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Snook: You go girl! That's a brilliant photo. Fernwood should use it as a motivational poster ;) Huga: I adore that shot. And thanks for explaining how you got there! Fattima: How cute is he! You have captured a lively spirit in him. Millie-Moo: Aggie is beautiful! Gapvic: Great selfie, evokes in my mind a story of a war bride waiting for the return of her man. I honestly like your first w6 to your second, but that's just me Gila: Great photo! I'm not a diarist, but can understand your fear. MTD: Lovely shot of the ginger! Such a vivid red MrRedDog: that there is a lovely bunch of Dachsies! What's the collective noun for Dachshunds? (a sizzle of sausage dogs did spring to my mind, but probably not PC!) I also like your Bokeh paws, how cute! CrazyCresties: Your w4 shot is brilliant, your cat had me giggling! Louis' close up is divine. So handsome. Misteri: Nice landscape. I live so close to threadbo but have not made the trip since moving to Canberra! how naughty of me. Kym and Adrian: How adorable are Easy's ears?? He's like the flying nun!! Great capture. I also love your shot of Jet, he looks sooo relaxed. redangel: That's so cute! And judging by your selfies, there is no way I would have picked you as having teen-aged kiddies! Dwynwen: Nice water dragon! Well done on getting it unnoticed ;) Oh and as to why I get the window seat - I fly each week, sometimes 2-3 times a week, so that guarantees me good seats! It does get tedious after a while and I relish the days when I am in the office!! Kja: welcome back! I see your note on your w1 burger photo - don't you hate it when things don't taste as good as advertised?? Your w2 full moon is lovely. Your w3 photo is beautiful, what a lovely keepsake for your sister. Nice selfie! And Tilly looks like she's a pro at this beach business. Dogfan: Nice selfie for you too! I prefer your first one to the second. ButterNut: I love your droplets! Great idea in this crappy weather we've been having. I love your lantern shot too! Great use of light. Ok, think that's everyone! I apologise if I have missed any photos. I still haven't done my week 6 photo yet. I have a plan, just need to make it work :)

Oh thank Goodnes, Muttrus! I too admit to a giggle escaping my lips!

I love the one of the boy hugging the dog. So adorable. Great photos!

My week 5 shot. Very unimaginative, just a plant that I have growing on my windowsill at work. It flowered once, but hasn't even considered it again :laugh: 05/52 - A little bit of green by KumaAkita, on Flickr Welcome Evolving! Great to see your crew here. And who can resist those little babies? They are seriously adorable. Annie - Gemma is beautiful, she appears to be so gentle and thoughtful in your photo.

My week 5 photo: 05/52 by KumaAkita, on Flickr First sunny day after some miserable cold rainy weather... we hit the backyard with a bubble wand. This is sub-titled "blow the bubbles mum! blow the bubbles!!" I have some brilliant outtakes from today, but since I'm still using my iPhone they're not in focus... the iPhone does not handle speed very well :laugh: Thanks on all the lovely comments on my photos! I'm really enjoying this challenge and drawing inspiration from all of you. I'll be back to comment on everyone's week 5 photos soon.

Hmmmm.....anyone named their puppy "Apple" yet? Yep, I'm FB friends with a woman who has the most magnificent Akita called Apple. She's a stunner. Hmmm...wonder if she'll get a second dog and call it Moses. ;) Nup, her second dog is a boy called Max :laugh:

Awsome photos everyone! Misteri - I always get a kick out of the placement of BR just outside Fitness First in the Canberra Centre. Just evil :D Muwwwaaahhh hahha.

Hmmmm.....anyone named their puppy "Apple" yet? Yep, I'm FB friends with a woman who has the most magnificent Akita called Apple. She's a stunner.

Isn't she just so purdy!!?? P1000882 by KumaAkita, on Flickr P1000883 by KumaAkita, on Flickr P1000884 by KumaAkita, on Flickr Now, all I need is my Big Girl camera to go in it!!! :laugh: Bring on Pay Day!!

