Announcement

I have expanded my creative abilities by having studied and practiced photography for the last couple of years.  A week ago I have created a website with some of my photography posted over and above the local exhibits that I participate in.  If you would like to visit my photography website it is: www.joesmiga.biz.  Currently I have 101 images posted onto the site in various galleries.  Let me know what you think if you browse the site.

Update on Mac the jet black lab -mix

Mac has been with us for six weeks now.  He is a bundle of joy as a puppy and is growing with leaps and bounds.  We were told he was 30 lbs. when we adapted him.  Two weeks later he was 34 lbs.  Two weeks later again. getting his proper shots he was 43 lbs. Yesterday, he received his first of two Lyme disease shots and was weighed in at 47 lbs.  We were told by the rescue people and by our own vet he would probably be 80 lbs.  Not a problem our last dog was 75 lbs. of solid muscle.  Somehow I get the feeling Mac will be between 80-90 lbs.  Only time will tell.  He is a love though.

Update on Mac!

When we adopted Mac, we were told he weighed 30 lbs.  On the first visit of his wellness meeting with his vet he weighed 34 lbs.  She told me that Mac will probably top out at 80 lbs.  On his second vet visit to get his distemper shot, Mac weighed 43 lbs.  He will be five months old on May 23rd and is one healthy puppy. He was house trained in five weeks and will begin training for pheasant hunting in June.  He is also one spoiled dog.

We have a new dog!

Our previous dog a German Shorthaired Pointer died of a disease that was not picked up by three local vets.  Was it their fault, no!  Vets in New England are not accustomed to looking for it.  So we put our wonderful 9-1/2 year old dog down in December 2007.

Last fall while I was deer and pheasant hunting with our son in Idaho, my wife advised me that our daughter in Utah finally convinced her that we need to get another dog.  My wife began looking at rescue Labradors.  

Since we were planning to be in Israel for a full month in March 2016, we decided to wait until we returned home to purchase a dog.

Below is a photo of Mac, formerly known as Olsen.  He will be 4 months on April 23rd and is a sweetheart.  My wife says he is much easier to deal with than our pointer.  That means she is happy.  Mac passed a test of having a nose for pheasants when he proudly carried around a pheasant wing when we were observing him. I used my starter pistol to fire two .22 cal. blank rounds to see if he would be gun shy.  We took him home so you know he passed the test.

Have a look at our beautiful Lab-mix, his mother was pure lab and dad is unknown.  The hair on is back has some creative swirls to them and that is not common to labs.   We love him and he loves us.

Three pictures of eighteen photo shots I took of the sunset

We rented an apartment for a month in the artist village of Ein-Hod in Israel.  The village only has around 400 residents most of whom have a creative side in one way or another.  Below are three pictures depicting  a gorgeous sunset the second night we were there.  I shot eighteen photos giving a good view of a descending sun.

We're back!!!

We arrived back home a week ago, we are finally starting to feel our old selves again.  I will be posting various pictures and tell you about how absolutely wonderful our trip was.

What Inspires You?

Did you ever ask yourself this question?  Try it and begin an endless process of learning about yourself, and why and where you are in life at this moment in time.  After we return from Israel in April, I will post some thoughts about what inspires me.  Maybe those thoughts will give you a chance to reflect upon your own ideas.  Good Luck!