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giraffes? giraffes!
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on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 01:57 PM
That's actually the title of a very funny spoof book now out of print, but it'll do for this post. Do I need a pet giraffe? I do not. I doubt anybody does. Then why do I find myself envious of the Carr-Hartley family of Nairobi, who have not one but eight (eight) endangered Rothschild's giraffes? And they have a hotel where they live with and protect these rare creatures. It's called, wait for it, Giraffe Manor. The giraffes will eat breakfast with you, or perhaps they will care to schmooze...the icelandic cat: thoughts of 1905
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on Monday May 20th, 2013 at 01:28 PM
I do not know whether Mr. Annandale's reflections on domestic Icelandic cats are borne out in fact, but one thing's for sure: it takes the police to break up their parties. * * * Neither cat nor dog (that is to say, wolf) is indigenous to the island, but the true Icelandic cat is peculiar. It is of a dark blue-grey, in which certain lights enable darker markings to be detected. The fur is very short and thick; the size is small, and the form is slight. Good specimens of the breed are now...dean russo: ragamuffin
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on Saturday May 18th, 2013 at 02:22 PM
image copyright Dean Russo Art and kindest permission of the artistToday's treat is "Ragamuffin" by Brooklyn NY artist Dean Russo. I ran into him on Twitter, and upon checking out his work this was one of the first images I saw. I had to have it for the Museum. I had to give you all a chance to see it. And while I sip coffeeandhappily contemplate this kitty face, here's his artist's bio, below. * * * Art and animals. These two passions define Dean Russo, a Brooklyn, New York-based artist who...general lee misses his kids and cats
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on Friday May 17th, 2013 at 02:19 PM
Robert E. Lee was not only a central figure in American military history, but a tender father with a fondness for pets. Here's an excerpt from a letter he wrote to his daughter Milly (Mildred Childe Lee) in 1857, while he was serving in Indianola, Texas. * * * . . . I want to see you so much. Cannot you and dear Mary Childe (Lee's oldest daughter-curator) pack yourselves in a carpet bag and come out to the Comanche country? I wish you would. I would get you such a fine cat you would never...introducing raissa markewycz - and marv
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on Thursday May 16th, 2013 at 01:44 PM
image copyright and by kindest permission of the artistThis is Marv, brand new and still on the easel (the easel's cropped out). In real life he belongs to a friend of Raissa Markewycz, a Seattle artist whom, full disclosure, happens to be a co-worker and friend of mine. I think this piece shows her love of texture and her insight into her subject's self. Though I haven't met Marv yet, I can tell from his portrait that he's a soulful fellow who takes riding pickup-shotgun in great earnest, as...how the dog made the jackal howl: an angolan folktale
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on Wednesday May 15th, 2013 at 01:36 PM
From a collection of folktales of Angola, in literal translation: here's why the jackal howls. His relative the Dog left him for tasty people food! * * * DOG AND JACKAL. Jackal used to be in the bush with his kinsman, Dog. Jackal then sends Dog, saying: "Go to the houses, to fetch some fire. When thou comest with it, we will burn the prairie of grass; so as to catch locusts and eat." Dog agreed. He started; arrived in the village. He enters a house; finds a woman, who is feeding her child...vintage photo time: play with the dogs, already!
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on Tuesday May 14th, 2013 at 01:27 PM
"Play?" "Hey, I asked first!" I love that worried wrinkle on the red dog's forehead...makes me want to give it a smooch and a scratch. C'mon, buddy, it'll be okay.dog food recipe, virginia 1909
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on Monday May 13th, 2013 at 01:28 PM
I always call my vet office when I need pet food advice (actually I call them at the drop of a hat; they must be sick to death of me - hi, Dr. Smith). I wonder what the staff there would say to the recipe for "dog bread" below, from a very old-fashioned Southern book of bird dog care. Since I'd never seen any dog food recipe quite like this, I offer it as a curiosity. What do you think of it? *** One of the best all around foods that we know of is made from a recipe appearing in the Amateur...
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