On One Condition

Unless you don’t mind pictures of her back, trying to get pictures of Haley during the holidays requires a lot of patience.

There are simply far too many things to do that are much more important, like opening presents and eating chocolate.

If ya zoom in real close and call her name to try to surprise her, you will be rewarded with a close up picture of the back of her head.

Okay, I admit, I may have pulled that trick a few too many times already. She doesn’t fall for it anymore.

After dozens of shots that all ended up being variations of the back of her head, I decided to walk around outside for a bit . . .

Just about the time that I had resigned myself to talking pictures of old birdhouses and any other rustic scenes I could find, Haley decided to wander outside to see what her Mama was doing.

Okay Mama. You can take my picture on one condition. Elvis has to be in the picture. Elvis? (Ya mean that scraggly dust mop mutt of an excuse for a dog adorable fluffy dog that’s running around here?)

Yeah, that one. Isn’t he adorable Mama?

(Uh huh, this picture is definitely gonna be in black and white if ya want me to make that mutt, ummm, I mean that cute lil dog to look adorable. Oh for crying out loud. Fine, I will show it in full living color too.)

But, I am warning ya. He is a whole lot cuter in black and white.

(To Johnny and Toni Holloway: Thank you for making the holidays so special for us. The Christmas Eve party was wonderful as always. No, I don’t really think your dog is a scraggly dust mop mutt of an excuse for a dog. Honest, I don’t. Seriously! Dang it! Why doesn’t anyone believe me?)