Mardi Growl 2014, Part 1

Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

OK, here’s the deal. I was finally able to attend Mardi Growl. Usually I have a conflict with work on this day each year, but it worked out this time. What did I learn? I’ll give you the top five things:

Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

1. If the weather is good, Knoxvillians can assemble over one million dogs on a given day.

Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

 

2. It’s not a good idea to take a new camera on a doggie shoot.

Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

3. Dogs move. A lot.

Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

4. It’s tempting to take 300 pictures (I did).

It's Desola! Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
It’s Desola! Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
It's Ken! Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
It’s Ken! Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

5. It’s extremely time consuming to sort through them and find the keepers.

Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

I’ve sorted until it is now after 1:00 AM on Monday morning. I have to get up to go to work at 5:15 AM. I’ve narrowed it from 300 to 100 and it should be narrowed more, but I need my four hours sleep, so I’m giving you half of what I have today and I’ll give you half tomorrow. Yes, you will see photographs that should have been eliminated. Yes, you will likely see some of the dogs twice. You will rise above these difficulties. If I don’t get four hours sleep I may not rise at all.

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Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014
Mardi Growl, Knoxville, March 2014

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