We’ve been having some pet misalignment. Luckily, we are just visiting.
The eyes have it.
Hers:
brand new,
fearless,
easily amused,
I-am-here-now-deal.
His, as he looks at me:
“Tell me she is not going home with us.
Did you see?
She doesn’t stop.
She doesn’t sleep.
She knows no fear.
She will attack me
when you least expect it
and that will be the end of me
and you will all cry at my funeral.
Little black fluffball, sure!
With devil’s eyes!”
And then it’s dinner time.
Steaks, almost from the picture.
He reminds us
he is not willing to share the leftovers,
not because he is “the only child”
but because he is a beast
and she is clearly old enough to eat meat.
Who has the devil’s eyes now?
Here is a selection of eyes that I have to deal with. In other news, Rome is hot and on the brink of a new garbage crisis. The last one was around Christmas when it was cold. Imagine full, rotting garbage containers now.
Hard to believe he was once as innocent. (2013) A Slovenian butterfly with make-believe eyes. Canadian goose (correct?) far from home, in Slovenia. A Piran seagull. There are others. Eyes to see you better. Like this. In Porta gialla, Borgo Carige, for Tuscan Oktoberfest. Mr. Very Oldman. (His words.) Or is it Dustin Hoffman from “Hook”? This year’s Carnival in Orbetello. She depicts social media: beautiful on the outside, ugly on the inside. The Oracle, by Niki de Saint Phalle, Giardino dei tarocchi. She might be blind but her snakes can see. Also there. The Hierophant, Card No. V. Here the buildings have not only eyes but the third eye too. By Blu. Via delle Conce, Ostiense, Rome. Villa Pamphili park, Rome. By Maksim Azarkevič. Rog, Ljubljana, Slovenia. January 2017. By My Dog Sighs. Trastevere, Rome. He nailed the Italian eye. Also in Trastevere, by Dhoroni. She has suuuuch sad eyes. I should return during the day. Just in from Split, Croatia. She caught father’s eye. Photo: BM. One from the naked Barbie in the garden. Her eyes are merely painted! At least the dolls I played with had balls in there. I scared this one. One zoomed in from the roof. I wanted to see how bestia looks when he doesn’t see me. He still does. This is an old photo, but the little one looks just like the present menace, if you ask dog. I’ve posted this one before but this is what I have to deal with. Two beasts. And I only have one eye. In Piran.
In response to Patrick Jennings’ Pic and a Word Challenge #192: Eyes
Wonderful animals, a few creepy buildings and things, but it all looks like fun.
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Thanks, Dan. Fun is never far from me. 🙂 But I feared for the little cat, though. Bestia is not called bestia for nothing.
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I think I like pretzel eye best!
Poor doggo, suffering black fluffball, Sadie lives with three kitties, so poor doggo her, too.
Not Canadian Goose. At least, not like here. Our Canadian geese have skinny necks and beady eyes and run off all the other geese and ducks. Sigh. I’ll see if I can’t send you pictures.
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Thanks, Joey. Indeed, it’s a different bestia. Certainly not common around here, so I supposed it was Canadian. 😀 It’s also huge! The dog is not as poor as he is protective of his food and that’s scary. I’ll have to be extra careful to keep them separated at meal times.
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Lovely. Loved that building with eyes.
Tuscan Oktoberfest? What am I missing?
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Thanks, Bojana. This is one long building, full of windows for eyes. Well, in this pub near us every year they celebrate Oktoberfest and prepare Tuscan variety of Bavarian food. 😀
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Cool. Seems like fun.
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What a selection! 😆
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Hihih, right, SMSW? Quite artistic. 😀 Thanks!
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Always plenty of good eyes in street art, especially My Dog Sighs.
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Oh yes, he is the master. Thank you, Scooj.
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The eyes have it! Such lovely street art in the places you go. Have you read the article about how dogs have learned to give their owners “puppy dog eyes”?
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Thank you, Irma. I don’t know which article you mean but I remember reading a while ago how pups hypnotise their mothers with their stare immediately so that she does what they wish. 😀
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Lol! That sounds like what all baby animals due to their moms! Here is the article: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/06/dogs-eyebrows-humans-communication/
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Thanks! How interesting, was never thinking of the importance of the eyebrows but I have noticed my dog doing it.
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Yes – it’s all in the eyebrows. Dogs are a master of that look!
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The goose is a graylag goose. Joey is right, it is not a Canada goose. Here’s a link so you can see what they look like.
https://www.thoughtco.com/canada-goose-bird-facts-4584329
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Thank you, Carol. Quite stylish. 🙂 For a graylag goose I have never heard. Thanks for the info!
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wonderful, as always.
I love the Oracle, of course. (K)
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Thank you, K. 🙂 If you are ever remotely in these parts, the Tarot Garden is the way to go.
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It looks delightful!
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Great street art eyes 🙂
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Thank you, Bushboy. I first read it as “green street art eyes” and went back to see which green you mean. 😀
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😀 😀 😀
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