Biff move over!
This weekend I met Buster.
And it was a coup de foudre/instant love (at least on my part). Buster is a rescue dog and gawd knows what breeds made him, but he is noble and reminds me of hunting dogs of yore...
Surely Buster could have posed for Velasquez.
His bearing is regal.
And he looks like he could easily fit into any good French chasse/hunt.
Have you been to the ever playful Musee de la Chasse et de Nature, a too well kept secret on 26, rue des Archives 75004. Just recently renovated. You can visit free on Wednesday evenings.
They have a special room as an homage to hunting dogs with a few contemporary pups thrown in. Note the porcelain Westie on the left.
A cousine of Buster's?
Of course Buster would never steal shoes like some dogs (Biff has a penchant for shoes and hats ahem).
Buster, noble lad keeps his natural, organic stick at the ready next to his leopard poof.
There are dog's poof paintings at the musee. Who knew?
By the indication of a charming thistle neither dog nor man is welcome to sit down on this dog-embroidered chaise dans le musee.
You can take all the photos you want at Musee de la Chasse. The guard showed me this witty trompe l'oeil/fool the eye painted mouse lurking in a corner.
Here's a bit of information author Karen Wheeler, Biff's owner passed on while driving in the countryside. I assumed the gorgeous landscape was due to astute French sense of aesthetics, with its stratigically placed perfect clumps of trees breaking the monotony and making a landscape artist's heart beat faster.
Not at all the case!
The French government pays farmers annually to maintain these green hedgerows so local wildlife (boar, venison etc.) can live here and provide a source of food a table.
If only New Jersey with it's surfeit of deer and bears roaming people's back yards would take heed...Hmmm
The French dog fetching merely a glove/gant on rue du Bac. Looks a bit like darling Buster non? Buster has his own blog,
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