Get Pushed # 336 by fbailey

Get Pushed # 336

My Get Pushed challenge this week came from Jackie who asked me for a self portrait - definitely not one of my favourite topics!

This is also for the Dogwood 52 Week Challenge, this week - a self portrait that tells who you are without showing your face.

So here I am, a pair of muddy boots, a stick for arthritic knees, and a gangly border collie pup who tries her utmost to come everywhere with me. And it's in b&w because I really like b&w:)
Boo
you look lovely...in need of a shave but lovely...and I never knew you had fluffy ears!
January 2nd, 2019  
Very clever!!
January 2nd, 2019  
Just love it ! Nice in b&w and Too funny @boo !
January 2nd, 2019  
@huvesaker But I do have lovely long furry legs!! Which keep growing every week:)
January 2nd, 2019  
yeah not for me either, but you managed to get great footage!
January 2nd, 2019  
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Wow, Jackie, you're quick on the draw! Glad you like it, I was dreading this and then I saw the Dogwood challenge and hey, a two-fer!
January 2nd, 2019  
Good thinking.
January 2nd, 2019  
Love the B&W, it works so well :)
January 2nd, 2019  
Your selfie is in the pup's eye reflection ☺ Very nice picture ☺
January 2nd, 2019  
I cannot take my eyes off your beautiful pup!
January 2nd, 2019  
That pup is growing so fast! Love your idea for a selfie.
January 2nd, 2019  
this serves your challenges just perfectly.
January 2nd, 2019  
That is actually meeting the challenge! Well done!
January 2nd, 2019  
Bep
Clever shot!
January 2nd, 2019  
A nice story about you.
January 2nd, 2019  
@quietpurplehaze Thanks Hazel, she's going to be a little star I hope. Growing like crazy!
January 2nd, 2019  
So well done and mets the challenge fabulously great in B & W
January 2nd, 2019  
it is such a lovely mono felicity
January 2nd, 2019  
Mud in winter is an essential! Love this. Fits the challenge very well.
January 2nd, 2019  
Works for me.
January 3rd, 2019  
'Gangly' is exactly right. A bit wistful too.
January 3rd, 2019  
Such a perfect response to both challenges. :) Week 1 done!!
January 3rd, 2019  
b&w is perfect for this shot. And she is a lovely girl. Who wouldn't want her following them around :)
January 3rd, 2019  
dog looks so bemused
January 3rd, 2019  
Perfect response to your challenges :)
January 3rd, 2019  
Beautiful, and fantastic detailed shot...fav
January 3rd, 2019  
I like them very much and I do not know why.
January 3rd, 2019  
@kali66 Think she didn't understsnd why the walk had stopped and I was sitting down on cold wet grass ...
January 3rd, 2019  
Love the composition
January 4th, 2019  
Great idea for a selfie!
And a wonderful shot of Dulcie :)
January 5th, 2019  
I'd recommend two sticks for better balance but harder to deal with a camera perhaps. This is a wonderful shot.. really great in itself but as a response to the challenge it seems perfect! Fav
January 6th, 2019  
PS You seem to do better at walking than I do so I don't know why I should offer advice! You could offer me some, although we might have different knee problems
January 6th, 2019  
@yrhenwr Thank you! I need a knee replacement but have to lose weight before I can be referred ... sometimes I seriously question my sanity getting another border collie. Her 30-40 mins in the mornings no longer tire her out, and by the time I've taken the others out I am fit for not much else for the rest of the day! Never was houseproud luckily:)
January 6th, 2019  
@fbailey i'm on the list for a total knee replacement. I'm not keen! Managing pain control with a combination of acupuncture and meditation using the Breathworks method. After a few months working on the meditation its paying off. Doesn't cure the underderlying problem of course (nothing will!) but it prevents me layering more pain on top of it through fussing over and fighting it. The result is that I hardly need the pain-killers, which has got to be a good thing. My version is not the worst kind of osteo-arthritis according to the consultant... just the second worst he was happy to tell me: degenerative and heredetary (my sons are unhappy to hear!) Nothin I did brought it on (I had thought running on hard ground might have been a factor) and nothing can stop it getting worse and spreading (which is what's happening now) One inconvenience is that I can no longer feel the shutter button! Another is that it is having an adverse effect upon my swimming. Look after those muscles that support the knee by continuing to walk.
January 6th, 2019  
@yrhenwr Thanks for the advice. So sorry to hear about yours. Will Google Breathworks as I've not heard of it. I've had steroid injections but they don't last v long at all. No-one told me getting older would be accompanied by all this. I think jogging on concrete was probably the start of mine. Hope you soon get sorted out, pse let me know how it goes.
January 7th, 2019  
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