エルザの出産前に！！！と思っていたデジタル一眼レフカメラ．．．
とうとう買ってしまいました☆
以前使っていたD40xが壊れてから
ちっちゃいキャノンのPowershot SX710HSで頑張っていたけど
動きがある被写体の写真を撮るには
やはりコンパクトデジカメでは無理がある．．．
色々と迷った末に
やはりニコンに．．．
キャノンも私は好きなんですけどね．．．
レンズがあるのがニコンなので、
最終的にはニコンD500に決定☆
I was thinking of buying Nikon D something camera...
I couldn't decide which D series I wanted to buy,
but in the end,
I wanted to buy one for my borzois and their puppies...
Well, I had D40x for a long time and then broken down...
After that, I thought I could do with small compact camera,
and bought Canon's Powershot SX710HS...
BUT, for moving target like Borzois or any kind of animals,
small camera is not simply good ENOUGH...!
SO, BEFORE Elsa's puppies come,
I finally bought Nikon D500!
動きがある写真はまだ撮ってないけど．．．
とりあえずパピー達が産まれる前に
使い慣れていないと！！！
Well, I haven't taken any fast moving pictures with this camera yet
but I have to get used to using this camera right away!
あ～、やっぱり全然詳細な表現力が違う．．．
Look! How to catch some details is superb! 
エルザのお腹、どんどん重たくなって
下への重力が．．．
エルザは毛並が多いので写真ではどうしても分かりづらくなるんですが…
Can you see how heavy Elsa's tummy got?!
Elsa has so much hair, like male borzois
so kind of hard to see how much heavier she's got...
でも、この角度からならわかりやすいかな？？？
But now can you see???
さて、室内での写真の出来具合も大切なので
とりあえず産箱をセッティングして．．．
と思っていたら．．．
Now, indoor photos are important, too!
So, I thought I should set up Elsa's delivery room today
and take some pictures, but...
エルザがすでに奥でぐっすり．．．
その上エレノアまで．．．
エレノア： 「エレノアだって、ここを使う権利はあるはず．．．
」
Elsa was sleeping deeply in the way back...
And Elinor had settled there...
Elinor: "I, Elinor, HAVE a right to use here, as well..."
まぁ、とりあえずしばらく待った後、
ご飯と美味しいものを用意すると両方とも出てきたので
お産箱セッティング完了
これでエルザはいつパピーを産んでもOKよ～ん
Well... I've waited for a while
and when we prepared some lunch for Elsa,
they both came out soon enough!
So, cleaned and set it up all right!
Now, I feel better and Elsa can deliver her puppies anytime!
エルザ： 「ここで産めば良いんでしょ？」
Elsa: "So, I can have my pups here, right?"
エルザ： 「でもまだ出てこないわよ．．．
」
Elsa: "Well... they are not coming out, yet..."
室内での撮影も試してみましたが、
とりあえず明るいレンズなので良い写真が撮れそうです
So, I've tried to take pictures indoors around delivery room
and looks good, right?!
Good thing I've got nice lens with this camera!
そろそろ出産間近のエルザさん．．．
何頭入っているのかわかりませんが…
後ろから見ても．．．
Well, I'm counting days for Elsa's delivery now...
I don't know how many puppies are in there...
But even from her backside... 
超どっしり．．．
めっちゃ重たい．．．
太い．．．
Super massive...
Very heavy...
and fat...
エルザ： 「なにっ
あたしの事言ってんの
」
Elsa: "What?! Are you talking about ME"
いやいや、悪口じゃないよね～、ジョシュア君
Oh, no dear... we are not talking anything bad, right Joshua?!
Chie: 「妊婦になると色々と敏感になってイライラしてるよね．．．」
ジョシュア： 「うん、ぼくもいっぱい気を使ってるんだよ、最近．．．」
Chie: "Pregnant girl is irritated and bossy and super sensitive, huh, Joshua?!"
Joshua: "I know~! I have to watch her very very carefully nowadays..."
パピーが産まれるまで後少し
Within a week, we will have puppies, I hope
今朝、外を見ると
また湿雪
見るだけなら綺麗なんですよね～
When we woke up this morning,
wet snow had fallen heavy AGAIN
Well, it's very beautiful if you ju~st look at it...
でも、子供達が外で遊ぶには勇気が必要．．．
あ、私の…
そう、楽しく遊んだ後がね～．．．
ま、今日は妹のSayoが一緒なので大丈夫かな～と思って
Let's GO outside~
But it's kind of a sticky situation...
I mean, "I" need some courage
to let my kids to play IN the snow...
Yeah, the mess after that would be too terrible sometimes.
BUT I had my sister Sayo with me today,
so decided to let them GO OUTSIDE!
当然ながら一番はしゃいでいたのは超エネルギーが有り余ってるエレノアさん
OH yeah! The most energetic Elinor had the most fun and rush and da-da-dash!
妊婦のエルザに突撃するかと超～ヒヤヒヤ
But I had to watch very very carefully coz she might run into a pregnant girl, Elsa!
