Molly At Rest (An Uncommon Event) by Chipka
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I’m a shameless cat person—but this doesn’t mean that dogs don’t hold their own particular (absurd) charms. I’m friends with a truck-yard gyros-thief, after all…and I’ve gotten rather close to. Hmmm…how would you describe Molly? The term energetic would be something of an understatement. She is the rather diminutive embodiment of high-velocity Brownian Motion, canine style; even at rest, she’s thinking about going somewhere, doing something, or maybe chasing one of her well-chewed fuzzy toys. Needless to say, all of this makes her incredibly adorable, and I think she knows it. She’s like a cat in that respect, she shoots you with cute beams before she does something. In fact, when she turns on the cuteness, you know she’s up to something, and it probably involves spontaneous, energetic levitation. She does that quite well. It’s either that, or a form of canine locomotion best described as radical spatial transposition. One moment, she’s sitting calmly on the floor, the next, she’s on your lap, with no intervening motion to mark the transition from one spatial state to the next. In short, she just beams herself from place to place.
Sort of.
The only thing is, she hasn’t taken a few things into account, such as relative motion. Due to the earth’s rotation, everything on earth is exists within a very specific envelope of forward momentum. If you were to “beam” something from the equator to the north pole, for example, it would immediately skid across the ice once it has materialized as you’ve also beamed its equatorial inertia along with it. In Star Trek this problem is often glossed over by mention of “inertial dampeners,” which is—of course—a contrivance script writers came up with in order to explain why no one ever skids off of the transporter platform and crashes into the bulkhead on the other side of the transporter room.
Molly hasn’t yet discovered inertial dampeners. She beams herself from the floor to your lap, and though her ambient inertial state is only fractionally different from your own, you will feel the dissipation of her forward momentum…usually in the form of a head-butt, or a very wet nose skidding across the side of your face. Of course, being a polite lady, she will immediately proceed to lick your face clean, just so show that she’s civilized and all of that.
Needless to say, I find Molly to be as entertaining as Rover, the truck-yard chief of security. On occasion, he will also demonstrate the glorious hilarity of spontaneous energetic levitation. In his case, it happens in the presence of an unguarded gyros. I don’t know if Molly is a gyros-thief or not, but I have personal experience with the sudden presence of a dog on my lap, with her nose leaving a wet streak on the side of my face. It’s a shockingly pleasant experience.
I’ve made a few attempts to capture Molly in her “rest-state.” I’ve failed on numerous occasions, and I suspect this shot is a lucky one. I know Molly because I know Kate (one of Molly’s two human pets.) While Corey and I were visiting over Christmas, I managed to grab this capture of her. I’d set my flash, though the room was well lit. I suspected that a flash would capture Molly in one her rare “still states.” It worked, though I can’t say that she stayed in the same place for very long. In fact, I think that immediately after this shot was taken, she appeared elsewhere: probably in very close proximity to one of her chew toys.
I’m sure that I will experience other incidents of spontaneous energetic levitation in the future, but until then, I’ll marvel at the fact that I actually managed to capture Molly, digitally. I’m rather proud that I rose to the occasion of that challenge, and have one good picture to show for it.
As always, I thank you for viewing, reading, and commenting—and a special thanks goes to Molly, for almost sitting still.
Comments (25)
mgtcs
You should see a Siberian Husky!!! Lovely photo Chip, loved it!
sandra46
SUPERB! OUTSTANDING IMAGE! I'M ALSO A CAT PERSON, BUT I ALSO TAKE SHOTS OF OTHER ANIMALS (HUMANS INCLUDED)
CrownPrince
She looks like she is focusing in on something!! LOLOL!!!
MrsRatbag
I know another dog like that, who happens to live in Markham, Illinois; Lenny has springs in his genes and can fly across the room with no windup at all. It's truly a wondrous sight to behold! Molly looks a lovely canine friend!
CoreyBlack
I'm having a 21st Century moment: I'm talking to you on the phone about a story you're working on while commenting on a picture of my sister's dog on your Internet photo gallery. How modern is that? This is a great shot of a wonderful dog that really captures her lovable goofiness in all it's glory. So rare to see her sitting down. Great shot!
