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Wordless Wednesday December 18 2013

Sick and Sleeping

So, this week, I was largely felled by an unpleasant flu/cold thing. Not many activities were to be had.

Instead, there was a lot of this:

And some of this:

And even a little bit of this:

I will say, it's nice to know that you have a dog who ignores bags of used tissues that are within easy reach, because that would be totally gross and I don't even want to confront such an issue. It's also nice to have a nice, warm dog who will happily nap with you. If my nose wasn't plugged, I'm sure the Doberman-aromatherapy of brownies would have been very relaxing. Nice thing number 3? We thought to teach Elka hand signals, so when my voice went, we could still communicate just fine.

Wordless Wednesday, April 18 2012

Elka can be this big:

Or THIS BIG:

Friday relaxation

I messed around a bit with my camera settings today, as Elka napped next to me on the couch. She opened her eyes when the camera turned on, but that was it.

I have this problem where I tend not to read the manuals to the things that I'm operating. I just kind of figure it out. Cameras can be less than intuitive, so I'm going to need to do it sooner or later. But I know how to change the settings that the little wheel thing on the top controls, anyway.

Food wasn't involved, and I wasn't asking her to do anything, so Elka just kind of kept an eye on me. Sometimes food is involved with our picture taking. It's how I get her to cooperate with some shots, and as always, food is an excellent reward.

Ultimately, I didn't really learn anything. Not even to let sleeping dogs lie.