I first met this beautiful dog in a rural supply store in the hills of Kentucky. She was warm and friendly, and I was told that she would be bred and her pups would be available.
I became quite interested in owning one of these fine animals, but on further investigation learned that her bloodline tended to become very aggressive as adults, and did not make good pets.
Sure enough, like her mother before her, as an adult, she was permanently caged.
I returned a year later to find her "behind bars". As I approached the cage, she snarled and began barking in a way that clearly warned, "come any closer and I'll hurt you".
Far too dangerous to be roaming the store where she might attack a customer with little provocation, this spectacular animal will live out her sad life with little joy.
A friend, the airplane mechanic at a local airport, had recently lost his hunting dog to cancer. A neighbor had given him a pup from a single dog litter, and he brought the little guy to the airport one day. I liked him from the first moment, and told Tom if he ever needed to get rid of him, I'd take him. Some months later, after he'd found that "Snoopy" had little to no interest in hunting, he offered him to me and I gladly accepted. Snoop was, in every way, as good a dog as anyone could ever want. He gave us sixteen years of priceless companionship.
Look closely and you'll see an airliner about to fly into a huge thunderhead. Well, not really. The photo is an illusion, created by deceptive cropping. The plane did not get even close to the buildup, but actually flew far right of it.
Aquatic birds dry their wings in the early morning sun on a log in a backwater of the Scioto River.
No one would ever claim that raising show horses doesn't have its moments, but it all seems worthwhile when they line up for a beauty shot like this one!
One thing we have in Central Ohio is Canada geese. At certain times of the year they will fly in huge formations, sometimes stretching almost as far as the eye can see, flapping and honking away. Although often considered as pests in more populated areas, they are a thing of beauty for many who love wildlife.
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