Photo Impressions, Photography by Pat Beaudoin, Sioux Lookout

  Marchington River

                              
 My personal favourite…                          Simple Bunchberries                                  Stormy water

Wind-blown clouds made for dramatic and swiftly changing light on this day back in May.  Amazing colour.

I watched the show from the shore of  Sandy Beach for a couple of hours, having to seek the shelter of my car only a couple of times.  The Town lies across the lake in view #4. 

You have to meet Charlie… he belongs to our friends, Pat & Bill, who graciously let me wander around their lakeshore property for a couple of afternoons taking pictures.  Charlie kept me company and didn’t I just fall in love with this animal!  All personality and charm he is. 

He loves swimming – underwater!  I’ve never seen a dog do this before and he scared me a couple of times because he stays under for so long.  He dog-paddles around the surface of the water for a bit like he’s looking for something inparticular and then he suddenly dips below the surface and combs the bottom for a lengthy time.  Just as suddenly he bursts to the surface when he finally runs out of air, shakes himself off and gets ready to repeat the process.  Amazing to watch.

Look at how sweetly he posed for my top image… that’s because he had plopped his ball right by the leg of my tripod for the millionth time and when I happened to turn around, he was waiting patiently for me to throw it for him again.  A beautiful little soul – I love this dog!

(Wish he hadn’t left his toy on the dock though – I don’t have the editing skills necessary to clone that one out.)