thenitenote » dog’s life http://thenitenote.com a memo from today to tomorrow Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 I spent this Sunday at the bulldog beauty contest http://thenitenote.com/2009/02/15/i-spent-this-sunday-at-the-bulldog-beauty-contest/ http://thenitenote.com/2009/02/15/i-spent-this-sunday-at-the-bulldog-beauty-contest/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:12:02 +0000 kate http://thenitenote.com/?p=1850

I took 1,500 pictures at the Long Beach Bulldog Beauty Contest today. It was such a cool scene, with hundreds of ugly/beautiful dogs and about a thousand people — big guys with long-shorts and tattoos, white-haired grannies with sweaters that matched their dogs, leather-clad dudes whose dogs had spiked collars, arty couples, tanned stylish ladies, 20-something girls that cooed at every puppy, little kids that looked the big-headed dogs eye-to-eye, people in wheelchairs, who rested their hands on stout companions — everybody smiling, feeling connected by their snorty lovable friends. Lots of tightly-curled tails wagging. I was on assignment for Seal Beach Daily, where I’ve posted a slideshow of photos. It was a wonderful, gentle, exhausting day.

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But sometimes paintings just happen. Ajax on the Kitchen Floor (24 X 48 inches).

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The vine is going to town! And …

ajax sunbath

Ajax is getting into his daily summer sunbath routine.

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Hooray!

Robot-using dogs!

[thx Laughing Squid]

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For the rest of you readers, this should not be construed as an indication that I have too much time on my hands. Just because I have a migraine hangover and I am hermetically sealed inside my house hiding from soot and waiting for the tree-trimming guys, that doesn’t mean I can’t accomplish something constructive like making my husband smile in the middle of his tedious day of shoving records through a routine to make nice database sausages. Phew. I’ve gotta go lie flat now.

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Lick yourself a swamp cooler and hunker down. Mid 90s in LBC today and Ajax has the only AC in the house.

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