We took a short road trip up to Sonoma today and visited a few wineries. Cline Cellars in Sonoma, CA has many Chinese Pheasants. I was quite fascinated with these beautiful birds. I wish I had taken the time to photograph their descriptions so I could provide more information here.
This pheasant was a rather shy fellow, preferring to hide in his cloak of lovely feathers. I did manage to get one shot of him walking.
After visiting the birds we stopped at the wine shop and were greeted by this nice fellow.
After a few minutes of pleasantries, I realized that I was talking to a wax statue. 
I’m rather disappointed in my recent attempts at photography. I don’t know why I have all but given up a hobby that makes me happy. I obviously need to get back out there and use my camera more.
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Rob and I went to Lake Tahoe for vacation. Lexie the lab came with us and we were very lucky to have Rob’s son visiting us from Idaho.
We found a dog friendly beach called Kiva Beach. To be honest with you, I thought it was one of the most beautiful beaches that I’ve seen at the lake. We were really lucky that we could bring Lexie and we probably would have never found it without her. She did a little swimming with some help from Rob and a friend. She swam great, she’s a natural, but I don’t think she enjoyed it too much. I think she was a bit scared so we didn’t press the issue. She’ll swim more when she’s ready.
She really preferred stealing Dillon’s food. Don’t let this innocent looking lab fool you, she’s sitting nicely in this shot, but she had just attempted to steal Dillon’s leftover steak.
When Lexie realized that Dillon wasn’t giving up his steak and she wasn’t getting food from anyone else she decided she would check out digging in the sand. She really thought this was great! A cool spot in the sand.
When she realized she couldn’t dig to China she took a break.
Kiva Beach was gorgeous. This is the breathtaking view behind where we were sitting. We had a choice of swimming in the lake or wading in this area.
What a wonderful day we had at the beach!
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