Pet Monologues

To put a face to the name of the person you are blogging with, here is my screenshot of a post I am developing about, yep you guessed it, piggies.

These piggie images are 800px wide, about the average “source” image size. They will be displayed at 400px. If this blog was a two-column layout, the images might have been displayed at 600px. To put the screenshot in perspective I am using a 24 inch Cinema Display and all those icons along the right side are SOME of the applications I use. One dreads upgrades.

I have several analytical helpers to tell me who visits PM. Info includes, pages visited, referrers, search key words, country, computer software, size of screen, incoming links, outgoing links, with many many options I don’t use yet. You get the idea.

It comes as a surprise, from my traffic at least, the Internet Explorer browser is used less than 10% with Firefox in the 80% range. If you are developing ( coding ) sites, that is good news if you know what I mean. 1/2 of my visitors are unique. 60% from the USA, I am in Chicago. 15% from direct links, 45% from other sites, 40% from searches. Stumbleupon visitors are my biggest repeat referrers.

Oh, and if you have anything on piggies, please let PM know.

Well, that’s enough about me. Put a face to your name and let’s hear a little more about you. To do that here are easy to follow instructions to contact the same folks plus new friends. Read the rest of this entry »

Can anyone identify the birds in these beautiful photos? We’d like to talk about them a little more.

source fotografia-przyrodnicza note: this post can also be seen at friday ark and Landthebird#72 hosted by Ecobirder where we learn from this post that the bird sharing a branch with the eagle is a magpie. Mike Bergin at 10,000 Birds also identifies the magpie. The expert contributions are appreciated…

This is not a sneak preview. But then again, I never saw this movie before and it is too incredible. This must be a Disney movie, right?

A new meaning to rescue, right? This one makes you think. right? BTW—just saw the movie “Ratatouille” and when you think about that—disgusting.

This post can also be seen at friday ark

You never feed me.
Perhaps I’ll sleep on your face.
That will sure show you.

You must scratch me there!
Yes, above my tail!
Behold, elevator butt.

The rule for today:
Touch my tail, I shred your hand.
New rule tomorrow.

In deep sleep hear sound
cat vomit hairball somewhere
will find in morning.

Grace personified.
I leap into the window.
I meant to do that.

Blur of motion, then –
silence, me, a paper bag.
What is so funny?

The mighty hunter
Returns with gifts of plump birds –
your foot just squashed one.

You’re always typing.
Well, let’s see you ignore my
sitting on your hands. Read the rest of this entry »

This is #1 in a series of nature photography. The images are winners in the prestigious 2007 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards.

The competition includes the Grand Prize and winners in 15 categories. More than 17,000 entries were submitted from photographers from 26 countries around the world to document the beauty, variety, and importance of Earth’s wildlife and wild places.

About Windland Smith Rice

This exhibition has been named in memory of Windland Smith Rice for her unyielding support of emerging photographers worldwide. Windland’s love for nature and photography was second only to her love for people and her legacy will fuel the passion of these artists for generations to come.

2008
The categories for the 2008 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards: Read the rest of this entry »

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 2/27/08 thru Friday—and maybe
a bit longer…

fada maranga submits portrait of a lady: velvet
fada maranga submits snail love
dogs rule and cats drool submits oscar the death cat
photoblog submits crazy birds
my only photo submits an elephant with personality
photography, philosophy & pearls of wisdom submits my best friend
diane clancy submits emma in the flowers II
helen read submits cat nap
pet monologues submits nicholas di genova rendition of a bird/invertebrate hybrid

portrait of a lady: velvet

snail love
crazy birds

an elephant with personality

emma in the flowers

cat nap

bird/invertebrate hybrid

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.

FREDERICK:

A bird flew in my ass today. Yeah. I was sitting down in Central Park, just relaxing and reading the newspaper. I felt fine.

Then all of a sudden, SWOOP, right in my ass…a bird. A tiny bird the size of, oh, I don’t know, the size of my palm. Really tiny, really tiny. Just flew right in my butt, without any explanation.

What did I do? I’m getting to that. It’s not everyday that a bird scoops down at a million miles per hour and seeks shelter up in your private region. Am I right?