体がすでにとっても重たい妊婦エルザは同じ速度では走れない．．．
Oooh, Elsa is so heavy now and cannot run like Elinor!
みんな雪を食べるの大好き
トレニア、鼻にたっぷり雪つけてるし
Oh, look! Everybody loves to eat snow
and Torenia got snowed up even on her nose!
おじいちゃんのシャルも久々の雪の中は楽しいみたい
Almost 13 years old boy Shall had fun in the snow, too!
少ししたらまた雪降ってきた．．．
降ったりやんだりの繰り返し
After a while, it started to snow again...
And so stopped and snowed... and so on and on...
おもた～い湿った雪なので
バラの枝がアーチみたいになってる
This wet snow is very heavy and
look how rose branch bent to form an arch!
あっ
エルザにどっさり雪が．．．
エルザ大丈夫
Oops
Elsa got heavy snow...
Are you all right, Elsa???
エルザ： 「なんだか冷たくなって気持ち良い感じよ．．．☆
最近は体が熱いのよね．．．
」
Elsa: "Oh, it was cool and feels good...!
You see, I feel hot all the time nowadays...!"
遊んだ後は私が思っていたほど
みんな汚れていなかったので今日はラッキ～
あ～、それにしても今はカメラがコンデジしかないので
良い写真がぜんっぜん撮れない．．．
そろそろ一眼レフ買わないとな～☆
パピーが産まれるまでには買いたいな～と考え中
Well, kids had a lot of fun and it wasn't that bad after,
so I was quite lucky today!
Hmm, but I couldn't take any GOOD pictures...
I mean, my satisfying pictures of Borzois In the Snow
with my small camera...
I'd better plan to buy Nikon's D500 soon!
Well... maybe BEFORE Elsa's puppies arrive!
昨日までは小さい頃の懐かしい写真ばかりだったので
今日は最近のエルザの様子をアップしましょう～
Today, I'll show you how Elsa's doing NOW
instead of small young puppy time!
写真では分かりづらいかもしれませんが、
お腹のあたりがどんどん大きくなってきて
ちょっとずつ重たくなってきているようです．．．
日にちを追ってよく似た角度から写真を撮ってみたので
比べてみてください☆
I don't know if you can see clearly
but her belly is getting bigger and heavier...
Well, I took pictures of her almost everyday
in the same angle,
so hopefully you can see how her puppies are growing!
1月7日の右側から．．．
Here, at her right side on January 7th.
同日の左側
The same day, left side.
あ～そうそう、我が家では妊娠が確実になった途端に
「エルザの顔が優しくなった～」などと言う我が母と妹．．．
人間の感性というのは、色んな情報に左右されますね．．．
OH! You see, right after Elsa's confirmation of pregnancy,
my mom and sister started to say
"Elsa looks sooooo kind and peaceful!"
I guess HUMAN's sense seems to be affected a lot
by different informations...
1月10日左側面
Her left side, on January 10th.
1月11日の左側面
Her left side on January 11th.
次は1月12日！
This was taken on January 12th!
12日の右側から☆
On 12th, right side.
そして、今日14日の右側
And today 14th, her right side.
エルザ： 「あ、ちょっと重たいかも．．．ちょっと座って．．．」
Elsa: "Um... a bit heavy here...Let's sit here..."
エルザ： 「．．．っと、お腹、つっかえた．．．」
Elsa: "Ooops, too much pressure on my belley..."
エルザ： 「今ね、美味しいものはみんながいっぱいくれるんだけど
一回にたくさん食べられないのよね．．．
妊娠って案外不便よね．．．」
Elsa: "Everybody says I am special now and gives me goodies.
But the thing is, I cannot eat a lot at once even though I wanted to...
This pregnancy is such a nuisance, huh?!"
ジョシュア： 「でも．．．僕たちは美味しいものをたくさん欲しいっておねだりしても
エルザが優先って言われるんだ．．．
でも僕も妊娠したら美味しものたくさん食べさせてくれるかな～？？？」
Joshua: "But... if I asked Chie to give me a lot of goodies,
she said Elsa's first and I don't get as much as I want...
So, if I get pregnant, I can get a lot of goodies like Elsa, right?!"
さぁ、今日でシリーズ最終！
昨日の続きから、しっかり比較研究（）してみてください
O~K~! Today's the last of Elinor and Elsa's series!
So, let's hope you enjoy to compare them expertly!
これ！！！エレノアがひどい骨折をして治療していた時の写真！！！
いやぁ、獣医さんからは絶対安静～というお達しがあったにもかかわらず
エレノアは走る！飛ぶ！跳ねる！
で、こっちがヒヤヒヤしていたんだった．．．
OH! This was the time when Elinor had such a terrible accident
and had broken bone on her shoulder, had big surgery...
Then my vet said Elinor CANNOT move or walk or run for about at least 2 months,
preferably 3 months to heal well...
Well... Elinor had TOO much energy to contain if she didn't move at all...
SO! She ran, jump, dash as much as she wanted...
Yup... I was the one who got soooooo worried about her bone broken again...
