A hundred years before the era of cat videos gone viral on the internet, this is what people shared.

Love. It’s hard to explain. But you know it when you see it.

This photo and more are available in my book, Vintage Dog Photographs: 30 Postcards.

I’d like to have more readers for my blog. I’ve been thinking about what it is that I can do to make it more popular. What’s missing? What makes other blogs wildly popular?

Cats, of course. Here at HenCam I don’t have any cats. Cats are the one animal that I (admit to) being allergic to. A cat walks past me and my eyes swell up. Total bummer.

I do, however, have cats in my collection of vintage photographs of animals and their people. Here’s one:

Look at the girl with her striped socks and high, many-buttoned boots (can we bring back that look?)

Let’s zoom in.

The bow! (We don’t have to bring that look back.)

I love this hefty cat. I’ve no doubt that that kitty was both a friend and a good mouser. Alas, such a solid, sensible animal isn’t about to be an internet sensation. Even if it does have the best ever long white spiky whiskers. But, a cat like this one is cute enough for me. In fact, I prefer that determined expression of I have better things to do than to be adorable. Let’s at it!

Do you have a cat? More than one? Who out there is a cat person? Let me know in the comments.

That pony’s expression, pert ears and squared stance tells the whole story. It’s playtime, but she’ll take care of her charge.

I have a feeling that the photograph was taken right about now, in mid-March. Shedding season! No doubt the children will be covered in horse hair when done. I’m off to the stable later on this sunny day, and I know what I’ll look like when I’m finished grooming Tonka!

It’s a blue-skied, sunny and almost warm day today, but winter isn’t over yet. Snow, sleet and freezing rain is predicted for later in the week. Sigh.

This photo, and more vintage dog images, are found in Vintage Dog Photographs: 30 Postcards, available in the HenCam store.