New Cat Tiles

Was very pleased to revisit with Sligo Creek Tile Co..

These two tiles are gifts for my niece, for her hospitality during my recent trip to New York.

I've posted before about this wonderful company in 2018, here: Cat Tile Tuesday

The two tiles above represent Magoo, above...

...and curious Eevee.

Disclaimer: I did not receive any compensation for posting about Sligo Creek Tile Co. 

I'd discovered and found them on my own, and believe that you all may enjoy their art.

Sligo Creek Tile

Take a look; you may discover something that pleases you, and the customer service is terrific.

Let's Hop!

Works of Art

Finding cats while on vacation: the journey continues at The Cincinnati Art Museum:

Zen Cat: "Do You See Your Mind Now?"
Laura Jones, no date listed

Lion Funerary Monument
Circa 350 BCE: Attica/Greece

Plate with Seated Lioness
Circa 580 BCE: Corinth/Greece

Some non-feline gems:

Prelude in E Minor
2005: Richard Mayhew

White House Ruin, Canyon De Chelly National Monument in Arizona
1941: Ansel Adams

Sun on Prospect Street (Gloucester, Massachusetts)
1934: Edward Hopper

Don't forget the museum gift shop!

Cat stuff galore!
Won't mention how much $$$ I spent.

HB ACD!🎂

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May, 1859.

The creator of Victorian-era consulting detective Sherlock Holmes character would leave a lasting legacy.

First appearing in print in 1887's "A Study in Scarlet", Holmes's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891; additional tales appeared from then until 1927, eventually totalling four novels and 56 short stories.

Why artists like to recreate Holmes and Dr. Watson as cats is unknown, but I surely like them.💗

Note:

Haven't read the Canon of Sherlock Holmes stories in decades; many of them are surprisingly NOT politically correct for modern times.

I prefer to read the character in the hands of these authors;

Laurie R. King:

 Russell & Holmes series, book #18 due out in 2024

Anthony Horowitz: 

The House of Silk, The Three Monarchs, Moriarity

Vicki Delany: 

Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mysteries

🔬📚🔎

Cat Art

Some new acquisitions to The Eastside Cats' art gallery:

A gift from my beloved sister

Two postcards by Francesa Buchko

Print by Maggie Vandewalle

 Continuing to work remotely hasn't lessened my desire to decorate with cats!

The first image was a gift, however I've provided the links to the Francesa Buchko and Maggie Vandewalle Etsy shops.

Now, I have to find frames...and then space on the walls to hang these gems.

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Disclaimer: I was gifted or purchased the items featured today for my own use and amusement, and mention the ordering information as a courtesy to our readers.  I only post about items that I think you all may enjoy, and receive no financial gain for myself.  

Cat Art: Salvador Dali

While recently visiting Detroit Institute of Arts, I snapped a few photos!

"Dalí Atomicus"
Photograph by Philippe Halsman
1948

"Salvador Dali, Paris"
Photograph by Willy Rizzo
1950 

And, while researching the photographs above, I discovered this one:

"Salvador Dalí with Babou the ocelot and his cane"
Photograph by Roger Higgins
c. 1965
Image grabbed from the interwebs

Official Salvador Dali website: Salvador Dali's Museums

From Wikipedia:

"Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol

(11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), a Spanish surrealist artist."

A talented kook who liked cats!

💙💚💛💜

Paris Cats!

My niece is on a month-long internship in Paris!

My sister and her husband flew over for a visit, and while they were there, I received photos of cats from their travels!

💗😻💗

Seriously, I am so lucky to have family members who think about me while they are off having a great time!

Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
Julie Manet, also known as Child with Cat

Detail from an Henri Rousseau artwork

Pierre Bonnard: The White Cat

"La déesse chatte Bastet"

Tapestry detail

Ancient cat mummies and statues

Majestic lion!

The Blue Cat Chocolatier...yum...!

And some images of just the usual stuff one sees in Paris...

Arc de Triomphe

Notre-Dame de Paris

Eiffel Tower

Fingers are crossed that my niece finds employment with this company, and goes back to work in Paris, then I'll be there, sleeping on her sofa, and visiting museums, eating at cafes, and drinking coffee and wine!

O la la!  Quelle vie!

Postcard: CFA Feline Historical Museum

We visited the The Cat Fanciers' Association Foundation Feline Historical Museum!

Had a TON OF FUN!  The building is full of cat artwork: statues in stone and glass, carvings, ceramics, dolls, maneki nekos (Japanese beckoning cat), plates, quilts, teapots, cat carriers of old, and BOOKS!

I've included a few photos here, and I have dozens more. 

I wanted to grab this off the wall and TAKE IT HOME!

A whole room of maneki nekos!

Wearing a cat scarf and earrings, of course!

Designed by the distinguished architect Frank Lloyd Wright, this is an outdoor cat shelter!
Only one in the world!
Looks like a spaceship, and made from wood.

Cat dolls...they are beautiful!

Portion of a cut paper collage.

Seriously, isn't this adorable?
Library in the background.

Love this!

This photo doesn't do the deep red color any justice!

This cutie is at the front desk.

Cast iron kitty!

Guess they are getting their pie!

Wooden cat stool

Wee stone kitty

There was no charge to enter the museum, but we put in a few dollars as donation.  I heartily recommend a visit to the CFA's Feline Historical Museum, in Alliance, Ohio.  No museum cat to pet, darn it.

Oh, and while there, we also visited The Troll Hole Museum, which has a collection of toys and garden gnomes (and a coffee shop!)...

I still have a collection of trolls at home!

...and Glamorgan Castle!  Built for Col. William Henry Morgan in 1904, as a family residence, it's been used by different folks for differing reasons over the years, and now is owned by Alliance City Schools.  Seriously, a castle?!?

The Glamorgan Castle is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is currently gearing up for a huge renovation.  The Morgan family grew wealthy due to the industrial production of the world’s first electric overhead traveling cranes, needed in factories to move immensely heavy items.  Today, that technology is used for covered arenas and stadiums, to open and close the roofs.