Cute Alert: Puppy Peeing on Keyboard!

File that under: Awwwwwwwwww!!!!!

Brazilian Manger Scene

The population of the Brazilian city of Criciuma, in Santa Catarina, wakes up to find an unique Nativity set display in one of their main squares.

How cute is that?

Where In The World Is Pumpkin Man?

Many apologies for my recent disappearance from the blog but I've been occupied with unrelated issues and haven't had the time to tend to my little Pumpkin baby. To write on the blog also requires inspiration and I haven't had much of that lately and to post stuff just to do it - without real passion - I'd rather not. Worry not because I am not going through any personal crisis or anything like that - no suicidal tendencies here, thank God - just chilling...and rolling with my homies. I will be returning slowly to posting very soon, OK? Hugs & kisses!! PM

Florida's Pet & Eat

Am I the only one that finds this quite "amusing" (read: fucked up) that KFC actually sponsors "Poutry Tents" - a kind of petting zoo for farm birds like chickens, ducks and turkeys? Isn't KFC on Peta's "most wanted list" for cruelty to animals? I took these shots at a fair-type event a few weeks ago btw.

Then you walk a few feet away and come across a stall selling - what else - but giant turkey drumsticks!?

Oh, how cute! Racing pigs!! I love those cuddly chubby racing piglets!!

Oh, wait a minute! You can eat them too!

Pikachu Times two

Ooh, that's a creepy-cute real-life Pikachu! I think I want one too!!

Walking Dog Balloons

I just love these Walking Dog Balloons! They are such a cool and exciting idea and will be a hit with both kids and adults - sure to bring a smile to the face! They come in three heart warming varieties – an adorable pug, a darling dachshund and a remarkable retriever. A virtual pet for every household that definitely doesn't need feeding and is extremely well house trained! The magic of the Dog Balloons is their ability to walk. They have been balanced perfectly so that when filled with helium they float just above the ground with their little feet dangling to the floor. When you gently walk with them, pulling the lead, their little legs and feet appear to walk giving a super fun, realistic K9 look. The balloons will come out to you flat - all you need to do is take them to a shop that sells Helium gas and they will fill them up for a small fee - Party shops, florists, toy shops - you get the idea. Each balloon can be refilled up to a maximum of 3 times. They are £5.95 each and available here.

Cute Alert: Mocha The Hamster Eats Broccoli!

Mocha is on cute baby hamster who is having a ball eating his first broccoli stalk. He convulses in joy as he chows down that yummy little floret. I bet this will cheer up your day!


Via OMG Blog

Cute Alert: Hera - Feels So Good

Icelandic singer/songwriter HERA has been living in New Zealand for about 10 years while cultivating and carving out a very successful career in her native land on the opposite side of the world. In this adorable video Hera sings "Feels So Good" and as she told me herself in an e-mail "All things that feel so good but may be slightly wrong ;)". She is covered in puppy dogs and with this delicious Sphinx named Brian and that's enough reason to love her already! To know more about Hera visit her My Space page or go to Herasings.com.

Miscellaneous Orphan Images

This is just a dyslexic batch of miscellaneous images that I keep collecting online and never quite seem to find the right post to publish them. They just keeping clogging my computer and after looking at them for weeks & weeks in a row it's time to unload them in this ADD format. I tend to be very attracted to certain images and save them as I browse the web for future blog features. I like tongue-in-cheek humour, saturated colors, cute stuff, nostalgia, etc. Feel free to e-mail me images that you think I would like to post here at the blog!

Dog Torture

You have to agree that whenever you see a dog-dressed-in-human-like-clothing you get that "How cuuuuuute..." blending into a "How saaaaaaaaad..." feeling. Paris Hilton comes to mind as one of those top offenders, torturing her poor Tinklebell into wearing little dog shoes with some matching pink outfit. I guarantee that dogs hate wearing shoes. I'll forgive owners that do it to save their pooch's tender paws from the hazards of city living (broken glass, snow salt, etc) but otherwise dogs don't care about fashion too much. My beloved Booboo was dressed once for Halloween but I could tell that he hated it all the way through, specially his antenna head gear.