MrsLubner
I have an affection for all living creatures and their varied personalities and behaviors. I'm a sucker for the unruly and my house is filled with animals just being themselves. An impossible situation sometimes but I had to break their spirit. This is a very intense companion. One that seems to have gobs of unloaded personality. Great shot.
bimm3d
very cute!! gorgeous image!!
bmac62
"Radical spatial transposition" and "spontaneous energetic levitation." I understand these apropos descriptions for canines like Molly...but here with Mandy we have the opposite. ...while Commander Data is said to possess "a total linear computational speed rated at 60 trillion operations per second," Mandy is far, far happier living quietly in her own transdimensional realm where sleeping 20 hours a day is the norm. Nice shot of Kate's Molly in between levitations:)
beachzz
I have no idea what Bill is talking about, but it sounds very impressive. I don't know either Molly or Mandy, but I know other dogs and how they are. They will let you know without fail if you've displeased them and you will pay the price. I think I'm a bit off track here, again, but I've been doing that all night. Anyway, you got a great shot of Molly and I feel honored to have seen her sit still for that moment!!
blinkings
Very cuuuuute!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. Glad to see Molly relaxing a bit.
auntietk
Bill is certainly right about Mandy! She beams herself across the room, but you never see it happen. I just turned around to see where she is. Right now she's on the floor, sleeping soundly, about two feet behind my chair. A couple of minutes ago she was in the same position, sound asleep, six feet from where she is right now. Molly sounds like big fun! She certainly is a beautiful dog, and I can see why you enjoy her so much! Incidentally ... I never thought about inertial dampeners before. Of course I've heard the term used approximately 1,548,703 times, but never really worked it through! LOL! Thanks! :)
helanker
WHat a gorgeous portrait of this little girl :) HA! I have a dog who beams itself to exactly the chair you attented to sit in. He was asleep on my bed the one moment, but when I want to sit in my chair, HE is "sleeping" In it. I never forget, when I lost a wishbone of a duck. I lost it on the floor and when I looked down to get it, it wasnt there. I looked everywhere, went to the dogs bed, but he was sleeping, so.... I went baack to the kitchen and to the dog again. Magnus just lift his head and smiled like nothing happened. But it is dangerous for a little dog to eat such bones, so I had to find it and began to look in his bed and THERE it was. He had hided it deep under the blanket. LOL!
Simpleworks
Excellent lighting, cute model. Fantastic shot.
durleybeachbum
What a brilliant description of this o-so-adorable person! Mine are more chilled for 80% of the time, I couldn't cope with too much dashing about! But when the time of year comes soon that we can be in the garden most of daylight they can sleep in the sun or chase squirells as they please.
Meisiekind
Having met Mandy myself, I have to agree that Bill is 100% correct. She is quite the opposite from Molly! What an adorable shot of this energetic bundle of joy Chip. She sounds like a handful! You should have seen my Nikita when I got home yesterday. She went ballistic! I wish I had a video of her antics and yelps... I did bring her a 'I love New York' T-shirt!
KateBlack10
What a fantastic shot Chip! Since Molly allows Steve and I to live with her, you have captured her perfectly :) I can just feel the intensity of her wanting to jump up, get in the conversation and just play, play, play....She has been so house bound with all the cold and snow that I think she might just explode when spring finally arrives. I love your narrative - it truly captured her spirit and energy. She is my one and only and you have done her such a beautiful dedication. Thank you :)
makron
Excelente retrato canino...me gusta.Wonderful image
evielouise
Adorable face:
RodS
Delightful portrait, Chip!
Orinoor
I love your description of Molly, I can see her quite clearly in my mind. Wonderful shot!
dashboard_jehovah
Beautiful girl! Beagle/Shepperd mix?
flavia49
sweet
nikolais
the tension on her neck and the look of her eyes says she's about to take off and fly around again. good portrait!
danapommet
A fantastic capture of the ever in motion Molly. I can’t believe that I didn’t know about inertial dampeners. OMG! Thanks for the education and can’t wait for our daughter’s birthday party, Saturday evening, to dazzle the crowd with my new knowledge. Dana