I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!

Walking into the sunset

A fitting final shot of Clyde, one of a series of portraits taken on Sunday by the wonderful Kelly Hoffer. (She has some more shots from the session here)

Eulogy for the Clydester.

The Old Dog and the Sea

Built for speed

Snuggle

Getting attention

I’m shy

Clyde

Smooch

Note the champagne in a margarita glass. I AM CLASSY!

Failed Family Portrait, New Year 2010

Family Portrait, New Year 2010

How we saw in 2010: Lounging around in bed with the bassets.

Gigantomonitor

Got a new 30" monitor on my desk at work. Frankly, I'm scared. 4,096,000 pixels is too much for one man to deal with.

Ever-hopeful

Clyde shows his interest in the meat platter Joy and I shared to celebrate our 6th anniversary.

I’m not sure Clyde has got the hang of this whole “pet bed” business

Attempts to convince Bacon that Clyde deserved the larger pet bed were unsuccessful.

The advantages of working from home #2: live Red Sox games

(This is taken at the same time as my previous shot, just with the iPhone 3GS's press-to-focus set to the TV, so the lighting balance got changed. Nice!)

The advantages of working from home #1: Quiet officemates

The bassets are less likely to be having interesting conversations that I get drawn into, dragging me away from whatever I'm working on.

It’s all in the eyes

Old dog

Sometimes, when you look into Clyde's eyes, you can see his 77 dog years.

Tired Clyde

Clyde wants to be left alone

Clyde on the beach

Looking through Flickr, I was surprised that I hadn't uploaded this handsome shot of Clyde on the beach at Fort Funston. It's probably my favourite photo of him.

Sunny Side Up

Clyde basks in the warm spot at the front door.

Dr. R. S. Candle PhD pets Clyde

Joy practices her puppetering on an uninterested audience

Joy is performing the The Un-Scripted Theater Company in their current show, Un-Scripted: unscripted, and they like to introduce puppets into scenes, so she's practicing with my Muppet Whatnot.

Made it to the top

On the way up

Clyde is aging, and stairs are not his strong point. (You try dragging 70lbs on little stumpy legs!) He made his way up from the beach masterfully, though.

Playtime!

From here to eternity

Clyde contemplates the ocean

Downhill is the easy part

Fort Funston

My absolute favouritist thing to do in SF on a sunny day: Fort Funston with the bassets.

Pooped Pooches

The bassets celebrate their return from Planet Pooch with a good cuddle.

Targeted

MySpace appear to have some impressive photo recognition mojo going on. I was creating a dummy account for work, and uploaded this shot of Clyde as my "profile photo". Note the advertising box that has appeared, without any metadata entry by myself!

Clyde, Poladroided

Playing with Poladroid, a lovely little app which playfully makes your digital photos look like old Polaroid snaps.

WTF‽

(You might need to turn up your volume on this one)

Another test video. As I was playing around with my Zi6, filming the dogs, a sudden shout from the bedroom distracts Clyde.

Clydepeetrail

Clyde was taking a leak, then decided he needed to sniff something across the sidewalk. Sadly, he's old, so stopping wasn't an option, thus this attractive lumbering pattern.

Trip to Fort Funston

Trip to Fort Funston

I’m meeellllttiiiiiinngg

The great thing about being a basset…

If you're trying to sleep, but it's bright out, you've got your own built-in eyemask.

Bacon & Clyde meet the Pacific

Took the dogs for a walk along the beach at Crissy Field this afternoon.

Two bassethounds and an ocean

Took the dogs for a walk along the beach at Crissy Field this afternoon.

San Francisco, Jul 27, 2008

Video Chat with Clyde

Thank you, The Internet, for making it possible for me to see my dogs when we're three time-zones apart. And confuse them by calling their names.

Clyde poses

Clyde drinks

Shortly before falling into the cold river and having to try and scramble back to shore.

Ready for takeoff

Basset-ears at maximum flap.

Droooooool

A long sliver of spittle hangs from the mouth of Clyde as I play with my new camera.

Bassetfight

Two bassets and a squeaky toy enter...

“Enough already!”

Clyde imploring me to stop taking photos of him. (Since my class yesterday, I've fired off over 100 shots of him -- these were the only two worth sharing!)

Regal Clyde

Clyde hamming it up for the camera.

YUM!

Clyde chows down on a tasty, tasty beef bone, left over from Christmas dinner's prime rib.

Clyde Shakin’

Clyde getting his shake on in the chilly snowbank.

Snowbasset

It's challenging when there's 8" of snow on the ground, but your legs are only 7" long.

Clyde has also found the new tastiest snack ever -- Snow. He bloody loves eating it. So long as he sticks to the white stuff, we're happy for him.

Clyde in his too-small bed

We won this dog bed in a raffle at a basset rescue event last year, but Bacon never really took to it.

Now Clyde has discovered it and has made it his; Despite the fact that he barely fits without hanging over the edges.

Joy Ahead

With the pups.

The Family

Joy and Mum walking with Bacon and Clyde.

Clyde in the Leaves

Clyde running along in the New England folliage.

Dogs in Leaves

Bacon and Clyde admire the beautiful autumnal colours a New England fall brings.

Clyde & Bacon beg

A slightly-more-successful shot from my exclusive series "Photos taken before I've read the camera's manual". Coming soon to a prestigious gallery near you.

Basset Basset Revolution

Clyde not *quite* getting into the spirit of Dance Dance Revolution

Brave Basset

Clyde got attacked by another dog at the dog park this evening, and we had to take him to the vet to get the cuts looked at. A few staples later and he should be right as rain.

Thankfully, he's taking it all in his stride -- apart from strongly refusing to be put into one of those headcone things. No amount of snausages would convince him to wear it!

Clyde on Ice

There were no other dogs at the dog park today, and with the icy ground, more resembled some sort of alien planet.

Crumpled Clyde

Playing with my new camera. Here's Clyde's preferred sleep position: Head off the mat, ear covering eyes and/or nose.

Patrolling

Clyde guards the brie and meatballs to ensure no unsavoury fate befalls them.

Clyde_portrait

He's a very handsome dog.

Let Sleeping Dogs…

As an occasional insomniac, I am massively jealous of Clyde's ability to just fall fast asleep, no matter where he is. Middle of the hardwood floor with no mat? No problem.

Snoozing Clyde

Tuckered out, bandana-d up, and smelling sweet, after a trip to the grooming salon at Petco.

Joy’s Moo Cards

I treated Joy to a box of Moo Cards for herself -- each illustrated with a photo of the dogs. Here are two, resting in some dog photo holders I picked up for her at Philadelphia Airport.

Clyde’s Nest

Clyde isn't spritely enough to hop onto the bed like Bacon, so he's made himself a little nest in the corner of the bedroom.

The Family

You can start to appreciate from this photo just how much larger Clyde is than Bacon.

Bookend Bassets

Pooped out after a runaround the dog park.

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Drool!

Clyde produces a steady stream of drool -- it really is quite impressive.

Introducing.. Clyde!

Picked up from New England Basset Hound Rescue, Clyde is a 9-year-old male, and a gentle sweetheart.

Bacon and Clyde

It's like Bonnie and Clyde, but with approximately 87% less Warren Beatty.