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$20
Item#: 2007SYR13
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11x17-inches, printed on heavy weight (100-pound) Hammermill cover paper. We package each print with a piece of chipboard in a clear plastic sleeve.
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Walking My Puppy-
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Description
Walking my puppy—
Hear him crunch through autumn leaves
The next minute—snow!
Our elderly dog had died in the spring, so we searched around until we found a pup, and by then it was Labor Day. So the pup was being house trained throughout the autumn. I would drive home on lunch hour and walk him under our beautiful black walnut tree, where he'd play in the crunchy leaves. We had the best times!
But because we live in Oswego County (think snow!), I knew that when winter came, our special lunches would end. And it really did happen that way: We were crunching under the black walnut tree, fetching sticks, and I turned around and saw snow in the air. In that moment, I knew: winter's going to come, puppy's going to grow up—live in the moment!
This haiku felt like something that I could relate to. I could definitely picture it, with off-campus housing and students having dogs. This was still early fall, and there were a lot of people in my neighborhood, around Comstock Avenue, outside with their dogs.
I waited until there were leaves on the ground. Then, for reference pictures, I brought my camera out and walked through Thornden Park. I had originally planned on depicting a boy or girl walking their dog in the park.
But then I came across this house on the corner of Euclid. It seemed typical of an off-campus house where students would live, and the tree out front was bright yellow—one of the brightest on the whole street. So I decided to depict the house, because it reminded me of student life off-campus.