Baby Bean often likes to eat her meals from a tray on the floor so she can watch her tv programs while she eats (I used to like to do this too). Last night we had penne a la vodka for supper, which is BB's absolute favorite meal; we guess it it Tiger's as well! BB got up for a moment and Tiger quickly zoomed in to lap up the sauce. Who knew??!
Since I've been so busy snoopervising the yardmen ( it is finally finished, thank goodness!) I've had little time for blogging, so I missed posting Cat Art on Monday. Today we have Hodge, the oyster-eating cat. This bookend is a replica of the statue of Samuel Johnson's most famous cat, Hodge, who is immortalized in James Boswell's Life of Johnson. Johnson loved cats and always kept them as pets. The statue stands outside Johnson's house in London which is now a museum and open to the public. Hodge evidently was a huge fan of oysters, so the artist included oyster shells in his representation. It is Johnson's 300 birthday this year, so there are many events planned at libraries and museums in the UK and the US to commemorate it. Johnson, if you don't know, was one of the literary giants of the 18th century and produced a famous dictionary as well as many works of criticism. He was highly regarded in his own day. For me, the bookends represent two of my favorite things: cats and the 18th century!
