Getting Sirius

This is Sirius Black dog. Diane (who fostered him) isn't holding him in place, she's petting him to try and get him to hold still and look pretty for a photo.

This is "down" (which comes after sit).

And this is for size...
(That's Betty, she runs the shelter, and she's a pretty tall lady.)

A few other action shots.
(Animal photos are hard! They never hold still.)

After a treat, on the way to "sit," and getting a treat.

A few more photos of him are available here, at least for the moment. :)

This is technically a cheat, cuz I took these last night... :) So, here's a couple from today. They apparently weren't finished with the Russian Olive I photographed yesterday, cuz it's completely down now. :(

A Time to Prune

This is all that's left of my scent-trap Russian Olive tree.

And here's My Tree's stump...

And just a little more frost.

(I can't resist, it's so pretty...)

Drips...

No Pimientos, Please...

My scent trap tree has borne fruit. But these aren't the kind of olives you eat. :) (I am quite taken with the sun burst above, and the sunlight affects below.)

Unfortunately, the camera won't take a decent close-up.

Scent Trap

Walking in from my car the last few days I've been stopped in my tracks by a fragrance. I then am further delayed while I look around for the flower that caused it. (Yes, I'm a stop and smell the flowers kind of person.) But I hadn't found it. Then, yesterday at lunch my bosses were discussing how much they love the Russian olive trees that grow near the parking lot because they smell so good. So, this morning, when I stopped to smell, I looked up instead of down. I know what a Russian olive looks like, but the tree also has tiny yellow flowers that I'd missed. So, you get a photo of the Russian olive scent trap that I keep falling into.