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Wildcat! Wildcat! Mr. Quiche.

Welcome to Wednesday (*sigh*). OK, I'll admit that it was the album cover that had my full attention initially, but this L.A. based outfit are actually kinda interesting. Wildcat! Wildcat! are what the love child of Peter Frampton, ELO, Cheap Trick and Yes might sound like. Oh and a smidgen of Bee Gees too which can never be bad thing. I've been a fan of falsetto singing ever since I first heard Emotional Rescue by the Rolling Stones. You can check out their single Mr Quiche here. What do you think?

Black Cat Auditions - 1961

Pussy cat central! Another gem from the archives of LIFE magazine via that swell site Retronaut.

Midweek pick-me-up

Nothing lifts my spirits (yes, I've had one of those days) like a whole heap of New Yorker cartoons. ...and nothing lifts my spirits quite as high as when those cartoons happen to be cat themed. Which is your favourite?

 

All images from here.

Helen Dardik!

Helen Dardik - Canadian artist extraordinaire! Her work makes me feel so darn happy, it's ridiculous! She has an Etsy shop here.  Happy Thursday!

All images from here.

Louis Wain encore

I found a crazy Louis Wain cat card in my travels the other day. It's a bit tricky to read, but if you click on the image you'll get a larger version. I love Louis! I think if you're going to go a bit bananas, you may as well go a bit bananas over pussy cats! I have another Louis Wain post here.  

 

Mid-century retro cool

 

Posters via Trendland.

Collection

Something else I found in my ignored cupboard (see original post here): my collection of book marks. The avid collector strikes again!

These are a real find! I used to get these at Glebe Books when there was just the one store up by the church. I wonder if they still have them? I never used them as book marks. I used them to decorate various bare bedroom walls I was living in at the time. I have many more too, but these are the nicest.

Cats X 2

...and it's Monday! We had some wild weather here yesterday in Sydney. I actually got caught in it on the way home from a walk I was taking with my boyfriend. It started raining very heavily just as we were in the park near our house, so we had to shelter under some fig trees. Even though we had brollies we were still getting quite drenched. So, we then hot footed it to the nearest bit of man made shelter and stood under an awning for a minute or two. From this location we saw a huge bolt of lightning (accompanied by an ear splitting crack of thunder!) strike a rail line a couple of meters away. It was quite frightening to say the least! We then scampered home...

...and these two lads are the last cats I drew in 2011. They are Sunday Afternoon and Stretch respectively.

Happy new week to all!

A cat fancier's gift guide

Scarf06 by Leah Goren

Hand painted Delft porcelain cat brooch by Harriet Damave.

Tiger print and Cheetah print both by Berkely Illustration.

Party Cat Willoh by ginettepomette.

Maid Of Clay cat climbing a ladder to get butterfly tumbler.

A few things I've found that I thought might appeal to the cat lovers out there!

Happy Tuesday!

Bits and pieces

Caught Napping

This is Lionel and he's been caught napping. In the garden. I think it's pretty funny when you surprise a cat sleeping and say something like "Hello!" and they wake up with such a start and look at you like you're from another planet. A bit like us really when we've been woken up abruptly. Anyway, Lionel is awake now so no doubt he'll be up for some tickles and cuddles or a bit of food even.

I've also put two new 4" X 6" (10cm X 15cm) originals in my shop. I have a little flapper gal and a little party bear.

 

Here's to a fab week ahead!