Showing posts with label old photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old photos. Show all posts

Monday, May 17, 2010

Monochrome dogs


Now I know that Anth has got the Photographer In Residence position pretty much sewn up  on here, indeed, without his superb portraits,  the Cast of Characters wouldn't exist at all, and some of you may not have visited the blog quite so frequently -  it's amazing to think that we've had nearly one thousand hits to date in less than a month, very encouraging. So, inspired by the master himself, and armed with a new creative photo gismo for my iPhone, I couldn't resist snapping a few shots of the dogs Lily and I bumped into on our travels today, you can judge the results for yourselves, but we had fun taking them.
Our first encounter was the comedy Lab' puppy double act that is  Alfie and Inca, and in the absence of Archie to referee, there was some spirited neck biting, rolling and general mayhem. Will they ever grow out of it, I for one hope not, it's just great to watch, who needs clean jeans anyway?
We saw "Little Miss Sunshine" Sophie twice today and she has never looked fitter, it must be the Pigeons her mum is feeding her on. Whatever the reason, she has definitely got her Mojo back, so much so she's even taken to barking loudly at other dogs and chasing the ball down with the best of them, good girl Sophs, keep it up.

Another adorable Castle Walk regular who seems to have slipped through Anths' photographic net is Mindy the King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, and what a  plucky little girl she is. I was amazed to tonight as she slowly stalked a hefty looking Doberman on the field,  come on now Mindy, know your limits. Maybe, as the sap rises, this fine weather just brings out the best in us all, dogs and owners alike. See you all down the field.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010


My goodness, who's this cheeky little chap emerging from the woods in his dog motif Terry towelling T-Shirt? Er... it's me, in one of the old photos my mum likes to send me occasionally, I'm not sure of her motives. Either she is reminding me of what a handsome, well norished, style savvy little boy I was back then or, more likely, she is trying to warn my wife Katie that if she does ever bear my children, they are destined to have pudding bowl hair cuts, painfully thin legs and dreadful fashion sense!
I've added a new video clips section to the blog this week, I hope you enjoy them, and if you have any clips you'd like to include, just send me the link and I'll get them added.