In the spirit of poodles this week, I may as well throw in this fantastically 50’s mother of pearl, sparkle bumped, handpainted poodle compact. I’ve never had powder packed in it but I tote around a variety of small items in the mirror lined case.
Those are original Brown Derby portraits reflected in the top half.
They won’t fit inside the case as it’s a petite 3″ x 4″. Maybe that’s why the little 3-dimensional glitter tufts of poodle fur look and feel so good, making up in beauty and depth what they lack in stature.
This poodle is happy about her look, painted much more distinctively than most poodles of her decade. I like that her bottom lip looks like a clock hand.
If ever there was an animal created to look at its reflection in a mirror it’s this most distinctive of canines.
I’m actually thinking a lot about distinctive animals today as I’m writing a fairly twisted kids song with Bleu McCauley and Jasmine Ash for a tv idea we have. We play a porcupine, skunk and platypus. Not that any of them are as attractive as poodles but our animals are very proud that they don’t blend into the kingdom as just another animal. Just like us.
Although some poodles don’t just “blend in”:
Here’s to people, animals and artifacts that hover above the crowd, embracing their uniqueness, with no desire to head towards the over-trodden intersection of Boring and Blending In.
Georgia
Here’s to never being boring and blending in!
Bill Dickens
Allee captures humor and delight so specially!
danetta
I just turned in my grades for this term and now have the Summer off. Whew. I wanted to tell you and yours that I use your site as a psychological reward for getting a chunk of papers corrected. I save up for a few weeks, and then once I am done, I get to go amuse myself with some “Vitamin K” (Kitsch). I find a smile on my face always as I peruse the pics, and my husband looks over at me in curiosity when I laugh out loud. There is something so delightfully “human” about kitsch.
Allee
Well, happy K summer! Make sure and check out AWMOK.com if you want total overload. And, yes, kitsch is oh SO human!