The Pouf has a kitty named Miss Betty
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The Pouf has a kitty named Miss Betty

I have not yet met this wonderful lady but after seeing her aspirational pics on Instagram, having many friends in common and then noticing a cat in her feed - well, that was it.  So here I present Miss Betty and her mom Christina Grasso aka The Pouf. Christina shares her story and home pics of this wonderful rescue Miss Betty:

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LEAPING NEON CATS OK? CHECK OUT KAITLIN O'CONNOR'S NEON BODEGA ONES
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LEAPING NEON CATS OK? CHECK OUT KAITLIN O'CONNOR'S NEON BODEGA ONES

When I left Glamour magazine, I was lucky enough to be given an original Kaitlin O'Connor drawing by Kelly Sherin, one of the brilliant photo people in the Glamour photo department at the time.  I was seriously blown away by the gift and it hangs in my office, above where Edie and Clair now sleep, while I work.  I reached out to talk to the artist about her work: 

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WALTER CHANDOHA is the Grandfather of cat photography
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WALTER CHANDOHA is the Grandfather of cat photography

Seventy years before there was Grumpy Cat, there was Walter Chandoha. Chandoha's gorgeous, candy-colored photos of adorable cats literally defined the genre of cat photography for more than seven decades, and his new book, Walter Chandoha, The Cat Photographer, published by Aperture features his 50 best images.

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CUT it OUT DENISE! A San Francisco artist and her scissors
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CUT it OUT DENISE! A San Francisco artist and her scissors

How divine are these please!? Imagine artist Denise Fiedler in San Francisco collaging her life away! As she calls it the collages are her reuse project- "I use vintage and discarded books for the collage paper." First she paints the subjects and then her scissors go wild.  Of course what caught my eye were the dogs as my best friend Peg Patterson gave me some from her store DISH in Hudson, but the people are pretty exciting too.
To learn more about how to get your pets portrait done click here. It's so fun!

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