One thing that I want to do more of in the future is camping.  I guess you might call it extreme camping, but there is nothing nicer than a night under the stars.  I’m crazy for the simplicity of it.  I always wanted to take Afie out to the country and sleep outdoors, give him a chance to see the world the way it should be.  But he was never strong enough.  My next dog will be younger and we’ll go into the woods for a few days.

This photo is actually a photoshop exercise.  The background is from a trip to Kilarney Ontario Provincial Park. The park was one of the places the Group of Seven painted. The photo was taken on the first night I believe. The foreground picture of me was taken in my bathroom on my phone.

The challenge was to make two photos blend.  The sun on my forehead would never quite right, but I think I match the perspective and graininess of the foreground in the background.