David Hockney's muses ~ As musas de David Hockney

This image comes from the book David Hockney’s Dog Days.

1995 BMW 850 CSi Art Car by David Hockney. Via.     



David Hockney driving with his beloved dog Stanley in the late 1980s.

Photographed by Ray Charles White. Via. 

David Hockney introduces his two dachshunds, Stanley and Boodgie. "Horizontal Dogs 1995". Stanley e Boodgie, seus dois dachshunds Via. 

Little Stanley Sleeping 1987. Via

David Hockney is a British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer. Hockney was born in Bradford, England, on 9 July 1937, the son of Kenneth and Laura Hockney and the fourth of five children . He is based in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kensington, London. Hockney maintains two residences in California, where he lived on and off for over 30 years. Hockney is an important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. David Hockney is one of my favorite painters! 

Hockney interview to the newspaper Independent (11 September, 2017)

David Hockney é um pintor, artista, cenógrafo, fotógrafo e gravador britânico. Hockney nasceu em Bradford, Inglaterra, em 9 de julho de 1937, filho de Kenneth e Laura Hockney. Hockney reside em Bridlington, Yorkshire East Riding e Kensington, Londres, mas mantém duas residências na Califórnia, onde viveu durante mais de 30 anos. Hockney é um importante expoente da Pop art, movimento da década de 1960, sendo considerado um dos mais influentes artistas britânicos do século 20. David Hockney é um dos meus pintores preferidos!

Entrevista de Hockney para o jornal Independent.  (11 de Setembro de 2017)


PS: I did the same post in August 03, 2008. Fiz este mesmo post em 03 de Agosto de 2008.

What a fun! ~ Que divertido!

Chris De Aboitz, the owner of these dogs, Millie and Rama, took them out to the beach to catch some waves. They all hopped on a board, paddled out to sea, and rode the waves like pros. In Avalon, NSW, Australia. 
(February, 26, 2016, Video Courtesy Jukin Media)
Link to read the storie: www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-13/aussie-dog-whisperer-training-owners-and-strays-to-paddle-board/8177882

Chris De Aboitz, o dono dos cachorros Millie e Rama, levou-os para a praia para surfar. Os dois pularam na prancha e se divertiram, surfando como profissionais. Em Avalon, NSW, Austrália. 
(Fevereiro, 26, 2016, Vídeo Cortesia de Jukin Media)
Link para ler a reportagem: www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-13/aussie-dog-whisperer-training-owners-and-strays-to-paddle-board/8177882

Enjoying the beach... Aproveitando a praia...

Lisa and Brahma, the adorable "girls" of my daughter Sofia, always love to enjoy the beach! Photos taken by Sofia and Carlos at Jurumirim Dam.
Lisa e Brahma, as adoráveis "meninas", da minha filha Sofia, adoram se divertir na praia. Fotos clicadas pela Sofia e Carlos, na Represa Jurumirim.

 

 

 

 

Photos taken by Sofia and Carlos Mascaro.

Love & Friendship... Amor & Amizade...





Homeless and their pets. These are moving photos that express much love and much friendship! Hundreds of thousands of homeless around the world own pets, a sign of just how important animals can be to us. Here are some testimonies I found on the web about homeless and their pets:

Os sem-teto e seus animais de estimação. Estas comoventes fotos expressam muito amor e amizade! Centenas de milhares de sem-teto ao redor do mundo cuidam com carinho de seus animais de estimação, um sinal de como os animais são importantes para nós, seres humanos. Recolhi na web alguns testemunhos que expressam essa relação de amor e amizade:

 

PS: Favor usar o Google Tradutor ou outro tradutor, caso seja necessário. Please, use the Google Translator or another translator if it is necessary.

 

 

"I’m there for her and she’s there for me. I feel that having her give me a reason to not give up."

"It’s a companion. It’s unconditional love. It’s their best friend. In some ways, it will give people a reason to carry on.”
 

"The dog doesn't know he's 'homeless'. This man may be alone, but he has companionship. It's just enough to keep him going.Though he may have little else, this man has one good, loyal friend and companion. Blessings are where you find them."

 

"Roof or no roof, when they go to sleep tonight, they’ll be together."

 

“It’s for protection. It’s for companionship. It’s for mental health. The same reasons everybody else has a dog.”

"But imagine taking care of a dog when you have no shelter, no yard, no vehicle and little money. Where do you find food and water? What happens when the animal gets sick?"

"Homeless are people who still have hopes to rebound and the last thing they want to do is give up their pets."

"Most homeless shelters don't allow animals, forcing homeless pet owners to stay on the streets".

