Here we are at week 50 in the Pet Photography 52 Week Project and Christmas is just around the corner with New Years Day not far behind. I'm still in the throes of holiday portrait work, Christmas Mini Sessions and picture with Santa fundraisers for local rescue groups so this will be a quick (but pretty) post.

While recently photographing romping border collie puppies in the Dallas area, I looked over my shoulder to see handsome Artie just laying in the leaves and soaking up the sun. Of course he deserves his moment in the spotlight as well so I snapped a few frames of this stoic and handsome dude. 

His coloring blended so nicely with the autumn leaves, everything in the image exudes warmth so I thought it a great image to share for our topic this week. For those of you in the chilly north, just gaze into Artie's eyes and think warm thoughts!