P52 Sweet Shot Tuesday #48

Our youngest son and his wife spent Thanksgiving with us.  Anytime they visit us during cold weather, we try to take some photos in the snow.  One big reason we "go to snow" is Chloe, their all-black Goldendoodle, an active two-year-old dog they treat much like a child.  As a resident of a small duplex who gets driven to various dog parks each week, she loves the large fenced yard at our house. And she really loves playing in mountain snow (if we don't have any in the valley).  Joining with Kent Weakley's P52 Sweet Shot Tuesday.

Changing it Up: Portraits of Chloe

Chloe is an anomaly, I suppose.  She's a Goldendoodle, the progeny of a very blonde Golden Retriever named Oliver and a poodle mix named Marg.  And Chloe is black.  She looks much like a Golden Retriever and very little like any kind of poodle.  The most popular Goldendoodles are pale colored and curly--something like large "squishy" teddy bears.  Not Chloe.  It's tricky to include her in a photo because her features disappear.   I did these portraits for Be Still_52 -- "Changing Things Up" from our still life course.  Chloe was in the river, chasing sticks, digging for rocks, loving the water.

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