Puss and Boots

I took this picture at the York Castle Museum. Great place to visit by the way, it is like walking through a different time. And there was this stuffed cat in a Victorian shoemaker shop. I am a cat lover and taxidermy fascinates me. I found this sight both beautiful, with the feline with fiery fur, yet sad, as it was now a dead feline. it only struck me recently that it might have been there as an obscure reference to Puss in Boots. Although such a cat must have been useful in many shop like this one in the past, if only to chase away mice and other rodents. The way he was put on display, he looked very much alive, a nonchalant cats at home.

Le chat botté

Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais j'aime bien cette chanson de Thomas Fersen (artiste que je connais très peu d'ailleurs). Elle jouait souvent dans les bars du Plateau Mont-Royal. Cela dit, Thomas Fersen sera toujours pour moi l'interprète de la version de la chanson Bella Ciao qui figurait dans Un crabe dans la tête.