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Steven and Joni – 47/365

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I took lots of photographs of different scenes on Sunday, which was a very snowy day, but in the end this one is one that I liked best. Joni is not easy to keep still these days, so family portrait times are limited. Just Steven and his dog, having a playtime break. It made a pleasant change from Steven having to be out in the cold, the snow and the wind, clearing the drive. Joni didn't mind being out in the cold, the snow and the wind. But of course everything is play for her at the moment.

Joni plays with the blue ball in a different way with Steven from how she does with me. For him she will actually run in a low, border collie stalking run after the ball when he throws it across the kitchen, bouncing it off a chair (!).  After picking it up in her mouth and running past him a few times , tantalizing him with it, she drops it between his feet as he sits there on the edge of the hearth. Yesterday she tried throwing it at him as she does with me, but in the end decided that this wasn't going to work the same way with him and reverted to more 'normal' behaviour.

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Border Collies Are Intense 46/365

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Even as pups, they soon become very intense about everything in life. As I write this, Joni is busy finishing off a piece of raw broccoli stem that has kept her attention for 10 minutes. As soon as she finishes with that, she will need to have another diversion. Her blue ball is always a favourite. Most dogs want a ball to be thrown for them to run after. Not Joni. We live in an older house with a very uneven floor, so any ball rolled along it will move here and there for a long time, with no further interference from dog or man. So Joni just nudges the ball and watches where it goes. She lies, under this chair, as though she is in goal. As soon as the ball gets within what she considers her area, she lunges for it to catch it. 

Here she is asking me to throw it for her, as I sit on the floor with my camera. But she wants me to throw it not for her, but at her. So she will shortly nudge it with her nose so that it rolls away from her until I can reach it, when I am expected to kick it back. If I can kick it right into her mouth, she is really pleased. I am not usually that good an aim and feel that I am a disappointment to her, in that area at least.

Joni was 11 weeks old on Saturday. She has lived with us for 4 weeks, it's hard to believe.

I'm a little tired, so will get up to date with my project as I can. 

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#dogloversworldwide +DOG LOVERS Worldwide by +Robert SKREINER  +Roswitha Böhmer  +Thomas Henry 

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Lichen and fungal growth on fruit tree branch – 45/365

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What drew me to this was the intricate patterns in the lichen hanging from the dead branch on this diseased fruit tree in our orchard. But on closer inspection the amazing fungal growth on the branch was even more interesting. It looks almost as it if should be growing in the sea. There is such amazing beauty and intricacy in the breaking down of one life form into another. The designs are incredible, if we just look for them.

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Things That Obscure the Light – 44/365

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These poplar trees are not supposed to be here. We had arranged last year to have them cut down as they are mostly dead and risk, in a wind storm, falling on our car, or the barn. But the tree fellers never did turn up and cut them down. And so here they stand. This morning, their fingers of branches and twigs seemed to be conspiring with the mist to block the light of the sun. As a result, the sun had an eerie, unnatural effect. Such is life. Some of the things that hide the light are subtle and invidious, like the mist. Others are obvious and in your face. With the best will in the world, you can't always remove them, even the most obvious ones. You have to make the effort to look around and through them to see the light. Because it is there.

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#myownbackyard by +Craig Pifer
#themagicoflight +The Magic of Light by +Ray Bilcliff +Hamid Dastmalchi +Paul Stein
#close2home +Close2Home by +Brett Sivits  +Rebecca Johnson +Pia Raben  +Shaun Stewart +José Juan Escudero +Howard Weitzel +john adams


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