Do not adjust your monitor

No need to mess with your computer--you are seeing that correctly. It's a painting of a cat (and bunny, mouse and dogs if you want the whole shebang).

Above the fireplace.

At my parents house.

Here's another look. And no, my parents did not buy the house "as is". They had that done. It's of their animals. Well, it's of their living dogs--and the cat died two years ago. And? They've had the cat repainted four times. Because it doesn't capture his "essence".

Oh, and just so you can see how out of place this really is in my parents home, here's their backyard:


And their pool:

And their 20 feet ceiling with out of this world chandeliers (which I'm laying claim to when they sell the house--or when they have to go into a nursing home--whichever comes first.... I kid, I kid...sorta) (but seriously, to.die.for):

Did you forget what the mural looked like?

Didn't think so.

Oh my gosh! I walked into my parents newly finished gorgeous "California Colonial" (confession: I have no idea what that means, but, I assume it means "semi Tuscan design with a lot of material from Cuba") home and see that. No mirror or framed giant painting above the fireplace.

Nope. A mural of their family pets. Don't get me wrong, my pets are my kids--but, but, but! I'm not having them permanently memorialized over my fireplace in the form of an on the wall mural.

Just sayin'.