DogNerd: Tilly looks all lovely freshly groomed - great job! Jenni87: Great Aussie Day shots of your furkids, looks like they enjoyed being dressed up TLC: Lovely Lacy gettin' all patriotic. Very cute Stonecutter: Resting Ziva is pretty, so adorable and fluffy DSO: :laugh: Great shots of your doggies! LMSW: Roscoe is so focussed on his bone! And Riddick look sleek and powerful in the water, so lovely. I love the colour in your week 4 shots, so lovely. Snook: Justice's smiling face is adorable. ktig: Whoops! Paddy looks so annoyed that you interrupted his fun AnnieK: Is phoebe directing traffic with those ears?? So cute Beth: Lottie is an adorable mud-monster. Pixie_meg: Adonys is so lovely, poor wet baby. And look at his long legs in week 5! GregW: freat focus in Zoe's eyes. MrRedDog: Cute shot of Roxy Helen: :laugh: Poor Tilly! Not a happy girl. MnDM: Beautiful shots of Diva and Monet. Benson looks like he's having fun at the beach.

MTD: Great spider shot!! But eewwwww :laugh: I love your frog shot - such vivid detail DSO: Love your w2 selfie, beautiful!! and your w3 shot is adorable AnnieK: Cody just glows, lovely shot Flaves: Looks like someone is enjoying the water :) ButterNut: nice piggybank, I love its expression Snook: Fab shot, you're getting good at your selfies ;) LMSW: Awesome shot of you and Riddick. Youse are way bad Pixie_Meg: Beautiful lighting on your pool shot. Your daughter and her chooks - such a lovely heartwarming photo. Fattima: Awesome hot rod! Dogfan: Nice sunflower. I love the lighting on that - I'm going to have to get out and about and explore different lights for my photos! Redangel: Like the aeroshow shots - not so sure about some of those manouvers Huga: Whoa, scary! Clever shot. Millie-Moo: I love the expression on Jack's face. Such bliss. GapVic: How cute are your sock monkeys? So cute. MrRedDog: Nice zoomie shot - would make an awesome canvas. Gila: I love your selfie. Very Apple Commercial. :laugh: Misteri: Great fireworks capture, the colours are wonderful. Dwynwen: Interesting plant - what is it? MnDM: Fantastic greyhound zoomie :) Think I got everyone! Apologies if I didn't. Oh - for those who asked, the seedlings are corriander, parsley, greek basil and chillis. They've grown heaps so I might have to take another shot for comparison. Now, off to scout for my week 5 photo.

Loving all the photos this week, amazing shots again. I'll come back and comment later... My week 4 photo: 04/52 by KumaAkita, on Flickr It's been hot here and Kuma has been strategically positioning himself under aircon vents and moving to a cooler patch of tiles when he's warmed up the ones beneath himself! It was a real struggle to get him this week, he wouldn't let me close and it was too hot to take him outside. I keep telling him, if he just got rid of a bit more of that coat he would be much happier! :laugh: I'm not super happy with the shot, it was just taken on my iphone.

Great shots Huga! I love the one of your boys on the piano, so cool.

My week 4 shot: 04/52 - Up, up and away by KumaAkita, on Flickr I spend a fair bit of time on planes - travelling for work. Nothing exciting, just trips to Sydney and Melbourne... sometimes Brisbane. I'm living the highlife. :laugh: Travel, especially work related travel, is not glamorous at all. Anyhoo, I snapped this shot from my window on the flight home from Melbourne last night using my iPhone. Nice clear shot, with a bit of help in Aperture to make it pop.

Heeee how cute! Go Roscoe! :)

Sooo cute!

Ok, I'm going to try and do some catch-up comments. I apologise if I miss anyone! AnnieK - Cody is beautiful, such lovely eyes. I love Ben catching a wave, he looks like he's having fun! Mr Red Dog - Cute little figurines! I like your use of shaddows Gapvic - fantastic shot of you and your horse. I don't actually mind that you've cut her ears off, it gives the impression that she's just a bit too big to fit in the shot. She looks very strong. I also love your family portrait, I agree that the first one is cuter. ButterNut - Nice cemetery shot. The sky looks rather foreboding. fattima - awesome wall! I like how you've captured it's continuity Gila - I love that photo. Looks like it could be a Ray Ban commercial. :D Misteri - Peaceful puppy! Can almost feel the breath on the lens Dogfan - love your little dragon, so cute! Dwynwen - Great perspective on the train. Very clever. Snook - Nice photobombing by Justice there. I love the look of surprise on your face, great capture :) MnDM - How cute are those babies! Huga - Adorable photo, you boys are going to have such great memories. Hope the first day of school isn't traumatic :) CrazyCresties - Wow! Amazing photo, the green is just so vivid Kym and Adrian - How adorable is Easy!

