rolyn & chanhi on a book cover!

rolyn and chanhi are going to be on a the cover of the book, 'mon chien stupide' ~a french translation of the novella, 'my dog stupid'~ by john fante.

thanks dom!

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book cover design by dominike duplaa | dke © 10/18, paris

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i had to rescan the images for the book cover, and ended up playing around with them..

time of their lives
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play. with me.
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yaay! way to live on, loves!

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!warning! cute alert! cute alert!

each one of these photos is fun to meditate on, most of them seem to tell a story. mukha looks like she's playing a different character in every one. she's so wonderful!
i'm posting a lot because i love them all :)
photos were taken on 2 different days.

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essence of cute, essence of mukha, essence of weimaraner..
my favorite shot from both days, may be my favorite one ever..

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. i n c o g n i t o .

so much emotion and thoughtfulness.
she really looks like an actress.
she's ready for a ride in a convertable :)

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. ready for flight .

she reminds me of an airplane pilot..
she realized she didn't need to wear her sunglasses on an overcast day ;)

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. little red riding weim .

big bad weim disguised as grandma disguised as little red riding hood?

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. profile .

gorgeous from every angle ;)

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. it's tough being famous .

she really has a talent for looking famous!

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. 'heyy! do i have anything in my teeth!? aaaahhh..!' .

yes silly girl, you have cookies caked in your teeth!
one of my favorite ones from the first day, but unfortunately she looks unkempt from her black teeth..
her teeth were actually cleaned a few weeks ago and they're really white! she had her tooth pulled recently and her gums are tender so i soak her cookies in water first and they stick in her teeth for a while, apparently.
this shot inspired me to do the shoot all over again. if it weren't for this shot, all photos from the second day wouldn't exist. so my favorite shot from that day wouldn't exist!

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. s h i n o b i .

little ninja! great with the bamboo in the background, even though it might be hard to see and i cropped out most of it.

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little desert dweller

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. art critic 1 .

mukha looking mildly appalled.. maybe by someones distasteful art or fashion.
looks like she's talking under her breath about it to a friend nearby.
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. art critic 2 .

i think she has sparked an interest in something: 'oh.. now, i do say, i like that..',
or she's asking a waiter if they serve her favorite expensive wine..

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. ja man! .

something just seems rastafarian here

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latest weimaraner painting !!

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yaaay!
a commissioned weimaraner portrait of leo & luddy!
for amy, michael, leo and luddy!
amy, thank you for being so amazing!
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. ludwig & leopold playing stick tug~of~war .

professional photo of the painting
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these photos were taken at night, with regular indoor lighting
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weimaraner painting . com
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baldwin park dog park:. the lake

when mukha and i finished our first walk in the forest, she found the shade of a big tree and collapsed under it for a second, then immediately got up and walked to the lake and fell in the shallow water and rested! poor mukha, she was so tired and hot, but happy! the water was so clean and cool, and shallow for quite a way. even i got in and walked around, played fetch with mukha and took pictures of her of course! the water is definitely not always this clear and clean looking! so here's the phonepix of mukha in the lake!

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mukha has mad skillz! look what she can do with a little concentration. she's sucha genius :)
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my cute little sea sprite!
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wading in the water
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intense fun!
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girl knows how to have fun :)
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aah, refreshing water for the hot girl. love her little fingers and toes here!
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more info about this dog park and a couple of dog beaches in florida
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baldwin park dog park:. the jungle forest

fleet peeples dog park in orlando on lakemont by baldwin park, whole foods, and the va clinic :)

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mukha and i love this place! there is a little jungle to hike through, a lake to swim in, open space to run through and lots of dogs to play with! i love walking through the forest with mukha. she always runs ahead and investigates and after some time she comes back to make sure i'm still around and then goes on to explore some more, it's really cute. she does this over and over. so of course, sometimes i like to hide a little from her and see what she does! usually i just stop on the side of the trail and wait, or turn down a path a little. i always stay where she can find me though, because one time i 'hid' too well but i could see her and she started panicking! i just want her to be happy so i don't go too far away anymore. anyway.. it's just fun to watch her. sometimes she tracks me really fast, sometimes she goes back and forth a few times before she finds me. the time it takes her to notice i'm not around varies also..

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here are some phone pics from a few days ago of mukha in the jungle. she loves to run! can you tell? (i've noticed recently that mukha's tongue has grown.. a lot :))
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happy happy mukha!
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still happy! crazy tongue!
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mukha running through a beam of light in the forest.
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here is a picture of mukha in the forest from some time last year

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learn more about fleet peeples / baldwin park dog park and dog friendly 'off leash' beaches in florida!

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.a.weima.pic.a.day.~approximately

a pic of 3 pics to compensate for not posting a weima pic everyday..

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. darkroom prints .

b&w prints i did one night in the darkroom. the weimaraner model and title to each photo, top to bottom & clockwise is:

rolyn~ 'in da hood'
rolyn~ 'dog in the hat'
chanhi~ 'beatnik piknik'

these and other black and white weimaraner photos, plus weimaraner art prints are for sale on my website weimaranerpainting.com!

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. gimme the cookie .

mukha high 5ing and trying to get the cookie at the same time. she's usually not this impatient!

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.:mukha sunbathing:.

part of a painting i was working on. a work in progress, or rather, a work in non~progress.

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baby mukha

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you can see her little ear~headband :)

ft desoto dog beach

mukha and i love this dog beach! it's an off leash dog beach on the west coast of florida, on an island south of saint petersburg, in fort desoto park.

ft desoto dog beach map

last sunday it was so nice and sunny and the beach was packed. we went to the far (west) end for the first time, usually we unload at the first entrance.

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mukha sunbathing
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.:inspiration:.
mukha and her new little friend, jack. he's 14 weeks old :)
jack was giving everyone high fives. mukha is 2 1/2 years old and didn't know how to do hi 5's! she was jealous! but..
she just learned how to do it today after working on it yesterday and today!
she's so smart! i don't think she'll ever be too old to learn new tricks.
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a great dane loving jack
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.:eat my splash:.
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too bad i didn't get all of her in the shot. i like it anyway, i love her muscles!
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funny ear ;)
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mukha smiling at the beach.
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pics from 2 weeks earlier.. it was cloudy and pretty cold most of the day. we thought it was going to rain and left the camera in the car, so pics are with the phone.

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happy to be at the beach!
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.:catch:.
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sphinx
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still happy to be at the beach!
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mukha and i love to find fun dog friendly things to do so much that i created a little website about it.. thought it might help someone out.
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mukha's big heart

mukha's such a good girl. she balanced her treat on her nose and let me take lots of pictures. they're cute~ she's adorable, but the treats are too big. there's 2 different sizes though, i'll have to get the small ones next time.. and take more pix of course!

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.:mukha's big heart:.

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this is mukha doing her trick 3 months ago. she was just learning, she has really improved! she's so smart :) this pic is with the small treat..

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