State Fair of Texas!

My brothers Rick and Mike.

Handsome's photo received 2nd place in Ranch/Farm Division

Third place in Humor

Starting off with onion rings.

Then we added fries to the mix.

Sausage... yum yum!

This was the best... fried Snickers!

Hot but good!

We ate 1/2 pound of these chocolate pecans.

Nice on a warm day.

Mike with the turkey leg.

Fried chocolate chip cookie dough!  It has chocolate syrup and powder sugar on top.

Where we bought the turkey legs.

Dad taking advantage of the scooter and riding far ahead of us.

Mike being funny by cleaning his hands in the water, but realized when he was done they were green.  Nice!

Richie getting a ride with Dad.

An icon.

Another view of the Ferris wheel

Mike wants to put on his own show.

Best PIzza!

Love my dad!

Birds of the World show... love it every time!

At the Aquarium, this tank is called the Trinity River.

Chinese Lantern Festival

Mom clowning around!

Another shot of Big Tex.

The End of a great day at the State Fair of Texas!

Today's Pup Portrait at Sister Grove Park!

Today's Pup Collage at Sister Grove Park!

Here's the link to the on line version... https://www.icloud.com/journal/#11;CAEQARoQsh3Yc7PvLDLL-jwl3EpHfg;EB401CBA-3068-43AF-B817-EDFE10B809D5

The photo of Handsome next to the map reads "Bucket Tree."  It's his favorite tree to gnaw on the limb that the bucket is hanging from.

Today's Pup Portrait at Sister Grove Park

Today's Pup Portrait in the midst of a storm!

After about a two hour hike, we made it without a drop!

 

Handsome!

Today's Pup Portrait at Sister Grove Park!

Hiking with my best friends on my birthday!

Today's Pup Portrait at Lake Lavon!

Layn' on the dock of the lake... wastin' time.

Gorgeous

Today's Pup Portrait with friends at Lake Lavon!

Panda, Grissom, Riggs, Handsome & Gorgeous

Today's Pup Portrait at Lake Lavon!

Windy day made a lot of great waves!

Today's Pup Portrait with friends at Lake Lavon!

After we took the above Pup Portrait, my friend came with her dogs to join in on the fun at the lake.

Gorgeous, Handsome, Grissom, Riggs, and Panda

Today's Pup Portraits at Sister Grove Park!

 

I couldn't decide which one I liked better, so I posted both.

Today's Pup Portrait at Sister Grove Park!

Another beautiful day here.  I took a late afternoon hike with my pups and completely enjoyed it.

Today's Pup Portrait at Sister Grove Park!

I took a hiking stick with me this time to tear down the spider webs and spiders that were in my path, and it worked great. I felt like I was holding a flag as I was walking, but it's better than having spiders/webs in my face.

Lazy Rainy Day with Lord Bumble

Lord Bumble taking it easy on this lazy rainy Sunday... I think I may follow.  Now to convince the Border Collies!

 

Sister Grove Park

We haven't been out hiking in a long time, but the weather was perfect today!  It was 72 degrees out and cloudy.  We spent two hours on the trails and the dogs had a blast.

I didn't want to lug my DSLR around with the zoom lens, so I took my small point and shoot camera.  It did a pretty good job with the shots I took.  The best part is that I could put in my pocket when I was done.

Below is a wicked spider that hung across my path as I was walking.  Luckily I had my head up when I came to this one.  I would have been jumping all around and squeal like a girl if I ran into it.

 

Another great shot of my pups at the park!

ADCh Gorgeous video!

VERY long time coming video! I finally finished Gorgie's ADCh video, where she became a champion in the agility world this past April.

Many thanks to my instructor Elizabeth Evans, my parents Toni & Ron Mazzola who also made most of my equipment, and my supportive friends. Especially the ones that continually came to watch each attempt as we tried (you know who you are), but the pressure was too much for me. Funny as this day those friends weren't there and we got'er done!

The video starts off with some clips of runs that helped get us to that point while patiently waiting to do our last leg in Jumpers. At the end the video, there are some fabulous photos from none other than Tom Bridge with Fast Clicks Photography who did a fantastic job catching memorable moments of time.

Happy Birthday Gorgie!

I didn't have time to finish Gorgie's yearly video, but should have it done by this weekend to post.  I took this photo this morning of my little rockstar puppy who is ready to party!

Today's Pup Portrait at Lake Lavon!

Gorgie unleashed no props... just water!

Kyle Smith Herding Clinic

Awesome weekend at the Kyle Smith Herding Clinic with both Handsome & Gorgeous. We worked on shedding and I felt I was getting it in the end... dogs too! So we might trial the Advanced B Course next month which includes a shed! I have some worked to do.

Handsome!

A Handsome Sheep Dog View

 Gorgeous!

Gorgeous Lake Lavon

Today's Pup Portrait at Lake Lavon!

Today was another hot day at the lake.  It showed 103 when we were out there.  Funny thing as the temperature tomorrow will be in the mid 80's both Saturday and Sunday.  Perfect for the Kyle Smith Herding Clinic that both dogs have a working spot in.

Below is a picture I took in May of this year.  It's close to the spot where I took the photo today.  You can see that the water was all the way up to the grass.