I've started back working on some artwork. Here's two of the Black and Tan Series. The first one is Parker, and the second is a dog called Sam. Both pieces are 5x5.
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Showing posts with label english cocker spaniel. Show all posts
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Looong Time Ago
I have been busy, so to speak; desperately trying to survive. I'm still working on it, but have some hope for the future at the moment. I've lost 57 pounds, amazing what happens when you can't afford to eat, isn't it? I lost Red in April to Kidney Failure. I so miss my heart dog, he was such a shooting star and I'm glad I got to bask in his fire. Love you, Red.
I've started back working on some artwork. Here's two of the Black and Tan Series. The first one is Parker, and the second is a dog called Sam. Both pieces are 5x5.
I've started back working on some artwork. Here's two of the Black and Tan Series. The first one is Parker, and the second is a dog called Sam. Both pieces are 5x5.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Parker on Marble
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Lunch Meat
My neighbor and friend looks after my dogs when I'm working. (Yeah!!! I have a job!!!!). Anyway, this is a missive she left me the other day. I love her writing and wish she would do more.
Karen:
Your sandwich meat is no longer edible. Though I did manage to salvage a bit of it.
The event happened this way:
I got the boys out for a potty break and then went into the living room to read so
they could have some out of the crate time. It was very quiet, I soon noticed. As
a parent, I learned early on that too much quiet is probably a problem. I called
Paker and he did not respond. I put down my book and went to the kitchen. He had
the package of sandwich meat in his mouth and was trying with all his effort to eat
the sandwich meat, package and all. Red was observing.
I grabbed Parker by the nape and told him to drop it. He clamped his teeth down on
the package and gulped trying to swallow it before he had to really drop it. I
reaffirmed my grasp of the nape and tried with the other hand to prize his mouth
open. The harder I pried the more clamped his teeth became. I kept prying and
telling him to drop it, but it was not very effective because by now I was
giggling and nearly wetting my pants. Red was observing.
Finally I got a little bit of the meat out of Parker's mouth and it dropped to the
floor. Red ceased observing at this point and lunged for the scrap of meat. Parker
let go the package and lunged for the scrap, too. By then there were several scraps
of the meat on the floor and both boys were sucking the scraps up as fast as they
could.
When the scraps were all eaten and what remained of the package of sandwich meat was
put out of harm's way. Red walked regally over to his crate and got in. Parker
looked around for more scraps and then looked around for what was left of the
package. I assured him that (1) there was no more sandwich meat for him and (2) I
was definitely telling on him. During this conversation, Red was observing from his
crate. His halo firmly in place.
Parker cruised the counter top a bit longer --- hopefully, no doubt --- I told him
to leave it and he came into the living room and lay down on the skins and went to
sleep. Obviously tired after that struggle.
At any rate you have no more lunch meat, unless you are into eating the shards.
Karen:
Your sandwich meat is no longer edible. Though I did manage to salvage a bit of it.
The event happened this way:
I got the boys out for a potty break and then went into the living room to read so
they could have some out of the crate time. It was very quiet, I soon noticed. As
a parent, I learned early on that too much quiet is probably a problem. I called
Paker and he did not respond. I put down my book and went to the kitchen. He had
the package of sandwich meat in his mouth and was trying with all his effort to eat
the sandwich meat, package and all. Red was observing.
I grabbed Parker by the nape and told him to drop it. He clamped his teeth down on
the package and gulped trying to swallow it before he had to really drop it. I
reaffirmed my grasp of the nape and tried with the other hand to prize his mouth
open. The harder I pried the more clamped his teeth became. I kept prying and
telling him to drop it, but it was not very effective because by now I was
giggling and nearly wetting my pants. Red was observing.
Finally I got a little bit of the meat out of Parker's mouth and it dropped to the
floor. Red ceased observing at this point and lunged for the scrap of meat. Parker
let go the package and lunged for the scrap, too. By then there were several scraps
of the meat on the floor and both boys were sucking the scraps up as fast as they
could.
When the scraps were all eaten and what remained of the package of sandwich meat was
put out of harm's way. Red walked regally over to his crate and got in. Parker
looked around for more scraps and then looked around for what was left of the
package. I assured him that (1) there was no more sandwich meat for him and (2) I
was definitely telling on him. During this conversation, Red was observing from his
crate. His halo firmly in place.
Parker cruised the counter top a bit longer --- hopefully, no doubt --- I told him
to leave it and he came into the living room and lay down on the skins and went to
sleep. Obviously tired after that struggle.
At any rate you have no more lunch meat, unless you are into eating the shards.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Another White Board
This board is near and dear to my heart. It's of Red, aka Merrydown Mr. Persistence, CD, CGC, my current heart dog. I was thrilled on the 20th because he was 12 years old and I thought, cancer free. I took him in today and his cancer has come back. It also looks like it has metastasized to his lungs. He's doing fine at the moment and the vet says he can do lazer surgery to get the bulk of the tumor burned off. I'm opting for pallative care. I didn't know this when I started the picture, was just doing a batch for boutique for the National, guess I have to start over because I don't know if this picture will leave me. It's only a 5x5, done on white ampersand claybord using derwent Inktense colored pencils, graphitint pencils and watercolor pencils.
Karen
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