Sometimes I can actually manage to grab my camera in time to capture moments like this…
365 Project
Goodnight Moon
Frodo loves his bedtime routine. Last night I was taking too long so he grabbed his bedtime toy and began to nudge me along. He made it clear, it was time for bed! He was okay with a few photos first though, he never minds the camera.
Before Dave and I can get ready for bed though, Frodo goes first!
When Frodo hears, “Time to brush your teeth!” – he jumps off the bed, runs into the bathroom, and sits in front of the drawers to wait for us.
Of course, he gets to lick the toothbrush as a reward, and probably doesn’t understand why the yummy toothpaste is applied to his teeth first instead of directly to his tongue. But he goes along with the strange ritual every night and really enjoys it. We enjoy his minty fresh breath afterward (who knew doggie toothpaste comes in vanilla mint?!) and hopefully his teeth will stay healthy for a long time to come.
Frodo’s beard always ends up with quite a bit of toothpaste on it so he appreciates the “Wipe your face!” step in the routine.
Before long it’s really time for bed so he waits happily for story time.
Piano Man and The Shape of Things to Come
Pictured: Dave playing The Shape of Things to Come by Bear McCreary (as featured in Battlestar Galactica), which sounds like this.
Some day I hope to convince Dave to make a video of himself playing so I can link to him playing!
On a Mission to Civilize
Today began innocently enough…
…until I looked outside our front door and saw something white and fuzzy. I went outside to take a closer look, and on my way back in noticed a lovely Daddy Longlegs right over the front door! So of course I ran inside. Once inside, I didn’t want to go back out, so I let Google find the answer for me. As it turns out, this innocent white fuzzy thing, is a spider egg sac. I took a photo from inside the house (you can see it here).
A bit more research made me realize this was a Level One Alert, because of course there are hundreds of baby spiders that will hatch from an egg, but also – where there is one egg, there are more.
Dave made an emergency trip to Home Depot to get something… appropriate… for the spider(s). Of course, we see spiders outside our home all the time, but an egg sac is not welcome!
Before he headed out to spray, he had to take appropriate precautions. For the Pollen. Without a mask, he can only handle about two to three minutes outside before a sneezing fit overtakes him. So the mask was a necessity.
Frodo helped by watching from inside.
Tomorrow we will continue the Spider Eradication Mission, as we plan to destroy the egg sacs found all around the base and eves of the house. Yes, sadly, there are MANY.
Ewwwwww…….
Do I look Innocent?
My powers of influence are strong, just look in my direction… look at me…. just a glance…
You are feeling generous with apples and carrots today. And some fetch, fetch would be nice. Give me a throw?
A Moment of Solitude
In an attempt (yet again) at the 365 Project, I decided to try my hand at a selfie for today’s photo. Does it still count if you use a mini tripod and the self-timer feature? I think it does.
I’m not really sure if I’ll be able to keep up with a photo every day, I get a wee bit obsessive about my photos and the quality of my composition. When I first tried the 365 Project I took daily photos for quite a while and really noticed an improvement in my photography, so it’s worth it, I’m just not sure I have the time. But… oh hell, I’m going to try!
