Autumn in New England. Our dogs’ favorite time of year. Especially for Annie and Lily. This pair of English Setters would spend the entire day outside in their meditative state, gazing out to the fields and woods beyond. The temperatures are cool, the air crisp, the sky robin’s egg blue, and the squirrels and other woodland creatures are scurrying about gathering nuts for the winter.
When let out the side door, this pair of Sporting Dogs quietly and ever-so-slowly heads out to the middle of the field, or atop the wooded hill. Often stopping, frozen on point, having spotted a creature in the distance.
I have been trying to capture some of this elegant canine behavior on my camera, but each time I grab my camera and tiptoe outside, the spell is broken by my scented presence, and off they go. Today, iPhone in hand, I took this photo of Annie and Lily through the window, so not to disturb. If only we humans could be so relaxed. After four hours, Annie came to the door and asked to come in. Lily remained outside for another hour on her own.