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Dog Day: The Girls Meet M.C. Escher

by Ricki Heller 34 Comments

[ONE LAST REMINDER: THE MAPLE SYRUP AND LAYER CAKE GIVEAWAY CONTEST ENDS TOMORROW!  IF YOU HAVEN’T YET, BE SURE TO LEAVE A COMMENT TO ENTER–MORE DETAILS ON THIS POST.]

Years ago, a friend at university introduced me to the massive tome Godel, Escher, Bach.  I was fascinated by the concept of discernible patterns that spanned mathematics, art, and music and began to read with great zeal.  Well, sorry to say, the book was way beyond my comprehension level at the time (and probably still today).  It did, however, introduce to me the visual acrobatics of MC Escher.  You’re likely familiar with some of his incredible optical illusions as well (if not, just click here to see the gallery).

Well, the HH and I have always said that our Girls are incredibly smart (doesn’t every parent feel that way?), but lately, they’ve been communicating their superior intelligence in tangible ways–by providing living illustrations of Escher’s work. 

Here are just a couple of the parallels and mirror images that manifested themselves over the course of a few days:

Exhibit A: The Girls seem to be suspended in a self-perpetuating doggie slumber. . . or are those, perhaps, two big hand-like dogs, drawing each other? 

 girlsmcescher

Exhibit B: And then, just moments later, they’ve flipped to yet another position. . . are there really two dogs here, or just the mirror image of one?

girlsinoffice

Exhibit C: Is it a dog’s face, partly obscured? Or is that patch of light playing with our perception? 

chaserinlight

“Whoah, Mum, that’s pretty deep.  Like, psychedelic, man. Are you sure you’re not a hippie?”

elsiestunned

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Filed Under: dogs, silly, Uncategorized Tagged: dogs, funny, humor, MC Escher, silly

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  1. VeggieGirl says

    March 30, 2009 at 8:21 am

    LOVE THE GIRLS!!!!!!

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  2. Pearl says

    March 30, 2009 at 9:14 am

    oh SO adorable! i would never be able to resist those eyes!

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  3. Virginia says

    March 30, 2009 at 9:25 am

    awww, your doggies are adorable! love those eyes!

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  4. Shellyfish says

    March 30, 2009 at 9:29 am

    I’m thinking you might just be a hippy dippy! Whenever the girls are special guest starring in your posts Guppy is one happy kiddo! They are so sweet – do they have any little puppy cousins who could fly over and live with us?

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  5. ttfn300 says

    March 30, 2009 at 10:29 am

    hehe, very cute 🙂

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  6. Chocolate Covered Katie says

    March 30, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Those eyes could melt a heart of stone.

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  7. Andrea says

    March 30, 2009 at 11:26 am

    The Girls must be REALLY smart if they can create such complex patterns while asleep. What amazing feats they must be capable of while awake! You go Girls.

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  8. Linda says

    March 30, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    It’s like doggy tetris! Just seeing those girls makes me what to give them a big hug.

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  9. Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good? says

    March 30, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Aw, sweet. I love when my cats are cuddled up sleeping together. But they’re no Escher 🙂

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  10. Hayley says

    March 30, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    Too cute!

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  11. Making Love In The Kitchen says

    March 30, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    Your girls lead such a sweet charmed life!

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  12. Vegyogini says

    March 30, 2009 at 7:07 pm

    Hahahahaha!

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  13. Heather says

    March 30, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    i love puppy faces more than anything! they’re so adorable 🙂

    Reply
  14. Sarah C. says

    March 30, 2009 at 9:33 pm

    I had a tasty bowl for dinner, inspired by your post a while back. I made the tahini-miso sauce: YUM! Thanks!

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  15. Claire says

    March 30, 2009 at 10:47 pm

    My daughter had to read that book in high school, if you can believe it!!! She referred to it as the “dense, confusing book;” nevertheless, she kept trying to tell us what she learned. Good for you for taking a stab at it! And those maple desserts look marvelous!

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  16. Vegetation says

    March 31, 2009 at 12:13 am

    Such intelligent girls. And beautiful as well! What more could you ask for other than beauty AND brains?!?!

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  17. Lisa (Show Me Vegan) says

    March 31, 2009 at 7:50 am

    Cuteness! They look like good buddies.

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  18. Ashley says

    March 31, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Haha great post! 😉

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  19. Claire says

    March 31, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    you have the cutest dogs ever, keep the pics coming!

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  20. giz says

    March 31, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    The total epitome of “it’s a dog’s life”. I love the pictures – too cute.

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  21. Cheryl says

    March 31, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    so cute. our cats are enjoying the coming of summer, too. They manage to park their tushes in every warm spot!

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  22. Cate O'Malley says

    March 31, 2009 at 9:47 pm

    Sometimes I wonder who has a rougher life … the dogs or the kids.

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  23. Alisa says

    April 1, 2009 at 12:07 am

    Too cute!

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  24. celine says

    April 1, 2009 at 4:35 am

    you’re the second (amazing) food blog-master to wow me with perfectly adorable companion animal pictures. I can’t take it anymore. (more, more!)

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  25. Christy says

    April 1, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Holy moly those are some beautiful dogs. 🙂 I have two cats that sleep all day so I can understand that dogs would probably just lay around and chill all the time too.

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  26. Hannah says

    April 1, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    Aww, too cute…! 🙂

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  27. Marie says

    April 1, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    What sweet, clever girls! I only have one boy baby – and he hasn’t shown any artistic skills. Just a champion napper, though.

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  28. River (Wing-it Vegan) says

    April 1, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    A puppy post! Superior intelligence indeed. If they ever start providing living illustrations of painters, they should start with “The Scream”. Can you picture their little paws on their jaws and the freaked out look on their faces? 😀

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  29. Still Life in South America says

    April 1, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    How can one resist those sweet, golden eyes? They just make me melt.

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  30. Astra Libris says

    April 2, 2009 at 12:45 am

    The girls are so adorable, and SO incredibly beautiful!!! This post absolutely made my day!! 🙂

    Also, my jar of maple syrup is now calling to me, because your cupcakes look absolutely heavenly!!

    Reply
  31. Maggie says

    April 2, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Aww! I love the girls. Our two dogs don’t sleep together much. The one is a big sleep squirrel chaser.

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  32. Liz says

    April 2, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Hahaha! I knew they were brilliant. I just want to smooch those pups! Too cute.

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  33. Nina says

    April 12, 2009 at 1:01 am

    Just now getting around to checking out your new blogspace and I just broke out laughing with your captions!(scared the heck out of the two cats hanging out with me!! Very CLEVER DOGS, taking on Escher(and a tres witty Dog-mom as well!) WHO KNEW??
    Rikki,Keep up the great work on the website, and GOOD LUCK with your almost-ready-for-print COOKBOOK! I trust it’ll be available here in the lower 48 also?!?!?

    Nina

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  34. Meg Wolff says

    April 13, 2009 at 10:41 am

    Ricki,
    I love your superb M.C. Escher dog photos!

    Reply

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