Winter Dogs (the Shortest Day of the Year)

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Loeki, a twelve year old Blue Heeler, waits for his master to serve up a stickful of snow.

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Loeki and Sasha, two, compete for airborne snow.

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The family gets back to their “project”, clearing enough snow from ice-encased Winchell Lake to play hockey on. With daylight on the wane, they hoped to return the next day to finish the job.

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Austin Andrews is a Vancouver-based photojournalist and occasional filmmaker with a penchant for finding the fantastic in the everyday. Contact him at austin [at] disposablewords [dot] net

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