PISICARIE: octombrie 2009

luni, 26 octombrie 2009

Londra, 1900

Vanzatorul de carne pentru caini si pisici, impreuna cu cativa dintre clientii neplatitori, pe o strada din Londra, in 1900. Controlul Sanatatii Publice se imbunatatise si chiar declarase anumite produse din carne improprii consumului uman.
(Decades of the 20th Century: 1900s, GettyImages)

joi, 22 octombrie 2009

The Naming Of Cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

(T.S. Eliot)

sâmbătă, 17 octombrie 2009

m&m

Chiar daca s-ar putea intelege din postari mai vechi ca lui Musette, ca oricarei pisici, nu-i plac in mod deosebit cainii, ba chiar ii place sa isi exerseze dintii si ghearele in jucarii intruchipand rasa canina, adevarul este ca unul dintre cei mai buni prieteni de joaca ai ei este un canis, Miki.

Miki are 1 an si jumatate si cam tot atata energie cat Musette:

Joaca lor preferata e sa se urmareasca prin curte, lucru greu sau chiar imposibil de imortalizat in fotografii. Fiind pisica (= fiinta superioara de dimensiuni reduse, dar cu inteligenta sclipitoare), Musette sta in general la o inaltime avantajoasa, de unde il poate urmari nestingherita pe Miki: