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This week’s assignment is to focus on the shadow of your subject rather than the subject.
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Tagged 2020 Photo Challenge, art galleries, Pets, piers, porches, walking/hiking, woods
My choice for ‘pause’ is granddog Chappy ‘pausing’ for a nap with his head between his ‘paws’.
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/rdp-saturday-pause/
I think one of the nicest children’s books about MV is “Chappaquiddick Lullaby – a song of Martha’s Vineyard” written in 2006 by Stacy Elizabeth Hall and illustrated by Judith Pfeiffer.
The book also includes a CD by Kate Taylor and Taylor Brown.
The book is basically about the activities and daydreams that children have during the summer. The illustrations are abundant with Island landmarks and places… you need to read the book several times before you’ve picked out everything included in this rich and lovely book.
One of the things that drew us to this book is that we had our own Chappaquiddick in the family, a Boykin spaniel we called Chappy, and when we found out that there was a Chappy song, sung no less by Kate Taylor who we, and Chappy, have had the pleasure of meeting, we had to have the book, which was autographed to my daughter Deb and her Chappy by the author Stacy Hall and her dog, Cala
(Chappy passed away a few years ago but these precious memories linger on and I’m always happy to share them).
I also want to mention Stacy’s first book…
“The Legend of Katama” is a beautifully told story of Katama, a brave young Wampanoag woman and how she changed her world.
Interestingly our first Boykin spaniel was named Katama (Katy)… do you see a pattern here
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Tagged Books, Boykin Spaniel, Chappaquiddick, children's books, dogs, Family, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Native Americans, New England, Pets, Photographs
I repost this post often as it touches me deeply.
My daughter Deb is a twin. Sadly her sister Susan was only here for a few hours.
One of my favorite pictures of Debbie (age 3)
Katy (Katama) was Deb’s first Boykin Spaniel. She was the first dog to go on vacation with Deb and me, no big surprise that it was to MV. Katy left us after 20 months and we feel that she’s now with Susan. Here’s Deb with Katy at Sengekontacket Pond on Martha’s Vineyard.
Katy
Chappy (Chappaquiddick) was Deb’s next Boykin Spaniel. Here they are enjoying the window seat at the inn we were staying at in Oak Bluffs.
We took lots of pictures of Chappy’s first trip to the Vineyard, especially on the beach and in the water. He really enjoyed splashing about and barking at waves. These pictures show a little of his fun at the beach.
Chappy
And then there’s this picture…
Is this a double exposure, or is it Deb and Chappy with Susan and Katy ? You be the judge. Just let me say that my camera, not a digital one, had never, until that day, taken a double exposure and never did so afterwards.
Happy Halloween !!!
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Down. Shake. Sit. Success.
Granddog Chappy loved this place.
https://dutchgoesthephoto.net/2018/07/10/tuesday-photo-challenge-treat/
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I’ve decided to do my ‘photo a day’ weekly instead of daily. Here’s the challenge for June 22 – 30.
(Left side) 22 – Salty 23 – Vivid 24 – Fish 25 – Relax
(Middle) 26 –Sunglasses 27 – Waves
(Right side) 28 – Storm 29 – Sunrise/Sunset 30 – Goodbye June
https://mvobsession.com/2018/06/22/photo-a-day-challenge-or-week-3/
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Tagged beach, boats, calendar pictures, dogs, ferry boats, fish, food, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, ocean, Pets, photo a day, photo a day challenge, Photographs, sunglasses, sunrise, sunset, weather
Well, it’s raining. Again. Still.
My vegetables and flowers are so waterlogged from all the rain that I’m tempted to scrap the garden completely and start over. We had to cancel our plans to pick peaches and roast marshmallows for Solstice. It’s too wet, and there’s flash flood warnings for town. Last time (a mere few weeks ago) this happened, people died locally from swift-moving and swollen creeks. Instead we are watching movies and hoping no one lambs in the deluge.
We managed to get out for cherry picking not so long ago, and the orchards aren’t faring much better with the weather. The cherries were splitting and then molding on th vine faster than they could be picked. It was a small harvest.
We did have enough to make a small batch of Brandied Cherry Jam, though.
Granola has gotten used me to being out to check on the Ladies (we are in the lambing window now!) , and though he still won’t let me handle him much, he does like to check my pockets for treats.
While we wait for the rain to end and the lambs to arrive, we are going to eat our weight in blueberry gateau.
Hopefully your solstice is more summery than ours!
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Tagged Farm, garden, Pets, sheep, Uncategorized
The weather began to hint at an impending storm, so I ditched my garden tools and grabbed my camera. There’s a certain stillness that overtakes everything right before a good storm, and I wanted to enjoy it. It’s not easy to find still moments here just now; between work (and the Escape Room moving locations downtown), school, and the mountain of outdoor work that must be done this time of year, those small moments of calm are fleeting, and I do my best to catch them and linger there.
In the meantime, Oona has made far too much progress growing up. Her sisters are excelling in their respective programs of study and are headed full-steam into adulthood while I try to hold on to my last baby a little longer.
I’m loving these azaleas I planted this year!
The Americauna chicks are out free-ranging now, and seem so much bigger every day. I can’t wait for blue eggs!
Today I saw the water snake for the first time this year. I’m cool with him as long as he stays in the stream, as in previous years. I’m not thrilled he’s eating the frogs, but he’s part of the ecosystem, so it is what it is. I think I’ll call him Herb.
Wild irises along the stream.
My Spirea looks amazing right now!
Inside, things are a bit different. The newly-shorn dogs are cowering at the sound of the thunder. I’m still cracking up over how different they look. Thankfully they’ll be cooler this way, and I can access Scout’s hot spots better with the spray the vet gave me. They feel like velvet, shaved so close. Pretty soon, the sheep will be getting the same treatment, and then hopefully I’ll have a better idea as to their bred/not bred status.
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