Alayne and I had just come in from chores on Sunday morning to warm up. It was 27 degrees F (-3 C) and there was a stiff, cold wind blowing from the east. As I sat down in the living room with a second cup of coffee, I looked down and saw Bailey working a stuffed toy into position as a head rest. For some reason he likes to sleep with his head propped up on a soft toy, but he always has his entire mouth wrapped around the toy. He has to find the right toy that's small enough to fit in his little mouth, but it also has to be big enough that it serves as a real cushion, too. In other words, not any toy will do!
Once he finds the right size toy, he starts biting on it, up one side and down the other, to determine the best place to put his mouth. Kind of a like a musician going up and down the scale trying to find the right note. (A loose analogy admittedly, but I'm stickin' with it.) Once he finds the "ah ha!" spot, he takes a big mouthful, lets out a deep breath, and settles in for a nap.
So as not to disturb the maestro at work, Alayne quietly slipped me the camera over the back of the couch, and I started shooting from the chair I was sitting in. In the photo above, Bailey has picked his spot on the toy and has settled in for his morning nap. After watching his eyes drift closed, I got down on my knees in front of him for this shot:
The clicking of the shutter woke him up, as you can tell, and now I'm getting that "what are you doing?" look. Of course, the real question is, what is he doing using a mouthful of toy as a head rest?
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