Not her...
すっかり大きくなって≪かわいい≫というよりも
≪りりしい≫と感じるくらいに成長したエレノアとエルザ☆
ここまで比較すると
このシリーズをしっかり堪能した人は
エレノアとエルザは一瞬にして見分けがつくはず
See?! Now they looked more like...'gallant' rather than 'cute,' right?!
Well, if you enjoyed and studied well on this series of photos,
you are now an expert of Elinor and Elsa!
You'll be able to distinguish between Elinor and Elsa
at your first glance
う～む、まだまだたくさん写真がある．．．
選び出したら、これも！あれも！ってなってしまって．．．
欲張りすぎかな．．．
そろそろ飽きてきた
I know... I know...
I AM somewhat getting bored...
But the thing is,
I'm very greedy and I want to show you
so many cute pictures of them!
So just bear with me, OK?!
さて、今日は夏の暑い時に島根に遠征に行った時の写真から～☆
Now, let's start with photos of them
when we took our long long drive in a hot summer day
for their socilization exercise in Shimane!
この写真は、エレノアとエルザの父親マクル家へ行った時の写真♪
Here, this photo had taken when we visited Elinor and Elsa's daddy, Macle!
写真ではそろそろ大きくなってきた感じ？？？
もうこれくらいで違いが分かってきたかな？？？
明日も続けようか…どうしようか…
Well, you can see they are getting bigger now!
Should I continue to show you more???
I mean, I still have a LOT of pictures of them...
Hmm, may be go on tomorrow...again...
今日もまたエレノアとエルザシリーズの続き！
（いつからシリーズになったんだ？！笑）
こうやってセレクトしていくと
結構な速度で成長しているエレノアとエルザ．．．
色んな出来事があったのを思い出して
かなり懐かしい～～～！
Ooo, don't say you've already gotten bored of this Elinor and Elsa series!
They are soo small and cute!
I've forgotten a lot of their growing days...
Well, it was more than 4 years ago...
so understandable, right?!
どんどん「悪ガキ」になりつつある時期だったな．．．
Hmm, I think they were getting quite naughty those days...
さて、昨日の続きで
エレノアとエルザの比較～
Ok, so let's continue the comparison photos of Elinor and Elsa! 
今日の写真には大人達も登場しているのがある
懐かしいジョシュアの子育てシーンもあって
超ほのぼの～
See, there are some photos of them with adults today!
Gosh, it was sooooo cute when Joshua was the one
taking care of puppies instead of their mom Emma.
Well, Joshua still is taking care of Elinor and Elsa...
姉妹でドレイクのお嫁さんになってしまった
エレノアとエルザ．．．
良く似ていてそっくりで分からない．．．
という人達もいるかもしれないので
とりあえず、小さい頃からの写真を引っ張り出してきました☆
何回かに分けて比較写真をアップしていきます
産まれたばかりの写真や、日々の詳細を知りたいという人は
パピーブログを見てくださいね
バックナンバーから日付をさかのぼって選択しないと見れないですが…
(2012年5月9日)
とりあえず、この辺りというリンクはこちら↓
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/doggies2012/d/20120512
Since sisters Elinor and Elsa both mated with Drake,
and some of you might confuse which is which...
So, I've picked up some of my old photos of them
and show you so that you can see their difference!
Well, there are lots of pictures,
so will update in several days, I guess.
Anyway, if you are very interested in them from their birth,
you'll be able to see their daily pictures in my puppy blog.
Um, you should select the backnumber date on the left side of the page
from May 9th, 2012, and so on but here's my link selected date.↑
では、セレクション比較をど～ぞ
Ok~, here are pictures of them!
今日はこのくらいにしとこうかな～☆
Hmm, I think that should be enough for today!
知る人ぞ知っていた秘密の交配？？？
今日、その結果が判明したので
一挙公開！！！（笑）
Well, we kind of made it a secret of this mating...
But today the result had been cleared,
so HERE WE ARE!
エレノアとドレイクの子供ができないので
姉妹のエルザとドレイクの交配を12月はじめにしていたんです♪
Somehow, Elinor and Drake's mating failed twice,
so we've decided to try with Elinor's sister, Elsa and Drake.
And Elsa and Drake had mated at the beginning of December
though we didn't make it public...
そして、今日エコー検査に行ったらば
居ました、待望のパピー！！！！
And today, I took Elsa to our vet and check her with an ultrasound scan
and FINALLY happy happy news of our puppies had been confirmed!!! 
エレノアとドレイクもラブラブでしたが、
なんとエルザの方がより良い奥さん向き？？？
I thought Elinor and Drake were in love and good couple
but somehow, Elsa seemed to be a better wife?!
ドレイクはハンサムだから、姉妹共々超ラブラブ
Well, Drake is such a handsome boy,
so I guess sisters both love him.
エルザとドレイクの待望の子供達は
2月はじめ頃に生まれる予定です
Elsa's puppies will be here
around the begining of February!
楽しみにしててくださいね
So, wait till they are here!