As I mentioned in my previous Evie post, she and I sat down to watch the Puppy Bowl together. (We both agreed that it was more fun before it got so commercial.) Last time you saw some pictures of her that I took… now you get to see some pictures of her and me that Autumn took.
Evie is a remarkably tolerant cat.
She even likes being hugged.
Lincoln the Lab, the wonderful wonderful Lab! I am posting this the evening before Lincoln’s birthday, since he was born on the 24th of February, three years ago. This is especially neat because it’s the day before my birthday, February 25th. Although I admit I am a bit older than three, or even 21 in dog years.
Also, I am very sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but one of Autumn’s family’s pups has passed away, heartbreakingly young for a golden retriever. Send condolences in the comments, I’ll be sure she gets them.
I sure hope someone is going to get a birthday party!
I ran into Lincoln and his mom on the Balboa Peninsula, near the “Fun Zone”. He sure seemed to be having fun, anyway!
I stayed last night in Ojai. It was quite pretty, as you can see.
Ran into this trio basking in the warm winter sun off of Point Lobos.
I think the bottom one is laughing at me.
I assume they’re harbor seals. Aside from the fact that they don’t have the cute little ears of sea lions, and don’t look anything like either Northern Fur Seals or Elephant Seals, well, they were in a harbor…
Jackpot (boy, 2) is a big fraidy-dog! He even hid from me! And he looks so happy, too.
(Posting from my phone today.)
Hi there! I am taking a much-needed vacation, and slowly driving down the coast of California. I’ll eventually make it to San Diego, but so far I’ve only made it as far as Big Sur. I spent the day wandering Monterey and then Point Lobos, where I made the acquaintance of several adorable sea otters. I have a new lens for my camera, a 150 to 500 mm Sigma, and while it’s no five-thousand-dollar marvel, it’s more than good enough for my purposes. (Next time I’ll make sure the ISO setting on the camera isn’t 3200, which will make the close-up quality a lot better.)
Consider this a otter preview. I’m at a hotel with no wifi in the rooms, and I have no cell signal, and I’m sitting in the middle of their little grocery store, and posting from here is kind of awkward.
Sea otter pupping season starts in March, and they tend to stay with their parents for only a year.
This one must have been born very late, or perhaps his mom has more patience than usual.
Snowy is two years old, and has an Instagram account. The unusual coat color is (I think?) due to a recessive gene called ‘dilute’, for obvious reasons.
The one ear up. So awesome. Apparently it varies according to how tired Snowy is.
Momo (girl, 5 years old) came from Nepal, and despite a rather rough start in life, loves everyone in sight. She’s also among the most photogenic dogs I’ve ever run across.
Very, very tired, so I will let Momo speak for herself.
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Oh god the eyebrow. The one red eyebrow. How do little miracles like that happen?
Our first ‘baroo’ in some time. And four months old at that! SO CUTE.
These two were an amazingly odd couple, but they seemed to get along pretty darn well, not just with each other but with everyone else, too. Renzo, by the way, is the older, at 7, and his larger and less shaggy friend is 5.
Anyone else reminded of ‘wookie’?
Such an amazingly expressive face. Sad…
…to happy, in like three seconds.
Harlequin coats are so gorgoues. I’m a sucker for merles.