Mid-July and the sun was setting somewhere around 10.30 pm:
Perfect for a late-night picnic on the pier.
As with all our picnics where Oscar is involved,
We end up pretty wet — whether we’ve been swimming or not!
Life is pretty good though:
Jump, enjoy life, repeat.
For more joie de vivre, please visit: Skywatch.
Lady Fi 
Oh My!!! Great colorful sky pictures with Oscar and children♡♡♡ So sorry that I couldn’t leave comment for your previous OWT.
Happy to find your post before going to bed, Night Night from Japn. Sincerely Yours, xoxo Miyako*
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Beautiful shots!
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i love the shot of your son in his rain boots and oscar leaping …
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What a wondrous lush world from this perspective. I can even see greenery sprouting through the wooden panels on the pier.
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jump….i am all about that….smiles…
and a picnic on the pier…that sounds like a wonderfully relaxing eve…
give your furry friend a rub from me…smiles.
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Beautiful sunset across the water. Looks like a great time, especially with Oscar.
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adorable! the best of life, right here!
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You live in such a beautiful area for sunset skies and reflections on the water. Life in the city doesn’t offer all this beauty and I need to get away from home to see it all!
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You always get such wonderful frames. Great series.
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A superb series as always! Such glorious, dramatic skies! So much beauty!! And I love the earlier post with the mama dog and babies!! Delightful! Hope you have a beautiful weekend! Enjoy!
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Gorgeous! Perfect for anything on the pier!
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Beautiful shots…:)
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We all live under the canopy of God’s marvelous sky, but you seem to capture the cerulean tints like no other.
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Beautiful, beautiful sky. Seems Oscar can’t resist the water. I’m intrigued by the growth on the jetty. How does it get there. 🙂
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My goodness, these are such beautiful shots ..
Thanks always for sharing the beauty you see … 🙂
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wondrous photos! OH OSCAR!
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
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It is so easy to make a dog happy!
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What a delightful spot for a late evening picnic!!!
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Beautiful photos, Fiona. I know how much Oscar loves being in that water…. Me??? I’d take me a lounge chair and just sit out there looking at the sky.
Hugs,
Betsy
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amazing and beautiful images of the sunset. I wish I had a pier around here like that and a dog like Oscar to share it with.
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Nothing is quite so catching as damp when a dog is involved!
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Blissful. Thank you.
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I always enjoy seeing pics of your family. Including Oscar!! These are so lovely.
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Happy summer evenings on the pier, amazing sunsets and wonderful action shot of Oscar whose enthusiasm for life brings a smile to my face 🙂 Perfect!
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Gorgeous skies and I love the shot of Oscar jumping in the lake.. What fun! Happy skywatching and have a great weekend!
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Great skies…awesome Oscar…award winning!…:)JP
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How beautiful!
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Gorgeous pictures of a wondrous place.
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These look like beautiful paintings.
The colors are just gorgeous.
Have a great weekend!
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Beautiful golden glow. And the last sentence is a perfect mantra for life.
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Oscar knows the secret to happiness! 🙂
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That Oscar knows how to live life! The sunset is fabulous.
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Beautiful shots, 🙂
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You captured that beautiful warm stillness of a late summer evening, so perfectly. What a perfect place and time for a picnic….and such beautiful children. Oscar must have been in heaven….water, food and children 🙂
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This place is always magical, and what a great area to grow up, for children and for dog.
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I do love to see Oscar in your shots, and these are fabulous shots, I really love the sky colours.
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Wonderful shots and moments.
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Beautiful pictures ! Love the one where Oscar jumps !
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Oscar is so full of happiness leaping into the wonder of the colourful waters. Enchanting photos.
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Wonderful sky, colors and reflections of maximum beauty! These photos are gorgeous!
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Beautiful Images today Fiona.
So serene.
And sweet Oscar…a wonderful day for the dog, I’m sure.
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Picture, perfect!