AnnieK - fabulous sunrise shot of Phoebe, looks so peaceful! She looks like she's enjoying her roll on the grass in your w2 shot. gazellehound - Bella is just beautiful. I love your w1 photo - the look on her face is adorable, like she's just been busted doing something she shouldn't. :) Mr Red Dog - Cute shot of your girls! Neither look too pleased to be there :laugh: Beth - Lottie looks like she enjoys that grass, cute smile on her face. Very relaxed :) We've only had grass in our yard for 3 months and Kuma just loves to be stretched out on it in a warm spot. TLC - that's a great shot of Lacy and Mawson. She looks so petite next to the big fella! GregW - Great capture of Zoe, her eye is definitely on the prize :) Snook - Justice is adorable, and so accepting of him to let you dress him up! I love him reading, it's so clever and hilarious. DSO - looks like that's a nice place to walk your guys. I love your B&W treatment on the shot of Bailey. MnDM - Monet is beautiful, that's an adorable smile. Diva is crazy fast! and Benson the intrepid explorer. Great shots the lot. Helen - I saw this in the 365 thread and had a good chuckle. I love the colours you get in your photos.

My week 3 photo - not super happy with it, but didn't have time to get anything else! This is how Kuma sits. He is such a lazy bugger, leans agains walls and splays his legs every which way. Doesn't look too comfy to me, but obviously he is happy with it :) 03/52 by KumaAkita, on Flickr Love the week 3 photos, I'll come back and comment individually later. I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's dogs, they all look so happy and healthy!

My week 3 photo: 03/52 - New Growth by KumaAkita, on Flickr I'll come back and comment a bit later (probably tomorrow ;) ) But suffice it to say, there are some fabulous photos in this thread and I'm loving seeing everyone's ideas. It's really inspiring :)

squeeeeee, my bag has been shipped!! Now, I just need to get the camera to go inside it

It's a continuation of a theme they ran last year. There was a passat ad where the little kid was dressed up as Darth Vader and spent the day trying to make things do Darth Vaderly things (i.e. move glasses of water, etc) when the dad came home, He focussed his powers to lock the car - just as the dad hit the key... The dogs are barking the Darth Vader theme from Star Wars. ETA Linky: http://youtu.be/R55e-uHQna0 It's the Ad they ran at last years superbowl... the bark one is the preview to their 2012 ad. Doubtful we'll ever see it here.

Wow. There are so many amazing photos in this thread! I'm mentally filing notes - so don't be surprised if I replicate some of these awesome photos throughout the year. :laugh: Very clever bunch! Thanks for the nice comments on my photos :)

MnDM - Great shot of Diva and her ball. You can see how much she loves it! Snook - I love the shot of Justice. I didn't comment in your other thread, but I like the processing on this one. It has a particular coastal feel to it. Pixie_meg - your week 2 shot is great! Adonys looking adoringly at his mumma. Mr Red Dog - Roxy is too cute! TLC - I agree with Snook, looks like Lacy is in the middle of telling you a great story! she's cute! Beth - Lovely photo of Lottie. I love the Aussie head tilt. SC - Ziva is looking lovely staring out the window. So fluffy! LMSW - Roscoe has brilliant eyes (and massive ears ) great capture. I also love Riddick's shot. Very serious indeed. Helen - Tilly looks amazing! She looks adorable sitting so primly in the first shot. The second shot looks like she's quietly grooving to herself. Week 3! MnDM - lovely shots of your crew. Looks like you're getting the hang of your new camera quite well! Monet looks so peaceful Pixie_meg - I love them all. If I were to choose, I'd go for the last one "sad wet dog" the eyes are so imploring and questioning why you were sooo mean. GregW - Zoe looks like such a happy girl. Ktig - the first one is my favourite, but they're both great shots. He looks like such a bundle of fun DogNerd - Tilly is so cute. I'm sure she's plotting something judging by the look on her face! SC - Ziva is so ladylike! So very cute. And thanks for the lovely comments on my shots. I've got a shot of Kuma done already, but I'm not 100% happy so am going to see if I can capture something else during the week! I'm using my hubby's point and shoot at the moment and it's doing my head in :laugh:

Mmmm Misteri! Do I spy Gold Cross (pharmacy) jelly beans there?? Lots of lovely shots in this thread, I'm so impressed!