Puppy Playtime

There are a lot of things I've wanted to blog about. Some of them have happened so long ago that I doubt they'll ever make it on here - including some trips from almost a year ago. Sheesh.

Anyway, today my friend's one year old (or almost one year old) goldendoodle (same breed as my Max) came over and they played. For five hours. I think they were both pretty exhausted by the time Atlas went home. Belle was exhausted too, but only because she wore herself out barking at Atlas. She barked so much that I went hoarse from yelling at her. I mean - YELLING. I mean - I can't remember the last time I have yelled like this. Maybe at a BYU football game. Maybe. (She did eventually stop the incessant barking and brought it down to an occasional bark - just so I'd know she was still unhappy about the situation. Rotten little thing.)

Anyway, I decided to grab my nice camera for the first time since Christmas and take some better-than-iPhone pictures. Since they were moving so fast, my iPhone pictures would come out fuzzy a lot.

Belle pouted and tried to pretend Atlas wasn't there.

Cute dogs! Fun day.

Halloween - Dog Parade

2nd year in a row, I got to the dog parade in Park City.

Good times -

a granny...? not really sure, but it was so comfortable sitting there, and was really cute.

chia pet.

wonder woman.

over a year ago a friend sent me a picture of a labradoodle lion cut and told me i was obligated to give max one.

i may have to try it next year.

maybe i'll give belle one too.

mine.

loved this owl.

and this raven/crow mix.

after all the social anxiety caused by being around a ton of strange dogs, belle was exhausted.

after all the fun of meeting a million new friends, max was exhausted.

i came home and made butternut squash fries. so good!

and watched hocus pocus in honor of my youngest brother. (:

Bonus -

i was idina/elphaba for work, and i left the hat on my zombie mask when i had to leave early.

Side Note - I would have been green - using eyeshadow - but was reminded last week that I had a news interview to do on Halloween in the middle of the day. Nope, wasn't going to be green for that. I hate dressing up, and I hate being on TV; there was no way I was going to do both of them at the same time.

A Walk Through My Town (in pictures)

 my mountain.

my temple.

people setting out chairs (more than a week early) for the draper days parade.

my companion.

this deer was so still when i first saw it that i would have sworn it was a statue.

even residents of a fancy 'manor' save seats for the parade. -- with fancy chairs.

us in shadow.

i love this house. one of the historical houses around draper.

stopped by a neighbor's house whom we met on a different walk a few weeks ago. max and bentley (another golden doodle) played for about an hour.

worn out.

admiring a friend's garden.

believe it or not there's a frog in this picture. my flash (on my new fancy phone) doesn't work, it drowns everything out.

my wound from the playing dogs. as nice as they both are, they're kind of oblivious to everything and everyone around them when they're playing.

proof of my defective flash. but i still kind of like this picture. he looks mystical... (: