Snow Day

Heck of a snowfall today, and not something Dante gets to see as often as he'd like.

Dante Covered in Snow

Sure, it makes things inconvenient, but when it's only an occasional thing, it's quite a novelty.

Lori and Dante

Comments

  1. Dan KananenJanuary 13, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    Cool dog - looks like a grizzly silverback wolf...or something like that.

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  2. ErikJanuary 13, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Yep, the North Georgia Grizzly Silverbearded Wolfmutt, shown here ready to pounce on the unsuspecting:

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