October 2024 blog

An Art Show, 
Howling Talent Animal Day,
and
Best of Long Island

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It's been one year since the launch of our Howling Talent Website, Art Exhibit, and Podcast. We launched it on Dagger's Birthday October 6th last year with a "Howling Talent Animal Day" as a kick-off.  Since its launch, we've exhibited a group of very talented animals and released 23 episodes of our Howling Talent Podcast. We have so many exciting things planned for the coming year. The first is an Art Exhibit of some pretty remarkable animal artists that have never been seen before on our website (www.HowlingTalent.com). And Guess What? One of these talented animals is my new little artist, Picasso. When I think about what we've achieved in Dagger's continued legacy it brings tears to my eyes and a song in my heart all at the same time. It's a paradox of sorts...It's sad that Dagger is no longer with me, that brings tears to my eyes. But joyful that all of this has happened in our lives since...thanks to him. In addition, I couldn't have done any of this without Anna Roy's expertise. Anna is my co-host, creator of the website, and the producer of the show and podcast. Anna lives in Cyprus and we've become fast close friends...even though we live a world apart.

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Dagger's spirit and presence in my life has helped bring me to where I am today. Which heralds another milestone in my life...A competition for the Best of Long Island.

​Year after year Dagger "DogVinci" won The Best of Long Island (BOLI) in the Best Artist/Painter Category. The amazing thing was that he won over human artists. In fact, as an artist myself, I was always nominated, but never won. When the BOLI folks decided too move him to the Most Talented Pet Category...He won that too!! 
Thanks to all of Dagger’s fans and followers Dagger won 5 awards over the years!! We learned of Dagger’s last win the week he passed in 2023. It was a very wonderful gift, one of many treasured gifts that Dagger left with us. 
This year I received an email from the folks at The Best of L.I.  They wanted to know if I wanted to nominate Picasso and Barney in the Pet Category’s Talented Pet area. We applied and recently learned that our nomination was accepted. On October 1st the voting begins. Once again, I ask you to please vote everyday until December 15th. We are super excited about this nomination. This year is quite different though. There are two pets being voted on now, Picasso and Barney. They’re nomination is in the same Pets category under the Talented Pet subcategory as Dagger. However, this entire process is rather bittersweet to me.  I know that Dagger had a great deal to do with blessing us with Barney and Picasso and I’m so grateful for that. I feel Dagger's spirit with me every day.  I am confident that he’s here with Picasso, Barney, and me as we continue to work as a creative team. Picasso and Barney deserve this nomination. With Picasso painting and Barney as his muse, they make a wonderful team. Picasso is doing splendidly with his painting and Barney is a great little muse. Me? Well, I'm just the  instrument used to make all of this happen. Picasso and Barney are the stars!! 
Therefore, I ask you all to vote for them each and every day until December 15th 2024.  Click HERE to VOTE once a day from October 1st until December 15th. 

So, you see, there's tons going on this month.
Picasso and Barney are doing a great job being great!!
Please take a moment everyday to vote for them for the BOLI,
​enjoy the Art Exhibition and our Podcasts on the Howling Talent website! 
Thanks so much!!
Happy Halloween!
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Be Safe!!
​Happy Tales to you!
xoxo
Yvonne