Poodles for Equality

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas and one of their poodles, Basket (Apparently they had three in succession, all named Basket) in an old photo re-published in The Guardian (Dec. 3, 2013).
The Feeder and I thought this slightly bored looking poodle would have approved of the recent Supreme Court ruling. As do we.

Doggie Portraits by Layla

 You know I love art, especially portraits of dogs like moi.  Here is my 9 year old pal showing some of her fantastic drawings that really capture the essence of dogginess.  The one on the left  shows dog the calculator, the diviner of sums, the thinker.  On the right she illustrates the contemplative, sensitive side that all us doggies have.
We got to see these portraits as a preview of Layla's first art show and sale which concentrates on her portraits of dog.  The opening is this Saturday. We are excited!

More dogs of politicians - the series

Bringing together two of my interests - my fellow dogs and politicians, today I'm showing a painting done by our ex-President George W. Bush.  This is a portrait of Barney, who famously lived in the White House and is now no longer with us.
I am not sure this changes my political views, but I think GW has captured something good here.

Portraits

 Touc, Seated on a Table ca 1879-81

They showed me this portrait of  a pretty interesting dog, Touc, by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (French 1864-1901). My guys saw this at the Hammer Museum in LA and they thought I might enjoy it.  Good try - but seeing as how the painter was French - could he not have found a poodle to paint? Still, I think it catches the essence of this dude (or dudette - hard to tell if I can't sniff)