Pet Monologues

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase pets and animals in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 1/30/08 thru Friday—and maybe
a bit longer…

The Greenfingered Photographer submits Photo Hunters
Pet Studio submits Studio 1
Gavrus Bogdan Photography submits in-edit #1
Diane Clancy submits Lady in Butterflies
Pet Monologues submits Wurstminister dog show.
My Only Photo submits We are family of the bearded dragons

in-edit #1

studio 1

lady in butterflies 2

bearded dragons

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

The Arf Deco Dog Parade was a hoot. It caught us by surprise, hence so few pictures.

italian greyhounds

101 italian greyhounds

One thing for certain. 8 out of 10 dogs in South Beach wear clothes. Many wear hats. And SB could be the Italian greyhound capital of the world. Yes, you will find quite a few chihuahuas and bulldogs. But the greyhounds
are—everywhere.

friends of greyhounds

smart car limo

See more South Beach images.

South Beach, Florida. We were lucky enough to be in town for the 31st Annual Art Deco weekend.

ocean drive and 10th with over 50 antique cars

albino phython

collins avenue and 14th

collins avenue and 13th

Here is an official release: Art Deco Weekend—1/18 thru 1/20. Just when you thought South Beach was only for Eurotrash tourists and low-rent hip-hop clubs, culture comes to town: Art Deco Weekend is here, still running strong after 31 years. The weekend celebrating architectural history kicks off tonight with the Light Up the Night parade at 7:30 on Ocean Drive, and continues through Sunday.

Live music hits the stage at 13th Street, and there’ll be food all over the place, historic films screened at various venues, and a street fair lined with booths selling the same tchotchkes you have seen every single year.

Photo by Elvis Santana

But there are some new events this go-’round, including the first annual Little Miss Broadway Deco pageant—with a $250 prize! And in case there aren’t enough reasons for gay men to flock here, there’s the Arf Deco Dog Promenade, where attendees are invited to dress their pooches in Broadway-theme costumes. Do ruby slippers come in dog sizes?

All that aside, people really come to Art Deco Weekend for two reasons: First you buy the limited-edition souvenir poster, and then you take one of the fascinating history tours through the city. There’s so much going on it’s best if you just call 305 672 2014, or go to artdecoweekend.com to look at the schedule yourself.

mango’s dancers on ocean drive and ninth. we digress. check out Arf Deco Dog Promenade

Upon reviewing “links” with other bloggers during 2007 PM would like to thank those who linked, contributed, or commented though did not show up as links and/or were not included in our posts. Here’s a partial list of bloggers who I hope will continue to have dialogs with PM.

Andy Beard
A Side of Cartoons. Please.
Border Wars: A border collie blog
Catnip Corner
Fishalicious
Gigicogo
Jottings from Jersey
Little Miss Attila
Petvlr.com
Poeartica
Raven’s Roads
Speedcat Hollydale
the dog log
the laid.back buddhist

Visit these sites. Woof!

Ever? worry about squirrels? getting to your bird feeder? Well, take
a look at this…

Good grief, what is that line made of?

Caw to art! is an effort to showcase pets and animals in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 1/23/08 thru Friday—and maybe
a bit longer…

Mad Kane’s Humor Blog submits Ode to a greedy squirrel
Only in the Apple submits And on the 8th day, God created the iPod.
The Dreaming Tree submits Fantasy don’t get no respect.

8th day

Fantasy

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

Just when one is ready to despair there won’t be a submission for Friday Ark this comes in. Photographer Dana Neibert just posted a few images from his latest adventure in Thailand…

Dana Neibert

Dana Neibert

Dana Neibert

A little curiosity goes further: several associations and his and her offerings in elephant polo accessories: puffers, scarfs, T-shirts.

This from Elepolo: Elepolo is the official clothing range for the World Elephant Polo Association, it has been developed and sold in connection with the yearly WEPA tournaments at Tiger Tops in Chitwan, Nepal.

At the heart of Elephant Polo and the Elepolo clothing range lies the love of the elephants to ensure that they are well-looked after and cared for.
5% of the sales of the Elepolo items are donated to the International Trust for Nature and Conservation supporting the protection and coservation of endangered species in Nepal, Thailand and India (itnc.org).

Elepolo through their cooperation with Joules clothing also supports the Esther Benjamin Trust in Nepal, which among other things are working with former prison children, former street children and children rescued from circuses (ebtrust.org.uk).

Pick me ups:
Sugar cane or rice balls packed with vitamins (molasses and rock salt) shall be given to the elephants at the end of the match; and a cold beer, or soft drinks for the drivers, but not vice versa.

Additional links World Elephant Polo Association Elephant Polo Accessories

This is PM’s first off topic post of 2008. PM is not big on TV. My best summer-autumn was two year’s ago when we went without TV for six months. There were those evening strolls in the neighborhood. Good nighttime reading. Romance. My father-in-law, when he found out we were without a tv offered to buy one: he asked if I was out of work.

So it should come as no surprise that I never heard of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, and who Mike Rowe is. I recognize his face, not his name, though I don’t know from where. What will be posted here is his Seven Dirty Habits of Highly Effluent People. Rowe admits ripping off Steven Covey. Rowe seems smart, sounds entertaining, and impresses me when he says he gleaned each habit from a worker he met on the show, each bolstered by true stories of personal enlightenment and lingering humiliation (Rowe).

1. Never follow your passions, but by all means bring it with you.

2. Beware of teamwork.

3. Vomit proudly and whenever necessary.

4. Be careful, but don’t be fooled—safety is never first.

5. Think about what you are doing—never how.

6. Ignore advice such as “Work smart, not hard.” It’s dangerous—
and moronic.

7. Consider quitting.

via FastCompany magazine, issue FC122

Pet Monologues will be down for a week for technical issues. From 1/14 - 1/22. You will be able to access the site and leave comments. But we won’t be able to authorize or comment back. We apologize for any inconvenience. During this period PM is going to Miami’s South Beach area for business and R&R. I’ll have my camera as there are many photo opportunities. A little about the South Beach area:

South Beach during the day.

art deco during the day.

art deco and neon lights during the night.

people watching during the day.

South Beach is the section of Miami Beach, Florida that encompasses the southernmost 23 blocks of an island separating the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay. This area was the first section of Miami Beach to be developed, starting in the 1910s, thanks to the development efforts of Carl G. Fisher, the Lummus Brothers, John S. Collins, and others. The area has gone through numerous man-made and natural changes over the years, including a booming regional economy, increased tourism, and the 1926 hurricane that destroyed much of the area.

In 1912, Miami businessmen the Lummus Brothers acquired 400 acres (1.6 km²) of Collins’ land in an effort to build an oceanfront city of modest single family residences. In 1913 Collins started construction of a bridge from Miami to Miami Beach. Although some local residents invested in the bridge, Collins ran short of money before he could complete it.

Carl G. Fisher, a successful entrepreneur who made millions in 1909 after selling a business to Union Carbide, came to the beach in 1913. His vision was to establish South Beach as a successful city independent of Miami. This was the same year that the restaurant Joe’s Stone Crab opened. Fisher loaned $50,000 to Collins for his bridge, which was completed in June, 1913. the Collins Bridge was later replaced by the Venetian Causeway. Read the rest of this entry »