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Have you ever been to a dog or cat show? This weekend was my first time. A big international dog show. I didn`t know what to expect, but I had nothing to doo, I like dogs and so I packed my camera and went there.

Actually the fare was boring... I´m not a fan of different dog food brands or cushions and dog furniture. So I left it early to watch the shows.

I found a seat in the second row (oh yes I can be really really lucky if I want to see :-)) unpacked my camera and found out the batteries are empty. (Oh yes I can be really really blonde from time to time)

So the picture you see here is made with my IPhone - sorry for the quality.

the shows were great. Agility training, drug dogs, circus dogs - one of them was able to hang up socks on a clothesline - first aid dogs and search dogs.

The one in the picture is a shepard dog without sheep. So he is trained to force the big balls into a soccer gate. Really funny.

The part I didn`t really enjoy were the racial shows. The ones I attended were for kids learning to handle a dog in a show. Imagine a 12 year old girl in a costume (that would make her Mum look old) showing a mini dog. Smile frozen on her face. No fun. I don`t even think it`s fun for the dogs.

But I know this dog in the picture had fun!

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Nothing could hold me here in sunny France in the last week, when a good friend of mine invited me to her birthday. I packed my bags, booked a flight and I was up in the air. Yes that was the order I chose :-)

And I love to fly! The first flight of my life brought me to Nice. No kidding. I was a kid then, flew alone and was expected by realtives at the airport. It was a real real rought flight, although I never found out about that after telling my parents on the phone about it.

The stewardesses had to stay at their own seats, after the first round of drinks (I have to mention, I didn`t dare to take the offered softdrink, because I didn`t know it was for free..... ). All passengers were buckeled up and the plane was gliding from one blowhole to the other.

I loved it!! On that day I decided I was born to fly and I never changed my mind. All that came back to me during this flight last week. It was windy, snowy, foggy and the plane was shaking and aching. Some people even squeaked.

Wow! No breakfast in the plane, but a great experience.



P.S. The really funny part is: You`ll never see me set one foot into a roller coaster - I hate them!!!

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Quite a concentrated look isn`t it? Want to know why? I think I told you that I started to learn all about photography in the last months. And I think slowly I`m getting better. So from time to time I will show you some results here in this blog.

But no reason to worry: Vanessa`s adventures are subject Nr. 1 here.

You wonder why I dress so decent? No kidding, I was taking pictures of a childrens carnival party. Hah - you might laugh now, but you don`t have an idea about how difficult it is to make beautiful pictures of kids who had to much sugar before

It`s easier to make artistical pics of a flea circus....

But we all had a lot of fun and it was a great training job for me!




P.S. don`t get mixed up with the second hand in the picture *grin*

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This morning i got an urgent call from my friend Mike. He is a hairdresser and a master of his trade.

Today he had an appointment with a really rich and prominent woman, who is supposed to be married tomorrow. This morning should be the trial session for her wedding hair. But for whatever reason she cancelled the appointment today, insisting on a bridal hair trimming tomorrow afternoon.

Mike sounded like getting sweaty hands when he called me this morning, explaining the situation: He needed a girl with the clients hair to try out the coiffure :-)

You know perfectly well what I did. Packed some croissants and rolls in a bag, told him to get the coffee ready and we started the morning with breakfast. Afterwards he was playing with my hair, until he was happy... I couldn`t resist to insist on a snapshot.

What do you think?

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So the new year started and I am still busy with cleaning out the old one. In a couple of days I will be done with it. During the weekend I will attend a family party (the christening of a new little family member) but then I will be back!!!

Looking forward to share my adventures and I hope there will be plenty of it next year!!!


Happy New Year to all of You!