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If you are not already following, Happiness Is. on Instagram, you should be!

Their content is not exclusively cats and/or gardens, but they share many cartoons that do feature one or both of those topics -- plus lots more that we can all related to.

Find them at:  https://www.instagram.com/the.official.happiness.is/

The Garden Cats of Luis Wain

You may have seen the recent movie, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. It is a biographical film starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the British artist Louis Wain (1860-1939). Wain led an eccentric life (to say the least), but left a legacy of cat art that is collected today with great interest and fervor. His anthropomorphized cats reflect our human nature and foibles back at us. His cat is vibrant and unique. I've chosen a few of us pieces that combine cats and gardens or plants for you to enjoy here.

If you haven't seen the film yet, I highly recommend it. Their are both beautiful gardens and a charming cat named Peter. The story does take some liberties for the sake of dramatic effect, but in general is faithful to the facts and is quite moving in the end.

This one is "Cats Destroying a Garden"
 - perhaps they are actually haplessly trying to garden?

This one is "Cats Busy Working in the Garden" and the cats seem much better skilled.
Although I am not sure what the one with the slingshot on the hedge is doing. It is for sale at:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232427741828?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28

These pieces below are from the latter part of his art career and show his obsession with electricity. You can see the energy fairly leaping off the images from both the colorful flowers and the feline subjects.

There are many, many more cats in garden portraits by Luis Wain.
I urge you to google a few and enjoy then along with a nice cup of Early Gray tea.

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This cartoon by @natalyalobanova on Instagram says it all:

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp5lx1kHpNH/?utm_source=ig_web_options_share_sheet

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Alexei Talimonov

 a cartoonist from the United Kingdom posted this cats in garden humor to his online gallery and I knew I had to share it with you all.

According to his bio on Youtube, "Ukrainian born Alexei Talimonov is a successful and award-winning cartoonist and illustrator. He is a member of The Cartoonists Club of Great Britain and the FECO. Alexei has exhibited his works worldwide. His cartoons have been published in newspapers and magazines since 1978. Four books of his cartoons were published in Russia, Ukraine and UK. Also Alexei has illustrated several books. More then 5,000 of his drawings have been published in various newspapers and magazines in the UK, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, Iran, China and other countries. Amongst the British periodicals publishing his works are The Lancet, New Statesman, The Oldie, The Spectator, Prospect, Ethical Consumer Magazine, Writers Forum, Music Teacher and others."