I took the images above at the Palm Beach Pet Parade last week, hosted by no one other than Snoopy himself. Snoopy was only a hit with the human attendees as the canine kind did not spare him from many barks and growls, as they looked terrified by that 5'9" giant dog costume.

Easter Bunnies

Easter is tomorrow so to help you get in the holiday spirit I share a couple of cute bunnies and peeps images with you. Chocolate is actually good for you and is suppose to work as an anti-depressant as well, FYI. The tough part is to find real chocolate Easter eggs around where I live, you know the large hollow kind that is filled with goodies. When I lived in Boston I had to drive out of the city and go to a Brazilian market to buy them or go to the North End, the Italian neighborhood, as they are traditional in Europe too. Here all I find is the really cheap kind that tastes more like play-doh than chocolate and to eat bad calorie-filled junk food I'd rather wait for the real thing.

Cute Alert: Pug In Furs

Nothing like a cute pug photo to cheer up my day. This image is from the 2008 Palm Beach Pet Parade, that I did attend, though I did not take the photo above. I was there with my camera but couldn't wait until the small breeds came out as I was on a tight schedule that day. I'll post some miscellaneous images here soon, I promise.

Cute Alert: Hairless Kitten

I just love this image of this adorable hairless Sphynx kitten! It definitely would help on the vacuum-cleaning department... It is a bit odd when caressing a hairless pet (insert dirty pun here) because it feels eerily like human skin. Those Chinese Crested dogs feel just like that. But isn't this kitty just squeezable?

Florida Store Fronts

I just love these two store signs I spotted the other day while driving around here in South Florida. There is a certain naive charm in these hand painted designs, specially the "Afro-American" couple adorning a hair salon's door above and the cute poodle on this pet beauty shop's sign. The pet salon also had this shaggy dog statue by the front door, but it looks to me that it has seen better days. If you owned a pet "beauty" shop, wouldn't you make sure that your store mascot would look its best always?

Florida Flamingos

I finally got to see some real flamingos here in Florida, though it was at the zoo and not quite out in the wild as I had hoped. I keep seeing all these tacky touristy souvenirs with images of pink flamingos and I wonder where the hell are these birds ?!

I went to the gorgeous Palm Beach Zoo this past Sunday and was awed by the beautiful surroundings of the park, but more on that on another post. I took some pictures of the flamingo enclosure there, though I am not sure whether they are captive or not as it was an wide open area surrounded by a moat. It was a nice & sunny winter day here in Florida and a perfect day to be outside near nature. The funny thing was that three days later we had a tornado watch and a twister apparently went through some area of Fort Lauderdale.

Cute Alert: Pug Puppy & Big Bone

Nothing like a cute pug puppy picture to cheer up my day!

I guess that like most dogs pugs seem to only think about food. My beloved Booboo is always on the look out for his next meal, patiently waiting by the dinner table for some falling food debris, following anyone who walks into the kitchen and very alert to the sounds of pots, pans and the can opener. The only food that he is not crazy about is his own dog food, that unless laced with a morsel of cheese or a sliver of ham will sit there untouched all day. Gotta love that Booboo!

Cute & Creepy Bunnies

Oh, how CUTE!!!!!!!!

Oh, how CREEPY!!!! Would you ever let your kid sit on that bunny's lap?

Plastic Animals

A small selection of some faux animals I've come across in the past few weeks. Since I was a kid I've been fascinated with mascots, statuary or anything fake that resembles animals or people, hence my toy collection. I do like when they try to be realistic looking but sometimes the faker they look the better they become.

I tend to carry my camera wherever I go as one never know when that one-of-a-kind moment will pop your way. Maybe I'll run into a celebrity or I'll be able to catch a news-worthy incident, but usually it's just pictures of kitschy colorful stuff. I have a small Sony digital camera that is just the right size (and weight) to keep in your pant pockets and not be a burden. I prefer cargo pockets if I know I'll be walking around a lot or I'll carry a man-purse when I go to work.