Hi, I'm Andrea, and I'm interested in creatures and plants both wild and tamed, and people of all sorts. I only use a compact digital camera ,as I love being able to get it into a back pocket, and not have to cart heavy kit about. I carry a Panasonic Lumix TZ series, binoculars and a hand lens almost everywhere.Most of my outings are with the dogs so I only use point and shoot.
I am getting the hang of Photoshop, thanks to some very kind folk on RR!
I have a wildlife garden in Bournemouth, Dorset, in the UK, and spend a lot of time there . I retired from teaching art to teenagers a while ago.
I'm now getting some good results with my digi compacts; it took me a while to make the switch from my old film camera, an 1960 ish Pentax Spotmatic, but the mistakes are much cheaper!
I have 4 lodgers, 3 dogs and a parrot who, as at 2017, I have had 40 years.
I has so far had 19 dogs, mostly rescues.
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Comments (17)
kgb224
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
rangeriderrichard
Wonder shots! So cute!
jendellas
Love Ralphies expressions, my girls wouldn't eat the egg. They don't like dog chocolate & don't get a chance to like human, being bad for them :o))
jayfar
They all look rather wrapped up Andrea !!!
Glendaw
LOL Like how Ralph is taking charge of the gift opening ceremonies. Awesome collage, sure hope all the girls enjoyed their treat.
aksirp
hehe, what a joy!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Brilliant work putting this together Andrea. And...What a nice idea of hers.
Faemike55
That was very sweet of that lady to give your furkids this nice gift Wonderful series of photos
moochagoo
Ah, ah, funny pictures.
wysiwig
I love the last image. They seem to be asking, "And what are we to do with this?" Great work. So, did they eat it?
Katraz
Lovely shots although they don't seem to know what to do with it, Freya would have thought it was a new type of ball.
irisinthespring
Marvelous captures!
helanker
What a lovely series this is. I am glad there isnt much chocolate in an easter egg of the light kinds :)
MrsRatbag
Awww, sweet gift for the furkids...I love this series!
danapommet
I learned something new today - I did not know that there was such a thing as 'doggie' chocolate!! A wonderful series of photos and Ralph, Fritz and Rosie's expressions tell the story!
Chipka
What a marvelous series of shots and I learned something new; there's a chocolate-variant for dogs? How cool is that!? Of course if it's for dogs, what does it taste like, canine tastes being far more...um...liberal than human tastes...which leads me to think of a whole range of products (for dogs, and other beings) involving such flavors as liver-and-marrow, kidney-and-alfalfa, and the most prized concoction of beef with a squeeze toy center. These are gorgeous shots dogs are such expressive creatures, aren't they?
anahata.c
A total delight...the box says "carob": So dogs love carob! Many vets say dogs can get ill or die from real chocolate. They haven't the enzymes to digest it, or something like that. (My childhood dog ate lots of chocolate, but he never got ill from it. It was pretty scary to find that out, long after my dog passed on...) In any case, It's great to see your three nose the egg, eye it, get bored by it (the 5th shot on top---the right-most shot, on top---shows 3 dogs bored to death by the whole concept!) Love the shots, and I can't tell if they actually ate it or not. In the final image (right-bottom), they seem to be looking at you to say, "is this IT? this is IT??? great easter, kid!!!" A delightful montage, and the large closeup is delightful too. I skipped backwards to get some of the older images I still haven't commented on yet. And, on a couple of your points (in your wonderful comments to me): I totally agree about movie theaters---they're terrible places to watch a film. If you're 12 and seeing a loud scary horror flick---or cartoons---it's a great place. But anyone over that age, it's a freakin' zoo. And re your scarves---which you said you might post---I have a scarf collection of some size, from my father's scarves, my grandfather's, gifts from people (who know I love them), and from me too, of course: Maybe I'll photograph some and post them, if I can make a decent shot or two. (They include some solid cashmeres, beautiful wool patterns from Alex Begg of Scotland, some silk scarves incl a couple jacquards, a few lambswool---which have 'pilled" like mad!---and a few heavy-knit alpacas mixed with wool. The kind that, when you twist it around your neck twice, it sticks out far enough to wing the person in front of you. Problem is, I can't photograph clothing the way you can: Mine look plain and pedestrian. But I understand love for scarves. They're about as basic a use of fabric as there is, and they allow the makers to use extraordinary design and texture, because it's an accoutrement, not a main piece of clothing. You're wearing art and design. I saw a woman with a scarf from Africa that had dyes so eye-popping---those saturated ultra bright greens and yellows that you see from some African nations---that I couldn't stop staring at her, and followed her for 2 blocks until she turned around and glared at me. I'm a fan...