Art, schmart.
Some times the muses are too damn cute.
The object of her stalkers’ tendencies……Angel exiting the closet.
” yeah, cute, schmoot, I can bench press twice my body weight…..”
” if I tell you you’re handsome, would you get off my paws so I can get up”?
” it’s enough to drive a girl mad “…….
In case none of the preceding was sweet enough, I leave you with Tropical Mango Pie…..
Fresh, whole nutmegs from the farmers’ market…
Remind me of the art nouveau lettering of Hector Guimard’s Paris Metro sign…
A new painting is arriving here soon…..in between pets and pie, there’s been paint too.
Tags: Art Nouveau, Cats and weights, Cloud, Cloud White Puppy of St Croix, Hector Guimard, Mango Pie, Muses as Distractions, Nutmeg, Paris Metro
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August 18, 2010 at 1:42 am |
Love this post! Magical Puppy and beautiful kitties… and that pie? To die for…
Wishing I had a slice right now!
August 18, 2010 at 12:18 pm |
Thanks Patrice- I never tire of these faces- so glad others don’t either. Glad you stopped by again. ( I wish I had a slice too- it disappeared in a nano second )
August 18, 2010 at 2:24 am |
Love the photos! 😉
Paz
August 18, 2010 at 12:18 pm |
Thank Paz- I know the animals strike a soft spot in you.
August 18, 2010 at 7:11 am |
What a wonderful slice of life this post is! Pure joy.
August 18, 2010 at 12:20 pm |
Irina- HI! All the way from Moscow. Thanks so much for leaving your mark here. Glad to know the joy is felt universally.
You’ve some wonderful shots of Moscow colors, foods and more on your site. I’d like to add you to my blogroll so others can see what you post.
August 18, 2010 at 10:17 am |
Cloud, Chili Pepper, Angel and mystery food is a grand way to start the day.
August 18, 2010 at 12:21 pm |
Judy- by mystery you must have meant Nutmeg. Or did you mean PIE?
I know pie is not like a Zone Bar…..
August 18, 2010 at 11:07 am |
Kittens and doggies and pies–oh,my! Painting, pets or produce it’s always a fun read.
August 18, 2010 at 12:22 pm |
Jo-Ann- Ha! You said a lot with the three P’s.
August 18, 2010 at 11:08 am |
Positively love them. The animals and the photos!
August 18, 2010 at 12:23 pm |
Sylvie- thanks for dropping by again. Your email address has me wondering where/what you write with STX in mind.
Maybe we even know each other?
Glad you like the pictures.
August 18, 2010 at 5:11 pm |
Gosh it’s good to get a Cloud fix every once in a while….
…. hmmmmm
How do I put this….. Is Cloud a “kind” of dog? …. or is she just a lucky combination of lots of appealing dogs types…
…. and those cats!! Makes me want to have cats again….
Think I’d better not… between Rocky and the neighborhood coyotes, the cats might not fare too well here.
Ymmmmmmmm Mango pie… I’ll bet that is delicious!!!
August 18, 2010 at 5:47 pm |
Marian- no need to hesitate. Cloud is what we proudly call a ” Crucian Mix”. A.K.A., Coconut Retriever.
We have so many breeds that have ahem, become acquainted with each other. Primary ingredients in most every dog here are: Pit Bull, Chihuahua, Terrier, Ridgeback, Chow and in Clouds’ case, I think, goat, lamb, and pig.
The sum total equates to a dog that is plucky, loving, loyal, oh so smart and sometimes ridiculously cute. In my years here, I’ve never seen one as pink and white as Cloud.
With regard to the cats, as much as I know they love to go out, it’s a recipe for a short life. You have coyotes, we have mongoose, feral dogs and feral cats.
It’s safer in the house and that’s where they stay. That’s why I have two- so they are company for each other.
Mango pie is akin to peach pie. So you can imagine. You live in the land where produce is Czar.
Always love your comments.
August 18, 2010 at 7:10 pm |
Pets, pies, and paints…what more could one ask for?
August 18, 2010 at 7:13 pm |
P.S. “Coconut retriever”–hahahahahahaa!!!
August 19, 2010 at 6:20 pm |
Toys hold little interest, nor thrown sticks. But a coconut? Hours of fun.
And all the dogs here are like that. Barks loudly of DNA.
August 18, 2010 at 7:23 pm |
I cannot get enough of your gorgeous pets! And I can’t wait for the next painting to be posted.
Now, I ask you, is that a HOME-MADE crust on that mango pie? You are a woman of many talents.
August 19, 2010 at 6:22 pm |
Yes Carol- that is a home made crust. Made in the House of Pillsbury.
It’s too hot here to make crust without the butter melting. Give me points though for having soaked the bing cherries in guavaberry rum for three days and grating the ginger and coconut that also went into the pie.
The only thing that mattered is that the main ingredient was VANISHED.
August 18, 2010 at 7:43 pm |
And that nouveau covering on the nutmegs is the spice mace… part of my education on the spice island of Grenada where the mace was a bright red color. At the “nutmeg factory” (aka packing plant) we saw barrels of it — and hundreds and hundreds of burlap sacks full of nutmeg. Can you imagine the smell of that place?!
Now give that little Cloud a scratch for me!
August 19, 2010 at 6:24 pm |
Don- that aroma must have been heavenly- you would surely have known this tidbit of nutmeg trivia, having sailed everywhere in the Caribbean.
I use nutmeg in almost everything and once you grate your own, it’s hard to use store bought.
Better to tell me to STOP giving Cloud a scratch for you. I think I’m even annoying HER!
Hope Karla is over the worst of her hot spots.
August 19, 2010 at 4:08 am |
Gotta love the pet pictures and your pie made my mouth water. Now, I hope I can forget about it so I don’t end up raiding the refrigerator.
August 19, 2010 at 6:25 pm |
Right Leslie- just looking at the picture is making me want to bake another one. It’s just so damn hot right now.
So raid yours for me.
August 20, 2010 at 10:58 am |
I just ran across this blogpost about a British artist, Alison Watt, who paints fabric and thought of you, Bon Bon, and your painting readers, who commiserate and struggle with painting “white” on a canvas (most recently your Goat Man). This artist has a series called “Fold”, a wow in my book.
http://raggedclothcafe.com/2008/04/27/alison-watt-by-kanti-jocelyn/#comments
August 20, 2010 at 2:25 pm |
Wow Pat, she seems to have produced an impossible task. I would hang up my brushes forever if I had to figure out how she does this.
She must possess an inner Zen like temperament.
I possess the first two syllables of that word.
August 21, 2010 at 4:52 pm |
Your post has made us HONGRY! Garrett says he wants a piece of coconut cream pie, and I’ll take at least a third of the next mango-bango, thank you very much.
August 22, 2010 at 7:17 pm |
Sam, coming to you via the pneumatic tubes that connect the Caribbean to where ever you are right now.
But please eat something while you’re waiting….
August 22, 2010 at 12:25 am |
They are so cute!!
🙂
And even the pie and nutmegs are cute! (I’ve never seen palm trees on a pie!) And didn’t know that’s what nutmegs look like whole. Lovely!
August 22, 2010 at 7:19 pm |
Val- yes, cute is the operative, and distracting word. The outer lacy coating of the nutmeg is the spice Mace! Two for one. They’re lovely to look at and have a beautiful aroma.