Little dog "Lost"

Every now and then when I'm thrift shopping for ceramics, porcelain and glass etc. I stumble across a picture that I just can't resist. This was one of those. Call it kitschy, I don't care. The expression on this little puppy triggered my rescue gene.

The picture looks like an etching, it's got an English title, "Lost", but I can't make out the signature (click on image for larger version). My guess is that it's from the first half of the 1900's, but I'm no art expert. If you are, or if you're able to interpret the signature, please leave a comment. If you're not an art expert you're welcome to leave a comment anyway :-)

I also found a painting on the same shopping trip. Stay tuned.

Friday dogs

If you like vintage photos and you like dogs, chances are you will also like this book, 'Dogs' by Phaidon. There are some great-looking people in it too.




For more images, look here.

Wishing you all a nice weekend.

Puppy playtime

Kurt and his dog cousin Xavier met for the first time yesterday. Kurt was neutred two days earlier, but this didn't stop him from throwing his weight around with the little dachshund, only 12 weeks old. They had the best time, beating each other up for hours.

Ready, steady, GO!


Long snout = great target.


A short water break


..and here we go again.


Even very energetic puppies must sleep at some point.