While You Were Sleeping

Remember the "Nap Time" post from yesterday? Here's what happened after the photos were taken. Keep in mind Joel was still snoozing during all of this.

Nap Time at Our House

I've posted nap photos before, but here's what it looks like if both doxies and both parents try to nap at the same time.

Sheldon sleeps like a human; Up top and USUALLY with his head on a pillow. That bump under the covers is Penny. She always sleeps under something. If it's on the sofa you'll find her underneath a pillow. Sheldon is hot natured and has to move a lot to find cool spots. Penny is opposite of that. She's always trying to get warm. It's just like Mom and Dad. Mom is always cold and Dad is always hot.

Seconds after I took the photo above this is what the scene turned into...

Sheldon: "Why'd you get up, Mom? There was plenty of room" 

Mom: "Exactly where is all this room, Sheldon?"

Notice Joel is still snoozing in both photos? He could sleep through anything. Even two wiener dogs trampling him....which happened.

Male Model

I tried to keep it even with the postings between Sheldon and Penny. The truth is, though, I get more shots of Sheldon. Penny goes out in the back yard to play and potty whereas Sheldon has to be leashed because he can get under the fence. He's a small fellow. So I spend a lot of time with Sheldon outside. Also, Penny is an older girl and spends less time awake and playing than Sheldon. Also, I try my best to get all the photos of Sheldon while he's in his puppy-hood just like I did when Penny was this size. So, I hope the readers of this blog don't think I'm picking favorites when Sheldon shows up more frequently than PenPen.  It may be that way for a while until he gets to be a little lazier and gets to be full grown. Make sense?

Okay, so in the earlier post I told you that Sheldon was going in tomorrow to get neutered. Which means, Mommy can't think of anything else. So, since the little man is on my mind I'm looking at photos while he's snoozing on the couch. What does that mean? New photo post!

Taken outside last week as we watched the very last launch of the Discovery Shuttle.

This one was taken week before last. It didn't turn out as nice as I was hoping, but I just really liked the photo, so I played with it in Photoshop to make it a little better. The legs belong to Joel, by the way.

Photogenic Pups

I brought out the ole Nikon D70 today to do an exercise out of Understanding Exposure for my photography group. It's the first exercise in the book. I asked Joel to stand with Sheldon and also took some of just Sheldon. All were taken with my 50mm lens @ f/5.6 in a shady area of the yard.

And here are just some shots I also took of the pups with the D70, but these are taken using Auto. I was shooting from odd angles, so I just held the camera up in the air or out in front of them and let the camera do the work.