There was a time when I didn’t understand how wonderful cats were. (How? Why?!) Dream Cats made me a believer. My guest post on sfgirlbybay reveals all. (And there are lots of awesome cats, so, yeah. That too.)
Category: Cuteness
Dogville
Posted by – July 1, 2010
If you enjoyed a dog in a bowler hat milking a goat (and who doesn’t, honestly?), you’ll love drunk pups and a frantic Queenie having her jewels stolen. This clip comes courtesy of the 1930 film The Dogway Melody. After some random internet research I’ve unearthed the source of all this adorable absurdity. This particular genre of film, known as the Dogville Comedies, came about in the early era of talkies. According to a source,
“Talent from all over – veteran vaudevillians, musical icons, radio personalities, Broadway luminaries – performed in specialty shorts augmenting main features that packed moviehouses. One particular pack stood out: the amazingly trained tail-waggers of the 9 ‘All-Barkie’ Dogville Comedies. Directed by Zion Myers and Jules White, these unusual attractions showcased creatively costumed ‘talking’ dogs of various breeds and spoofed the noble and naughty behaviors of people. They pulled off grrrreat rrrriffs of the era’s movies, from unquiet Western Front war heroics and Great Woof Way musical extravaganzas to Great Whelp Hunter jungle expeditions and Prison Pups breakout thrills. A nationwide theatre owners poll in 1930 rated the Dogvilles as the best short subjects over more legendary comedy and musical series. See if you agree, as you walk these dogs and unleash a whole lotta laughter.”
For more adorable vintage entertainment, check out the entire repertoire of Dogville shorts. Enjoy!
Hunter Kittens
Posted by – June 30, 2010
I’m a convert. Kittens are just the cutest things on earf. Dogs are still awesome, but picking up the miniature sacks of potatoes that are my kittens and holding their tiny purring bodies against my cheek in the middle of night? Purrfection. (Sorry, had to go there.)
These little babes, adorably named Ella Averill Robinson and Calla Lily Cole, are strays living outside of Amy of Emerson Merrick’s parents’ house. These little calico hunters — look at them meeting to whisper in the bushes, then preparing their next move! — look like kissin’ cousins of my Bug. So tiny. I need my kittens to stay small forever…then get really chubby. That would be the best.
Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dagmar
Posted by – June 26, 2010
New kitten photos on my flickr. Look at that tininess!
Dagmar, Resplendent
Posted by – June 19, 2010
Dagmar is clearly having a religious experience. Touched by an angel!
Kitty Livin’
Posted by – May 24, 2010
Now that we have met our future kittens the fun starts: buying them toys! (And, you know, snuggling them.) The first thing I bought was a bed. Next up? A set of “De’cat’pitated Mouse Heads,” seen above. I love the modernist bent of the other cat accessories…both the eco-friendly scratching pad and the Dot Den wooden bed look like they could fit into our future home seamlessly.
What other things do I need for my kitties? I’d love to get as much as possible from Etsy! Litter box, treats, bowls, collars…
Our Future Children
Posted by – May 24, 2010
[The kitten Bug]
[Still to be named kitten: Ida / Margot / Edith a.k.a. Little Edie / Ludmilla / Minna / Dagmar / Frances?]
After much ogling of photos and compiling long lists of names (still confused on kitten #2 — of those options, which most fits her?) JB and I finally went to meet our new kittens yesterday. It was love at first sight — they are just so freaking cute we could not stand it. We get them the first week of June!
Bug loves to style my hair, as this video by JB attests. She later fell asleep on my shoulder, enveloped in my tresses. So wonderful. See all of our kitten videos here.
Sister kitten giving her most soulful, considering glances while brother kitten (little bear!) plays on the floor:
Sigh. Kittens, I love you! Also, please weigh in with your name vote for kitten #2 in the comments!
A. Ida
B. Margot
C. Edith a.k.a. Little Edie
D. Ludmilla a.k.a. Milla a.k.a. Mew
E. Minna
F. Dagmar
G. Frances
My Regal Soldier
Posted by – April 13, 2010
I wish all custom pet portraits were this majestic. Give praise and thanks for a world where this is possible!
Betty Draper as a Squirrel
Posted by – March 23, 2010
“American Gothic”
“Popping out for milk and Ovaltine! Back in a jiffy!”
“Can I get you a soda? Some peanuts, perhaps?”
Animal lovers have been anthropomorphizing our furrier, tinier friends in delicate pillbox hats and flouncy dresses long before Cute Overload came on the scene. This little lady crossdresser, Tommy Tucker, was adopted by a D.C. woman in the 1940s after she found him “abandoned in a tree.” Tommy makes a handsome little fashion plate — I especially love the nurse’s uniform. So ENH!
[Via BuzzFeed]
Chihuahua Little Edie
Posted by – March 11, 2010
What the world needs now is chihuahuas swaddled in Little Edie scarves.
That is all.
ENH!
If loving a dog food commercial is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
Posted by – March 4, 2010
The majesty! The anticipation! The slow-mo lapping of tongues! The intensity of wanting that dog treat! This is a brill commercial if I’ve ever seen one. Pedigree, I am bowing at your altar as we speak. And can we talk about that pit bull slowly closing its eyes and waiting for its intended satisfaction? So heart wrenching.
Thanks to JB for knowing exactly what I “enh!” over.
Mrrrow.
Posted by – February 14, 2010
Scottish Folds are the most “ENH!” cats I can imagine (those ears!). This little diva is the perfect model for The Company of Pets‘ sculptural scratching posts. Check out the giant dog voodoo doll for some irony served with a side of clawing.