golden grace, brown disgrace

Meet Livy -rarely has a dog been more graceful





and totally ridiculous





rarely has a dog made more beautiful daughters



who haven't yet figured out the trick of making puppies themselves



and top that of by both totally defecating all over the scenery

Polly and Molly

It was not a good week for dogs. Last friday my parents had to put their dog, Pollux aka Pollonia the low pony, to sleep. She was my favorite wimp, nervous but sweet



fastest dog we ever had



and also a real beauty when she relaxed a little



plus we were close - we both have legs always sticking out



she petted me much as i did her



and then earlier this week my girl's parents had to put Molly, my favorite blonde, to sleep. She was golden in the literal sense of the word



and older than gold -she was a still sprightly 14 when i met her



and we instantly became friends -perhaps not as close as she was with Pipin



but still, she was kind enough to tolerate my teasing, and even my singing



as you can see, she became more and more fond of (and less and less distinguishable from) the carpet in her old age



until in my last portrait of her, at age 16, she'd almost merged with it



Polly and Molly, two very different, very distinguished, very beautiful souls.

November portraits

It was a bit of a slow month for portraits, hence a week late, but i did see my favorite girl

and one of my favorite men

and Socrates, oddly enough

and someone whose legs were as thin as the wheels on her bicycle -i'd like to call her Nicolette -Nicolette bicyclette

and for weeks i thought this would be the loveliest thing i'd see this month

but then i turned around at the train station in my old home town and saw this

doggie in the window

the puppy in the window is intolerably adorable





but the one below the window begs to be checked out as well



but neither of them is for sale. Woof woof.

october portraits

for reasons unbeknownst, or maybe absent in total, the portraits i did in october were all a bit odd. Some were metaphorically fruity



some literally bubbly



some had strange tones



others strange object placement



some were oddly perfect



and some just gave me an odd look



i wonder what oddity november will bring.

what's up?

and what's going down

pets & animals

bella under a chair

lessons learned in 2010

1. When one door opens, my nephew is probably behind it

2. Holding a stick can make you so happy your eyes will cross

3. i heart toilet seats

4. My cousins heart each other

5. With good friends, you don't need noseclips

6. And good friends don't shrink from being tumble dried

7. But they might not all appreciate my friendly bum-patting

8. Alcoholism isn't restricted to humans

9. Dressing up to go down is fun

10. Freediving isn't at all extreme, compared to

11. Peter Boivie is Swedish Rockstar of the year

12. Loveliness is close to saintliness

13. My true love is Golden

14. Marc is an extremely cool cat

15. Not all sheep are sheepish

16. A plant will beat a dragonfly in an arm wrestling match

17. The devil's pulpit isn't a good place to do a sermon when you have vertigo

18. At the end of a day, a sunset can warm your heart no matter how big of a cliche it is

In loving memory of Oekie, Johan and Nanky Pooh