©Megan van der Elst
I have fallen in love with a fancy rodent.
This is Booboo, an American crested blond guinea pig who has the good fortune to live in the Netherlands with very talented young photographer Megan van der Elst. At only 23 (the photographer, not the guinea pig. She’s 2.), van der Elst has already got a terrific eye for fanciful animal and still life photography.
I never would have believed I’d be posting pictures of guinea pigs on my blog, but here they are, and they’re not out of place. This is a seriously cute animal. The photographer describes her pet as lazy, and says if you put her in one place, she’ll stay there until you move her (or she gets hungry). No wonder I feel such a kinship with this creature. It’s like we’re twins.
Booboo and her friends have their own Instagram account, which is not to be missed. There is also a website and a great DeviantArt site, so go have a look!
©Megan van der Elst
©Megan van der Elst
©Megan van der Elst
©Megan van der Elst
©Megan van der Elst
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July 8, 2014 at 9:41 am
So sweet!
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July 8, 2014 at 9:53 am
I agree! Almost makes me want one. Almost.
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July 8, 2014 at 10:46 am
this is beyond adorable!
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July 8, 2014 at 11:17 am
I’m right there with you. Thanks for the visit!
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July 8, 2014 at 11:34 am
Ohhhhhhh – isn’t she darling!!!
I love Guinea Pigs and up till 5 years ago I kept them. I loved how they ‘talked’ to me. They lived in a hutch just outside the kitchen window), and they recognised the sound of the fridge door opening – which made them squeak loudly, and if I was chopping something on the chopping board they’d go mental with excitement. Pigs was the correct name for Mavis and Tulip -because PIGGIES is exactly what they were!
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July 8, 2014 at 11:43 am
I’m with you, almost makes me want one.
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July 8, 2014 at 1:09 pm
She is beautiful and adorable and excellent shots. I have three guinea piggies compliments of my grand children who got them and could”t keep them.
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July 8, 2014 at 4:04 pm
How funny! You’d better hope they don’t go in for anything bigger next.
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July 8, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Oh boy i hope not too cause it is not coming here to my little apt.
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July 8, 2014 at 1:26 pm
OMG. I don’t know whether to hug this rose-crested being or serve tea in it!
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July 8, 2014 at 4:04 pm
Favorite comment ever.
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July 8, 2014 at 6:20 pm
So cute!
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July 9, 2014 at 5:35 am
I’ve had GP’s for about 20 years…I just love their little -wheeeek!- 🙂 And I love her pics of them…my Pinterest is full of them.
It’s funny that I found this post because you followed me after reading my post about my newest guinea pigs and I read your About Page and then picked a category at random (NaBloPoMo….I still don’t know what that means!) and this is the first post that showed up. I don’t really WordPress much anymore now that I have another blog on Blogger, but thanks for the follow and the uplifting posts.
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July 9, 2014 at 8:45 am
NaBloPoMo is National Blog Post Month. It’s the tag you use when you’re posting every day for a period of time. Since I haven’t missed a day since I started in February, I thought it seemed appropriate.
I found your post because my post got me interested in guinea pigs, so I went looking for other posts about them! Very glad you stopped by.
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July 9, 2014 at 11:34 am
Ohhhh! Thanks for the info. I hadn’t seen that. Congrats 🙂
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July 9, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Thanks! It’s nice to have one’s compulsions turned into something productive for a change.
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July 11, 2014 at 11:28 am
I’m still thinking about guinea pigs. Bad timing, I think I’m going to be fostering a cat for a few months.
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July 11, 2014 at 11:50 am
Agreed on the timing. Too tempting for a cat.
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