Hector spent a week at the beach, much of it lolling in the surf, but this is not that. This is a site called wavemypic that allows you to upload pictures of, say, your dog and give it this effect. Thanks, ndozo, as always!
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From the category archives:
Dogs
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
I go to Slate pretty much every day, (sometimes mostly to read Doonesbury, I admit,) and I almost always look at the Magnum photographs. Last week they had a particularly wonderful batch, in honor of the Westminster dog show. Lots of the divine Elliott Erwitt, of course. Other great photos,
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Mr. Henry, the always entertaining purveyor of culinary wisdom on Manolo Food, has a post about what he cooks for his wonderful dog, Pepper.
Pepper’s Breakfast
3 lbs. boneless breast chicken
1 cup cooked lentils
½ bunch kale (or spinach) – leaves & small stems
1 sm. bag carrots, peeled baby
½ bag cranberries
2 apples
blueberries, a handful
Click here for more
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I love that this is from a book published in 1889 called “The Home Manual. Everybody’s Guide in Social, Domestic, and Business Life.” Obviously this drawing is illustrating Business Life.
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If you like looking at pictures of dogs, and you do, here are two great places to find them.
First, Clipart ETC (Click here), an amazing library of clip art from Florida’s public school system. It’s the least they could do after the 2000 election. Here are some Cairn terriers:
and here is a little pit:
and
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If you love pit bulls, and I do, click here to get The Unexpected Pit Bull Calendar for 2008.
(Thank you, Tilly!)
Also, you can get a signed copy of Ken Foster’s wonderful book Dogs I have Met and the money will be donated to Pit Bull Rescue Central. click here.
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What can I say? Sometimes I surf around looking for pictures of cairn terriers. Here is Wallis Simpson with her cairn, Slipper.
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This soulful creature is Brando, Ken Foster’s dog. I’m dying to read this book!
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Today, The New Yorkers came out in Italy. So if anyone from Italy should wander onto this site,
WELCOME!
Voglio scrivere in Italiano, ma no posso!
Mi dispiace, tutti.
And…here are some pictures I’ve been meaning to post from a canine cocktail party–a benefit for AnimalHaven in Soho. It was pretty wild.
Cin cin!
TINY DOGS IN CLOTHES
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I was just talking to someone about what a great book Kim is–have you ever read it? you have to–when I saw on my friend ndozo’s blog that she had visited Rudyard Kipling’s house,Naulakha, in Vermont…
A spaniel on a camel, an elephant ash tray, a radiator, Rudyard Kipling’s actual toilet!!…I never even knew Rudyard
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