Real Dog And Fake Dogs

One of them is a pretty good fake, though.

Baying Dog

 

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Head Of A Baying Dog

That is, a stump that looks like one.

Diving Dog

looking over his shoulder the instant before splashdown, as if saying "Uhh, maybe this wasn't such a...".

Another Errant Jacket

A little while back (January 8) I posted a couple of images of a jacket I found resting on the road, just randomly lying there as if dropped by an absentminded owner.  And remarked on the resemblance its silhouette bore to a cat lying on its side.  Well, today I happened to be cutting across a neighborhood parking lot on the way home when I sighted this child's jacket on the sidewalk.  Later, while checking out its images at home, I was struck by its resemblance to a dog lying prone.  Especially a Schnauzer or one of those boxy-headed Terrier dogs.

Two jackets randomly dropped on the pavement, found with the space of a month.  Already unusual enough -- but then it's first a cat, then a dog.  Cat and dog.  Makes me think of the idiom "Raining cats and dogs".  Wonder if  this is some Supreme Mind's way of letting me know that we're in for some really heavy rains this year?  Or  just me being a solipsist?  Maybe.

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One More Random Subway Ride

And I was rewarded with this sight of a cute but also kind of pathetic-looking little old pooch.  How Much Is That Doggie In The Doorway?  Arf Arf!* 

World-weary, anyone?

*Patti Page's hit song from -- well, a little before my time:  "Doggie in the window"

Pooch On A Precarious Perch

Over a ginseng vendor's shop.

Heliophagous Celestial Dog

This cloud reminded me of Chinese lion-dogs.  So maybe it wasn't trying to devour the Sun so much as to just hold it in its mouth or under its paw or something.

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Dog Head Cloud

OMINOUS OMEN?

An omen, no doubt about that.  This surely would have driven ancient soothsayers into a state of consternation.  Whether it was an auspicious omen or an inauspicious one, that wasn't so certain.  I thought about all sorts of dog-related imagery and expressions to see if any would provide a clue to interpreting it, such as 'The dogs of war', 'Let sleeping dogs lie', 'Hour between dog and wolf' -- even "Release the hounds!" -- but couldn't make up my mind.

But then, close examination showed that the dog had its tongue out, which I took to be a positive sign since it probably indicates a peaceable and engaging mood.  If the heavens were sending a message, it seems to be at the very least one of reassurance.  It might even be a personal one, since the Dog is my Zodiac animal (by the Asian 'Zodiac', not the Western one).

A Mismatched Dog

HETEROCHROMIA IN A DOG SEEN AT THE MARKET
OR, "MASTER PO, IS THAT YOU IN THERE?"

(I know -- Master Po had cataracts, not blue eyes;  and he probably didn't commit enough sinful acts to merit being reincarnated as a dog)