Lorrie Shaw | Contributor

Pets are all too happy to linger outside with us as we work outdoors doing yard clean up or while working on projects. Fun trips to parks throughout Washtenaw County are always a treat this time of year, too, for pets.

All of these activities are great opportunities to get new photographs of your pets, and in continuing our ongoing Friday Pet Photos feature, we invite you to email a photo of your companion animal to ppsa2mi@gmail.com, any time during the week.

Please include your companion animal's name, age and city or township of residence in your email. Be sure that your photos are 600 pixels wide and in .jpg format.

We put the week's photos into a slideshow, publish and promote each Friday here in the Pets section. Check out past slideshows here.

Lorrie Shaw is lead pets blogger for AnnArbor.com. Follow her pet and writing adventures on Twitter. She welcomes your contact via email.