Mr. November 2010

Mr. Thor is going to be a calendar boy. One of these two photos (or a crop there of) has been selected to be the November photo in the BARC 2010 calendar. BARC is the Bernese Auction Rescue Coalition, from which we adopted Thor five years ago.

I'm not sure which photo was selected. I like the vertical one better, but I'm guessing the horizontal works better in a calendar.

These photos were taken in November 2007. I tried to capture a similar series this year, but the fall wasn't quite so pretty. See the photo of Loki and Thor below.

To order your own calendar, which is full of photos of lots of adorable Bernese Mountain Dogs, go to the BARC fundraising page or here.

Still in bloom

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I've forgotten what this plant is called, but I know I liked it because of its alien appearance. I thought I'd killed it through neglect while I was pregnant over the summer and when Xander came home, but after cutting it back, it's re-bloomed.

With cold weather and autumn rapidly descending on us, it's nice to see some flowering action in the back yard.

Autumn arrangements

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I was out on a stroll with Xander when I saw this wheelbarrow filled with fall flowers and a pumpkin out front of someone's house.

My Sleepy Elf

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Have you wondered where I've been hiding? Well, I've been kind of busy with this little guy, Xander, who was born Aug. 8.

This is his 1-month photo. We dressed him in his polar bear pajamas and a hat that Auntie Kelly knitted for him, then propped him up on our LoveSac to take photos. I'm experimenting with my new external flash and still learning to bounce the light correctly.

Xander woke for the second half of the photo shoot, but this is still my favorite photo from it.