Day 9 - The Birthday Puppy

Today features the first of what might be too many photographs of our beloved golden doodle, Marlee Marie. Marlee makes her first appearance today because it's her birthday! She turned four this morning, which is approximately equivalent to 28 in human years.

Another first is that this photograph was not actually taken by me. My partner, Patti, took this interesting picture of Marlee doing the "happy dance" in the snow in our backyard. She used the same Olympus camera I've been using every day. I find the picture interesting on many accounts but most importantly that it's taken after dark, with light be provided by the camera's own flash and an LL Bean head lamp doo-dad that we use for walking Marlee at night. The glowing things on Marlee's legs are reflector straps she received for Christmas from an aunt in Toronto, useful for making sure Marlee's visible to car drivers on her many night-time walks around the neighbourhood.

Happy birthday, Marlee. Let's hope your fifth year on the planet doesn't include too many appearances in this photo-a-day blog. No promises, though.