Karen Land

Fourteen Winters

Today, Lolo is enjoying the early arrival of her 14th winter. DSCF2564It’s hard to believe that it has been almost eleven years since Lolo (along with Pig, on the right) led our 16-dog team out of Anchorage on the 2004 Iditarod…

2004RacestartAnd, of course, both of my tiny, 40-lb. girls led the entire 1,100-miles across Alaska… girl-power at its finest. The photo below is our team climbing up off of the sea ice of Norton Sound and onto the Front Street of Nome. That year was our best time at 12 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes, and 19 seconds…

DSCF0338At age 14.5, running still brings Lolo joy… which, in turn, makes me smile too.

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Mush!

The Vintage Dog

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… another image from my vintage photograph collection of DOGS AND THEIR HUMANS. 

I want to know… Who is this girl all dressed up in her finest? And the poodle-esque pup displayed on a pedestal, what is his/her name? When and where did they live? And what became of them? 

 

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.”

 — Diane Arbus