Daily Sketch: Mewsette’s Nap
Posted: January 28, 2012 Filed under: animal artwork, black cats, cats, daily sketch, mewsette | Tags: black cats, cat art, cat sketches, cat sleeping curled, cats, pencil sketch of cat sleeping Leave a comment
Mewsette's Nap, pencil © B.E. Kazmarski
That’s what they get when they sleep on my desk, they get sketched. Mewsette doesn’t think she looks silly with her ear turned flattened because her head is upside down. She’s really not concerned with what anyone thinks, or that she’s sleeping right on something I needed to be working on.
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The Dark Behind the Door
Posted: January 28, 2012 Filed under: black cats, cat photographs, cats, daily photo, fantastic four, giuseppe, jelly bean, mewsette, mimi's children, mr. sunshine, my household of felines, photographs | Tags: black cats, cat photographs, cuddle puddle, four black cats, pet photography 2 Comments
Cuddle Puddle behind the door.
Why is the bathroom door closed? I thought. And why is it so dark in there? And why can’t I open the door…
It’s a bi-fold that folds inward but would not, so I pushed the pin down and pulled it out of the track so it could swing free, reached in and turn on the light to reveal…
The cuddle puddle from above.
Another big gob of black cats.
I just have to guess they really, really like to be together. Plus, this is a stolen moment in a space they don’t often have available to them. The tortie girls spend overnight in the bathroom, and a portion of the afternoon. Obviously, this is a choice spot for napping, and what better to use as a pillow than one of your siblings?
If Mimi had come along, as she sometimes does, she would just climb on top of them, bathing ears and noses as she went; she weighs less than half of any of her children.
From the front, it’s Mewsette, then Jelly Bean on the left and Mr. Sunshine under him, and Giuseppe in the back.
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Living Green With Pets: Look for the Leaping Bunny
Posted: January 28, 2012 Filed under: animal welfare, living green with pets | Tags: animal testing, cruelty-free, pets, rabbits 6 Comments
The Leaping Bunny logo courtesy Leapingbunny.org
Along with making sure our pets aren’t harmed by chemicals we use around our house and yard, we can also make sure that other animals aren’t harmed by our choices either. We can do this by choosing “cruelty-free” cosmetics, beauty products and household products, but what does this really mean, and how can we find out what products are truly “cruelty-free”?
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Cosmetics and related products are tested on animals for a variety of reasons, often having more to do with legalities than health. Surprisingly enough, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require that a product be tested on animals, only that the manufacturer certify that “cosmetics are safe and properly labeled” through the the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).
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