SIT STILL!

Charlie does not sit still very often. When she does, it is not for very long. Maybe a few seconds. 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi... something like that. If Charlie is very tired, maybe she'll sit still for 30 seconds.

Charlie's human G-Lo is a photographer. She takes pictures every day. Getting a good picture of Charlie is not easy! So many of them are blurred because Charlie, who may have posed nicely at first, usually takes off running just as G-Lo presses the shutter on her camera.

This week the weather has been sunny and beautiful in Portland. Charlie has been spending some of her leisure time sitting on the balcony outside the apartment where she lives. She loves to watch the people and traffic go by. G-lo spotted her outside today and grabbed her camera. She thought it might be a good time to get a nice portrait of her squirmy doggie.

But, no, Charlie had other ideas! She ran inside the apartment, then she buzzed down the hallway at full speed. She turned around and came back outside, then circled back inside at a million miles an hour. Finally she returned, and G-Lo picked her up and put her on a chair. Charlie sat still for a full 10 seconds, which was plenty of time for G-Lo to take a picture.

Charlie is about to celebrate her 6 month birthday. In this picture, it's easy to see just how much she has grown since she was a brand new puppy.