where you just wanted to put a pillow on your head and snuggle up to someone you (sorta) love?

This photo (retitled "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie") was one of six featured on Yahoo's home page in a photo essay entitled "Sweet Dreams"on July 10th, 2009, garnering over 29,000 views in one day.

Dog Day Afternoon (with Apologies to Director Sidney Lumet)

I could fry an egg

On the patio

If I wanted to,

Though why I’d want to

I don’t know.

The atmosphere itself is beat

And banking on a holiday

Till it falls hostage to the heat,

So here it is, here it will stay.

For the torpor born in these torrid times

Engenders dreams of cooler climes

And makes the air grow dull and bland

Then robs it of all scratch and sand—

Now it’s just lying on the ground

Dog-tired,

And its tongue is hanging down.

From its white steel vault,

The sun lambastes the land

Till the earth seems to quake in fright;

Hotheaded habaneros have run amuck

While the zinnias rise in riot.

The oxeye daisies just stand and stare,

Too dogged to wilt in the stifling air;

And the once-dapper little French marigolds

Are roasting in their pot

And thinking about bailing out

Because it’s grown so hot.

The red-faced tomatoes collared

By the pickets in the garden plot

Are now clustered round a Big Boy

Holding forth at the edge of the lot.

First they simmer and then they steam;

They bitch and then they whine

About how the lives that they have led

Are undeserved

And better due a dog instead.

They point out the pumpkin vines

Who climbed the fences first

And left only their roots behind

Confined in the captive dirt.

Some of the ruddiest, ripest ones

Almost burst with thin-skinned rages;

The others plan midnight escapes

From their crowded metal cages.

Sentenced for some ancient crime,

Tired trees are doing hard time

Busting up rocks in the hardpan,

Respiring damply where they stand

Overseen by the hard-boiled sun;

They’d love to make a break for it,

But they’re too old to run.

They long to shed their binding leaves

And dance untrammeled in the breeze,

For they know that soon

They’ll have to freeze

In the coming winter’s night—

And their bark can’t match its bite.

Flowers in grass widowhood

Bear seeds of doubt with drooping heads

And languish alone in weedy beds;

While shrinking at their bootless feet,

Bluegrass has slunk into retreat

And now is lying low and drawn

And hangdog on the sapless lawn,

But Johnson grass in a ravening pack

Won’t cut the flowers any slack.

Like laundry pinned upon the line,

Bereft in the scorching sky,

Caught clouds are left

Just hanging there,

Left hanging high and dry,

Bleached and beaten by the savage sun,

Doing time as the time goes by.

The clouds are growing frail and pale

And cannot bulk and boom,

But the husky dogs have staked out a claim

To the couch in the living room.

The pillows are their prisoners;

The dogs won’t set them free,

And their chicken-hearted featherbrains

Can’t hatch a plot to flee.

Now every dog must have his day

Of glory in the sun,

But it’s better yet to stay inside

And make hay while its course is run.

But perhaps if I had broken free

Of the imprisoning heat

And its legacy of lethargy

And risen from my seat

To fry those

Aforementioned eggs

Al fresco on the patio,

The dogs would rise,

Give up my captive couch alive,

And deign to dine

Outside.

taken from Elementa (Loosey Goosey Press, 2008)

Faith Goble

You can read Luan Gaines' review of Elementa at www.curledup.com/elementa.htm

and an interview at www.curledup.com/intfgoble.htm.

This is a photo of Larry and his mama (that's me!) You can read a poem about Larry, my sweet little rescued beagle, at www.flickr.com/photos/grafixer/2384898564/

Dog Day Afternoon (with Apologies to Director Sidney Lumet)

I could fry an egg

On the patio

If I wanted to,

Though why I’d want to

I don’t know.

The atmosphere itself is beat

And banking on a holiday

Till it falls hostage to the heat,

So here it is, here it will stay.

For the torpor born in these torrid times

Engenders dreams of cooler climes

And makes the air grow dull and bland

Then robs it of all scratch and sand—

Now it’s just lying on the ground

Dog-tired,

And its tongue is hanging down.

From its white steel vault,

The sun lambastes the land

Till the earth seems to quake in fright;

Hotheaded habaneros have run amuck

While the zinnias rise in riot;

The oxeye daisies just stand and stare,

Too dogged to wilt in the stifling air;

And the once-dapper little French marigolds

Are roasting in their pot

And thinking about bailing out

Because it’s grown so hot.

The red-faced tomatoes collared

By the pickets in the garden plot

Are now clustered round a Big Boy

Holding forth at the edge of the lot.

First they simmer and then they steam;

They bitch and then they whine

About how the lives that they have led

Are undeserved

And better due a dog instead.

They point out the pumpkin vines

Who climbed the fences first

And left only their roots behind

Confined in the captive dirt.

Some of the ruddiest, ripest ones

Almost burst with thin-skinned rages;

The others plan midnight escapes

From their crowded metal cages.

Sentenced for some ancient crime,

Tired trees are doing hard time

Busting up rocks in the hardpan,

Respiring damply where they stand

Overseen by the hard-boiled sun;

They’d love to make a break for it,

But they’re too old to run.

They long to shed their binding leaves

And dance untrammeled in the breeze,

For they know that soon

They’ll have to freeze

In the coming winter’s night—

And their bark can’t match its bite.

