I’m not sure if that’s a real word or not, but that’s how I would describe Alethea.

Any time I pull out a camera, whether it’s the big Nikon or just my iPhone in camera mode, she either runs away or I get expressions like this:

You’d think I was asking her to eat brussel sprouts or something.

Anyway, the other day I stumbled on a new strategy.  It doesn’t work to take pictures of Daddy or Lydia saying cheese, but if you ask Dee the puppy to say cheese, then Alethea wants to be in the pictures too…

Thus, I actually got a few cute shots where Alethea is smiling, like this one:

And this one:

So now if I just don’t mind a ‘well loved’ puppy dog in the pictures, I might be able to avoid getting any more photos like this:

I just might have to tolerate the dog, because I don’t know if I can stand breaking her poor little heart any more!