In a fast-paced world of a daily blog, Hu-Dad has to grab the photos as opportunities arise and hope he doesn’t grab the wrong camera.

During these long hot summer days, we conserve our energy by being as still as possible. Hu-Dad calls that being lazy, but we say it’s just smart. But when excitement breaks out, Hu-Dad has to move fast to catch the action because, well, there isn’t much action this time of year.

Unfortunately, Hu-Dad grabbed the wrong camera—the long lens for distant shots—and ended up with lots of eyes, paws, or tails, but very few shots of whole dogs. He will try to do better. In the meantime, he did get this amusing close-up.