The dog days of . . . spring?

This past weekend I went to my parents' house in Healdton, Oklahoma. It's a little town down around Ardmore, or between Loco and Hennepin, as my step-dad likes to say. In other words, it's right smack dab in the middle of nowhere. But it's really pretty there! I would have taken lots of landscape pictures if it weren't for the gloomy grey skies. We're having an unusual gloomy and cold spell this spring. I do like the weather, but it's not exactly conducive to photography!

I tried out the camera on an always-difficult subject--the dogs. My mom has five dogs. But the silly things won't get along in their custom-built pen, so two of them have to be staked out. Don't worry about them, they're much happier that way than in the pen with Jake. Only Patches likes Jake. Then there's Blackie, who actually lives down the street but likes us better. She's the only one allowed to roam because she's the only one who knows how to stay out of trouble!

Unfortunately, even on the "kids and pets" setting, the dogs are a bit faster than the camera. Let's blame it on the gloomy weather, shall we?

This is Patches.
She thought she was gonna get to go for a walk!

Patches again, rattling the gate.
The black dog (left) is Jake.

Here's Jack eating one of his milkbones.

This is Blackie, a.k.a. "Shivers."

She prefers summertime.