"Love my dog, he is my family."

This is a very touching and important issue: about the homeless and about their pets. What do you think about that?

 

 

 

Apara and Rosie along the banks of the Los Angeles River, photo by David Blumenkrantz

Homeless cuddling dog, photo by Kirsten Starcher

Photo by Franco Folini, taken in San Francisco, California.

Photo by Franco Folini taken in San Francisco, California.

Photo by fbuk

Photo by Lavita in Photo 

Photo taken by Carlos Silva, in Madrid.

 

Rogerio Benedito Moreira, from São Paulo, Brazil, live with seven dogs and a cat. Photo by Daia Oliver. 



 

Homeless man and friendly stray cat. Photo via Dreamstime 

 

Photo taken in some street in Brazil.

Photo via the blog "Palmares sem Dengue" (Brasil)

 

Homeless musician James meets homeless red cat Bob. Photo via Radass.

A gipsy woman with her dog in Roma, photo taken by Alessandro Zangrilli 

 

Photo taken by Ryan Remiorz, AP, via Dog Lovers Adelaide, Australia: Angels for the Homeless with Pets. 

 

Photo via blog "No Caminho" (Brasil) 
 

Photo by Sandra Cohen-Rose and Colin Rose, from Canada.

 

Good buddy... Bom companheiro...

 

Isn't he too adorable? Ele não é adorável?

FLORA

My dear Flora... She has been gone for two years, today, and we miss her so very much. Flora brought to us so much joy and friendship. She was a special and lovely friend, always loved, always remembered! Minha querida Flora... Hoje faz dois anos que ela se foi e nós sentimos muitas saudades dela. Flora nos trouxe muita alegria e amizade. Ela foi uma amiga muito querida e especial! Sempre muito amada, será para sempre lembrada!

FLORA 3 from Sonia A. Mascaro on Vimeo.

DAVID HOCKNEY'S MUSES ... AS MUSAS DE DAVID HOCKNEY...

This image comes from the book David Hockney’s Dog Days.

1995 BMW 850 CSi Art Car by David Hockney. Via.     



David Hockney driving with his beloved dog Stanley in the late 1980s.

Photographed by Ray Charles White. Via.

David Hockney introduces his two dachshunds, Stanley and Boodgie. "Horizontal Dogs 1995". Via. 

Little Stanley Sleeping 1987. Via

David Hockney is a British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer. Hockney was born in Bradford, England, on 9 July 1937, the son of Kenneth and Laura Hockney and the fourth of five children . He is based in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire and Kensington, London. Hockney maintains two residences in California, where he lived on and off for over 30 years. Hockney is an important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.

David Hockney é um pintor, artista, cenógrafo, fotógrafo e gravador britânico. Hockney nasceu em Bradford, Inglaterra, em 9 de julho de 1937, filho de Kenneth e Laura Hockney. Hockney reside em Bridlington, Yorkshire East Riding e Kensington, Londres, mas mantém duas residências na Califórnia, onde viveu durante mais de 30 anos. Hockney é um importante expoente da Pop art, movimento da década de 1960, sendo considerado um dos mais influentes artistas britânicos do século 20.


Header by David Hockney, Pearblossom Highway, 11th-18th April 1986, photographic collage, 77x112 1/2 in.

WHERE ARE THEY? ONDE ELAS ESTÃO?

Brahma and Lisa's photo taken from the top of my house's water tank. Foto de Brahma e Lisa, tirada do alto da caixa d'água de casa.
Photo by Carlos A. Mascaro.

TOGETHERNESS... JUNTINHAS...

Lisa and Brahma, mother and daughter, sharing friendly the cushion. The two dogs of my daughter were in holidays at my house.

Lisa e Brahma, mãe e filha, compartilhando amigavelmente a almofada. As duas cachorras da minha filha passaram férias aqui em casa.

Photos taken by my husband.

THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE ELEPHANT TARRA AND THE DOG BELLA... A AMIZADE DO ELEFANTE TARRA COM A CACHORRA BELLA...

This is not a newly story, but I just found it recently on the Blog of Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson , the psychoanalist and bestselling author of 9 books on the emotional life of animals. Some times ago I read his book "When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals", and I loved it.
Esta não é uma história atual, mas só agora eu a encontrei no Blog de Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, psicanalista e escritor best seller de 9 livros sobre a vida emocional dos animais. Tempos atrás eu li e gostei muito do seu livro "Quando os Elefantes Choram - A Vida Emocional dos Animais". Caso seja necessário, peço o favor de clicarem no tradutor abaixo para lerem este post.