Flowers in grass widowhood

Bear seeds of doubt with drooping heads

And languish alone in weedy beds;

While shrinking at their bootless feet,

Bluegrass has slunk into retreat

And now is lying low and drawn

And hangdog on the sapless lawn,

But Johnson grass in a ravening pack

Won’t cut the flowers any slack.

Like laundry pinned upon the line,

Bereft in the scorching sky,

Caught clouds are left

Just hanging there,

Left hanging high and dry,

Bleached and beaten by the savage sun,

Doing time as the time goes by.

The clouds are growing frail and pale

And cannot bulk and boom,

But the husky dogs have staked out a claim

To the couch in the living room.

The pillows are their prisoners;

The dogs won’t set them free,

And their chicken-hearted featherbrains

Can’t hatch a plot to flee.

Now every dog must have his day

Of glory in the sun,

But it’s better yet to stay inside

And make hay while its course is run.

But perhaps if I had broken free

Of the imprisoning heat

And its legacy of lethargy

And risen from my seat

To fry those

Aforementioned eggs

Al fresco on the patio,

The dogs would rise,

Give up my captive couch alive,

And deign to dine

Outside.

taken from Elementa 2008

Faith Goble

You can read Luan Gaines' review of Elementa at www.curledup.com/elementa.htm

and an interview at www.curledup.com/intfgoble.htm.

This is Jazmine playing with her toy. When she can't get head scruffs from us, she tries to use her toy as a sub. She seems to enjoy it. So cute.

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Agate - Mexico

9 April 2011:

This is about the last straw. Someone who blogs on Tumblr.com helped themselves to this photo and now a slew of people there are "reblogging it" - all without permission. ("Reblogging" is a yuppism for the technical equivalent of vomiting up *somebody else's lunch* because you are too lazy to chew food yourself)

What major malfunction in someone's upbringing gives them the twisted idea that they can just take without asking if it fits into their narcissististic, egocentric view of life?

I don't care if I get kicked from Flickr for speaking out. I have had all I can take

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I don't care if I get kicked from Flickr for speaking out. I have had all I can take

this was fun for the first hour. but it won't quit pecking my window. make it stop! if this thing wasn't brain-damaged to start with, it is now... 2 1/2 hours later....

hey anthony- remember when you were quite young and we watched the birds together? and later i scared you by throwing a stuffed animal bird and screamed THE BIRDS! at you as you were brushing your teeth? i think i am being paid back. i will nightmare of birds tonight.

update: on day 5 of pecks. full story here.

I sure hope we don't get all dignified when we're grown ups. #siamese #siamesecat #siamesecatsofinstagram #siameseofinstagram #siamesecats #meezer #instacat #kitten #instacats #catlovers #catstagram #INSTACAT_MEOWS #catsofinstagram #meow #cats_of_instagram

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bonbonmr: @kinsey_tiu Meezers always want a sibling or 2!! 😹😹

dlbeller: 😻😻😻

bonbonmr: They look like two 12 year boys looking for something to get into as a duet of course. 😻😻

dailymeeze: They always "consult" with each other. And yes @kinsey_tiu meezers love company! Add one! TY! @dlbeller @otisthepugwalsh @kinsey_tiu @bonbonmr

myralizzzieee: They really enjoy each other don't they would love one for company for bb

igormoskin: 👍👏

featherbrain: @scuba_luba

nehs26: 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

featherbrain - starling

Just as I was testing out my first feathered headband, I found out that a friend's sister makes them and sells them on etsy. Well, gotta support handmade! Pretty cute, right? Love the blue!

Here's her shop.

11/7/05 - I lost my sweet little yellow bird this morning. She fought hard to stay with us, but her sickness got the best of her. I will miss her more than I could ever express, but I know she is soaring in the clouds with her favorite toy and I know I will see her again - one day. Until then, I will look at her pictures and smile at my favorite memories and remember how, every time I scruffed her head, she peeped, the sweetest little peeps. I love you Jazmine. I miss you. Good-bye sweet girl.

Amoli featured my Black Lace Leaf Scarflette in her Etsy Treasury "Black Bizarre" on 01-30-09.

Thank you Amoli!

Twin cat heads 🐱🐱 #siamese #siamesecat #siamesecatsofinstagram #siameseofinstagram #siamesecats #meezer #instacat #kitten #instacats #catlovers #catstagram #INSTACAT_MEOWS #catsofinstagram #meow #cats_of_instagram

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otisthepugwalsh: @dailymeeze Sooo beautiful!!! 😻

dailymeeze: Thank you our wonderful Insta friends! 😘 @blaiseandchloe @alliegloria @mctavares13 @chico_and_tobi @mycatchii @otisthepugwalsh It's nice that you took a bit of extra time to comment 😻😻

bamagirldebward: @dailymeeze Such pretty blue eyes!

dailymeeze: Thank you @bamagirldebward 🐾😃🐾

bettslilbaby: U babies r sooo cute! ( I can't let my meezer boy know I'm telling u this...he might get jelly... wink wink ;-) ) @dailymeeze

dailymeeze: @bettslilbaby No worries, it will be our secret 😉😻😻❤️

nehs26: Awe😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

featherbrain: @scuba_luba

photo by richie.

Just as I was testing out my first feathered headband, I found out that a friend's sister makes them and sells them on etsy. Well, gotta support handmade! Pretty cute, right? Love the blue!

Here's her shop.

Here is my sweet Jaz napping. Notice the foot.