. The only trouble was they had some competition from squirrels that also wanted to get into feeder, though they'd have to jump to it.
We think so, thanks a lot +Pete Goodall
Thanks +Sumit Sen – but no hummingbird pics, thanks to her. 🙁
Beautiful dog
She is looking great! 🙂
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