Let me continue…

I stand up for obvious reasons and I proceed to wiggle my buttocks but nothing. The bird won’t come out and I could feel it’s heartbeat pulsating. Strangest feeling, let me tell you. So I try walking it off…still, nothing. Stubborn bird. I started doing jumping jacks, nothing. I began skipping, nothing. I started running up a hill and back down a hill, nothing. I dropped my draws and dipped my ass into the pond, nothing. I went so far as to climb over a fence and start scraping my bum across the grass, rocks and dirt in order to free the fellow, like a dog scrapes it’s behind on a rug. You’ve seen that right? But still to no avail, nothing. The bird stayed deep inside, clinging to the walls of my darkest of holies. Read the rest of this entry »

Pet Monologue has been memed. Knowing the creator, it’s an honor.
That said, we pass it along!

pet monologue’s message

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In a Bottle across the Blog Ocean. Leave a message in the sand or on the bottle. Write anything you wish. Be a pirate or a poet. Serious or silly. Anonymous or not.
What message would you like to send out to the universe?
Mimi’s Message In a Bottle Meme
1. Compose a message to place in your virtual bottle.
2. Right click and SAVE the blank graphic below

Hi Mimi!
3. Use a graphics program of your choice to place the message on the picture
4. Post the Message In a Bottle meme and your creation on your blog along with these rules
5. Tag a minimum of 5 bloggers - or your entire blogroll - to do the same. Notify them of the tag.Your virtual bottle will remain afloat in the blogosphere ocean for all blogernity (That’s a Mimism for blog + eternity.)

Mimi says: “ADD your site to the Mr. Linky list and place your blog’s name and url in a comment HERE TO LET ME KNOW YOU’VE COMPLETED THE MEME. I will add it to the master list of message bottles. Email mimiwrites2005 at yahoo.com if you have questions.”

***END COPY****

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Pet Monologues is tagging…
10,000 birds
a blog around the clock”
amori, poesie, arte, chat by hanna
andy beard
animals as friends
ascender rises above
a side of cartoons
at your service
balloon juice
bark bark woof woof
blog d’ellison
catsynth
chicago history
comments from left field
diane clancy
diva marketing
dragonheart’s domain
echidne of the snakes
euro puppy blog
fishalicious
himalman
into the inkpot
instaputz
joy ito’s web
kiwipulse
lady banana
lady omega
laketrees
life from a cat’s perspective
mercury rising
michelle allen
michelle wrighton
mind of mog
movie cat
my only photo
monologue blogger
musings at windyridge
nature shows and dreams
nocturnal blogger’s introspect
only in the apple
perfectly parker
petopia
poems4children
ravens roads
rennyra’s terella
rosehaven cottage
saving lives one at a time
sisu
tacjammer
texas oasis
the dog log
the dreaming tree
the green blog
the greenbelt
the green fingered photographer
the laidback buddhist
the modulator
the poor mouth
the reality of what humans do
theriomorhp
the scratching post
the social custom manifesto
the velvet violin
the webrunner
watermark

March 08 will mark our first year anniversary. With 900 (estimated) posts here are reader’s choice favorites…

wisconsin bird feeder in a class by itself—over 100K stumbleupon visits-in one week

juicy crittoure—whippet greyhound society/fans went nuts
99 wolves

dead pet stories by Erik Hawxby—ADULT. GRAPHIC. GROSS.

sexing and aging birds. after all we are an animal blog…

caw to art! #2 gives us dragonheart

99 wolves

Creature photos by andrew zuckerman

designer fill-in-the-blank—a mention in designobserver

This post will continue to evolve. For the moment let’s post it!

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 2/13/08 thru Friday—and maybe
a bit longer…

yababa stumblesupon Get used to it
injurousfeline stumblesupon Cardinal
Diane Clancy submits Chase in flowers
Eden Stern submits Skeletons out of the closet
Bebobber stumblesupon Sandcastles and Magnets

Sidetracks (is this art? not exactly…)
OnlyintheApple submits The cat lady test
The Dreaming Tree submits Brown-headed nuthatches
What works for you submits Ball? Someone? Anyone?

get used to it

cardinal

chase in flowers

skeletons

sandcastles

magnets

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.