My first thoughts when I saw this week's theme were that I haven't any dirty photographs and that I would never take one. One second thoughts I decided that perhaps it was just my mind.
When it comes to dirt, you may be sure that dogs will never let you down.
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| Maxie sulks |
Although she crossed the Rainbow Bridge some years ago, there was a time when Maxie liked nothing better than to run through a black and sticky swamp. If that could be combined with a roll in lots of deer poo she was in her seventh heaven. In the photo Maxie had just had a bath after just such an excursion. Still wet she sulked and found a patch of garden in which to lie and get dirty again.
Lily is the latest youngster to take up the dirty challenge,
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| There's a tennis ball in here ..... somewhere. |
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| I knew I'd find it. |
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| Don't I deserve a treat? |
My daily routine includes a walk to the local garage to pick up a newspaper. In filthy weather as it is at the moment you come across some interesting things,
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| A slug drying off |
However I'm not sure my next shot is really on the theme.
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| Beech stump with fungus |
But surely this qualifies.
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| Muddy entrance |
The local airport is still called Teesside Airport by the locals. But a few years ago they changed it name to Durham Tees Valley, despite the fact that Durham is nowhere near. This also meant that the airport name was then too large for the road signs, This is how a sign near my local garage has ended up.
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| A67 Road sign in want of a clean |
