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So pretty girl


Guinness admires the new scarf Penny was given when she went for a grooming today at Montrose’s wonderful Dogtopia. All the dogs at The Compound are doing their best to make Penny smell like a real dog again with some rousing playtime and their own brand of grooming.

You can see Penny and more of the wonderful at Scout’s Adoption Event, from 10 am to 3 pm, in the Heights at 1128 Heights Boulevard (between 11th and 12th Streets). Even if you can’t adopt or foster another dog at this time, go by to take the dogs out of their crates for bio breaks, walks, and cuddle time, and to visit with the amazing Scout’s Honor volunteers who are the best friends possible to Houston’s abandoned, stray, and rescued dogs and cats. You can also meet Tim, Man’s Best Friend’s Best Friend, and who knows–The Big H has made a guest appearance in the past and may show up again.

Work of Art, 2:3

The challenge: Contestants must create a piece of POP art that captures the popular culture of their time as effectively as Andy Warhol did with his Campbell’s soup can.

I created a painting to add to my Friends and Bottle Caps series, with this explanation:

“There are events or moments in our lives which we recognize as ‘before and after’ points. As a girl, I really did want to teach the world to sing and live in perfect harmony, and Coke gave my generation one of our first points of visibility in the advertising world with that song.

As part of my Bottle Caps pop art series, I show that most American icon, the Coca Cola logo, as a cluster of balloons floating away against the sky. What replaces them in my life is a different visual: white balloons released at AIDS memorial services and funerals. These five white balloons are goodbyes to my friends Steve R, Jeff C, John M, Tim R, and Pete M.”

You can see more Work of Art challenge pieces on the blog Lindsey maintains for them. If you want to participate, Lindsey welcomes works for older or current challenges. It’s NEVER too late to create!

Magnetic Poetry 365:305

The reasons this scenario makes me laugh:

1. That is Marika’s beloved Malibu PJ doll from her childhood. She sent it to become part of The Compound Barbie Collection, knowing I would take good care of her little PJ.
2. I redressed PJ in my own design, a Cheshire Cat dress, because Marika loves the Cheshire Cat.
3. Marika sent me a set of magnetic words that she designed to indulge my whimsical enjoyment of all things Twilight.
4. I used the term “pretty in pink” knowing Marika doesn’t like John Hughes’s movies.
5. Marika’s words and my dolls have now brought poor PJ into GRAVE DANGER from the vampire Victoria.

We live in tragic times.

I have to get back to watching The Vampire Diaries on Netflix now.

Thanks to Tim for the backdrop. Don’t know what I’ll do when he takes his paintings away.