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Gorgeous colors, location, and subject. I always sense such a peace when I look at your photos. BTW, did I ever tell you that my daddy’s name is Oscar. I’m going to have to mention to him that a dog shares his name. lol Visiting from #SWF. Hope you’ll hop over to see my contributions Weekend #photo contributions
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simply beautiful : )
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These are so beautiful! Fantastic colours in the sky. 🙂
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Oh wow, your scenes are stunning visions for my morning coffee.
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I like reading through a post that will make people think.
Also, thank you for allowing me to comment!
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I always enjoy your pier shots!
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WOWWWWW Fi, this made my day. Absolutely wonderful shots. FIRE in the sky, reflected in water, and I love piers, and family outings, and DOGS!!!! Joie de vivre indeed. May we all experience it more. xoxo my friend …. happy weekend and happy skywatching!!!
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Beautiful place and gorgeous shots and of course love the dog ^_^ !
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
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Dear LadyFi, these evocative photographs of setting sun and rippling water and dog’s delight bring back to me the halcyon days I often spent at the North Shore and the Minnesota lakes during the 38 years I lived there. Thank you for catapulting me into memory! Peace.
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Wonderful pictures! Beutiful nature and dog and very nice composition!
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so color-filled – love your photos at the lake picnic
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Wonderful shots of a stunning sunset.
Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend!
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What gorgeous skies and beautiful photos. Thanks for visiting!
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Great sky & water photos! Isn’t nature beautiful? :o)
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So beautiful! I love this sky and the reflections … and your dog! 🙂
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You capture such magical moments.
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Amazing colours and reflections!
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Exquisite scenes Lady Fi, and I like gorgeous Oscar’s “jump in, enjoy life, repeat” approach! Thank you for continuing to delight us with your amazing photography
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these are super photos; the light and colours amazing that you have captured and the activity happening at this end of day too …
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Lets keep summer around as long as we can…after all it should be at least half the year.
Jen
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So tranquil and serene, just lovely…
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Oscar’s a great example of enjoying every moment! 🙂 You images are lovely, as always!
Lindy
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Gorgeous! The colors in the water are just stunning!
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Gorgeous images!
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Go Oscar!!! Love the motion against the beautiful sky and background.
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What a wonderful time of the day to capture such lovely photos!!
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Beautiful series, stunning skies and colors, like the last one, a wonderful action photo.
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It wouldn’t be a picnic without a swim.
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How glorious!!!!!
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It’s always such a pleasure to look back on your missed posts Fiona.. the beauty of your images always inspires me and oh how adorable are Ruby’s wee puppies, looking forward to seeing many more pics of those sweeties 🙂
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Such a beautiful spot. Life is simple for a dog, mine are certainly easy to please.
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absolutely stunning! my heart leaped and jumped in, too:)
-Jennifer
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Lovely! And what did you have for the picnic?
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Wet sandwiches and fruit!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Amazingly beautiful captures!!
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love the secong image where your dog shapes waves and the sun reflects in them 🙂
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Woah, this has to be one of the best photos ever that I’ve seen. Beautiful pic 🙂
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What a beautiful place in the sky and the twilight glow – to the delight of all and jump is thrilled !!! nice set
Back from vacation and here in the rain !!!
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Fabulous! How cool to have such long days.
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b e a u t I f u l.
The life of Oscar is PERFECT))!! x
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These images are breath-taking.
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I am picturing Oscar doing lots of shaking after his swims; as dogs enjoy sharing the water. Lovely pictures, LadyFi.
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Love this fotos, very colorfull with the golden
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Totally magnificent! Though we understand the geographic, the astonishment sustain over the time setting there. Natural delight of late-night light
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what a beautiful and magical place!!!! and what late sunsets….
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Vad härlig Oscar är!! Tänk vad ljust det var då mot nu!
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Oscar looks like he’s having a ball!
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What a stunning set of photos – I love the blend of sapphire and bronze. And wet dog.
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So very beautiful and peaceful.
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Gorgeous photos of an amazing looking place.
Great action shot also!
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This is my first time visiting your blog, lovely photos!
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Oscar is everybody’s personal trainer!
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