A MOVING STORY ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO SPECIES. (Via original article: "On Elephant Sanctuary, Unlikely Friends", by Steve Hartman, from CBS News, November, 8, 2010)

"When elephants retire, many head for The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee. They arrive one by one, but they tend to live out their lives two-by-two. "Every elephant that comes here searches out someone that she then spends most all of her time with," says sanctuary co-founder Carol Buckley. Those are pachyderm-pachyderm pairs. But perhaps the closest friends of all are Tarra and Bella. That would be Tarra the 8,700 pound Asian elephant. And Bella. The dog. "Bella knows she's not an elephant. Tarra knows she's not a dog," Buckley adds. "But that's not a problem for them."
Bella is one of more than a dozen stray dogs that have found a home at the sanctuary. Most want nothing to do with the elephants and vice versa. But not this odd couple.
"When it's time to eat they both eat together. They drink together. They sleep together. They play together," Buckley says.
Tarra and Bella have been close for years -- but no one really knew how close they were until recently. A few months ago Bella suffered a spinal cord injury. She couldn't move her legs, couldn't even wag her tail. For three weeks the dog lay motionless up in the sanctuary office. And for three weeks the elephant held vigil: 2,700 acres to roam free, and Tarra just stood in the corner, beside a gate, right outside that sanctuary office.
"She just stood outside the balcony - just stood there and waited," says Buckley. "She was concerned about her friend."
Then one day, sanctuary co-founder Scott Blais carried Bella onto the balcony so she and Tarra could at least see each other. "Bella's tail started wagging. And we had no choice but bring Bella down to see Tarra," Blais says. They visited like that every day until Tarra could walk. Today, their love -- and trust -- is stronger than ever. Bella even lets Tarra pet her tummy - with the bottom of her enormous foot. They harbor no fears, no secrets, no prejudices. Just two living creatures who somehow managed to look past their immense differences.
Take good look at this couple, America. Take a good look world. If they can do it - what's our excuse?"

Elephant and Dog Best Friends - Tarra and Bella - (CBS Evening News, 2009-01-02)



Another beautiful video from the site The Elephant Sanctuary.



Tarra & Bella had some fun playing in the snow.



SAD END TO AN UNCOMMON LOVELY FRIENDSHIP...
Precious Bella has died, likely as the result of a coyote attack, in October 26, 2011, leaving Tarra to mourn the loss of her best friend. Sanctuary caretakers believe Tarra found Bella's body after the attack and carried her to the spot they often spent time together. "The idea that she couldn't leave that body and brought it back home is just heartbreaking, but so inspiring," Robert Atikinson, CEO of the Elephant Sanctuary, told Nashville's WKRN News 2.
Bella was first spotted at the Sanctuary in the fall of 2003. The Elephant Sanctuary set up a tribute page in honor of the deceased canine. Visite Bella's Tribute Page HERE and comments HERE

Tarra and Bella: Elephant loses man's best friend

FREEDOM & FUN... LIBERDADE & DIVERSÃO...

Love it! Just amazing!
Adorei! Incrível!

My dear friend Naomi, from the great blog Here in the Hills, asks me about if I know anything about this man and all his dear dogs. I was curious too, and I Google and I saw that the man is Heini Winter, (from Augsburg, Germany) a great professional dog musher and an Alpen-Trail Multi Champion, and one of the Winners of the Race 2012, as you can see Here and Here .
Minha querida amiga Naomi, do excelente blog Here in the Hills, me perguntou se eu sabia quem era esse incrível homem e seus cães. Eu fiquei curiosa também e fui ao Google e descobri que ele é Heini Winter (de Augsburg, Alemanha) um importante profissional de "Dog Sleding", que é a corrida de trenós e também um grande campeão como vocês podem ver Aqui e Aqui.

LET'S PLAY... VAMOS BRINCAR...

Enjoy this fun video. I saw it on Mel's blog: "No Dog About It Blog"
Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Divirta-se com este vídeo. Via blog da Mel: "No Dog About It Blog".
Um ótimo final de semana.

WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS... ESPERANDO PELO NATAL...

"Taking a nap." Photo took by myself of a cute and tranquil dog at a store in Avaré (ESP) ready and beautifully decorated for Christmas. "Tirando um cochilo." Foto que cliquei de um cãozinho muito fofo e tranquilo, numa loja em Avaré (ESP) pronta e lindamente decorada para o Natal.

FRIEND ... COMPANHEIRO...

All photos were taken by myself in Avaré, State of São Paulo, Brazil.