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Wordless Wednesday: watched
Two black dogs
Our little old man’s favourite place
Our little man is slowing down, at 10 years of age Bundy is content to relax in his favourite spots for a large portion of the day. The list of favourite spots now includes our three seater sofa, thankfully it is covered by a throw rug to maintain a decent level of cleanliness. Recently Bundy suffered an ear infection and sadly he has experienced a loss of hearing. This has made him a little more velcro-like, never far from one of us, and he has taken to relaxing on our lounge with regularity. Once upon a time I would have chased him off the lounge, with two dogs in a small house there had to be some boundaries. Now he makes himself at home and all I can do is smile and take a photo. As I write this he is curled up on the lounge beside me, sleeping soundly whilst wearing his snazzy jersey to stay warm. I am a sucker and proud of it.
The Easter Bundy
Wishing you all a very Happy Easter from the Easter Bundy 😊❤️
Travel theme: Colour
Where’s my backpack has colour as the uplifting travel theme this week. I typically don’t wear a lot of colour but I love to see it and my artwork is often quite colourful. In order to fulfill this week’s challenge I trawled through my photos from holidays in Scotland 2016 and Europe 2015, that was fun.
Wordless Wednesday: Cooler
Remembering a special birthday
Today would have been Maxi’s 16th birthday, roughly 112 dog years. I miss her and think of her every day, sometimes I imagine her still standing at the front fence, barking at me as I pull into the driveway. Although some memories bring tears to my eyes it is easier to remember the happy times now and I want to share them you. Happy Birthday my sweet Maxi girl, may you be happy and pain free wherever you are ❤
Wordless Wednesday: Happy
Texas
Zella
Nala
Chevy
Jack
Kwanza
The year that was.
January
A relatively quiet month punctuated by time spent cuddling gorgeous shelter dogs waiting for their forever homes. Bundy celebrated his 9th birthday and unbeknown to us Australia Day was the last time we took Maxi to the beach, she loved splashing around in the surf and afterwards would sleep for hours.
Bundy ready for Australia Day
Maxi girl at the beach on Australia Day
February
A python and lots of cute puppies plus a lunch date with friends by the water. A short, sweet in stinking hot month.
Puppies at the AWLQ Shelter
Python at the shelter
Lunch date with friends
March
Maxi’s 15th birthday is celebrated, Easter fun and games with the fur kids and a new car.
Maxi girl celebrates 15 years
Me and the new car
Easter food
Easter Maxi
Easter Bundy
Burleigh Heads at Easter
April
Sadly, we said goodbye to my father in-law who had been unwell for a couple of years. Even though he had been married to my mother in-law for a few years he was entrenched in our family and is greatly missed.
May
A much anticipated trip to Scotland. Traveling with a group of artists on a paint-along with my art teacher for two weeks was an amazing experience and provided me with lots of inspiration for my art and further travel in the UK.
Rainy day in Edinburgh
The Great Hall, National Portrait Gallery Scotland
Art teacher doing a demonstration
Seaside village of Crail
Crovie at sunset
Macaroni Cheese for lunch
Unison pastels being prepared for sale
Art studio, Gardenstown
Fellow artists in Scotland
June
Always lots of dogs waiting at the Animal Welfare League, I love my Sundays with them and it is hard not to fall in love with all of them.
Mitzy
Buster
Squishy
Pig for adoption
July
Commissioned to do a portrait of Rumpole the chocolate lab in pastel, stalked by a pigeon on our morning walk and an art class focused on drawing birds. Finally winter seems to have arrived bringing with it some spectacular sunrises and the fur kids are loving their new blankets.
Rumpole, my first commission
Stalked by a pidgeon
Keeping warm in their new blankets
Glorious winter sunrise
Pastel art class – drawing birds
August
The weather starts getting warmer and Hubby celebrates his birthday with traditional fire making and drinks with family and friends. Walks with Maxi are getting shorter and she happily shares the rug with Bundy.
Two black dogs
Bundy making the most of the warmer days at the end of Winter
Birthday cake
Hubby ‘making fire’
September
Losing Maxi broke my heart, such a vibrant and happy girl. Gone but never forgotten.
Happy days
Fun at the beach
Missing you
The last photo of our beautiful girl
Our Maxi girl
October
After losing our dear old girl, time with friends was especially important.
Grand final night in the park with friends
Annual catch up with a dear friend
Bushwalking with a friend
November
The festive season started early at work, our team heading to a winery for a long lunch to celebrate a good year with good people. There are always dogs waiting to be adopted and every Sunday I take photos of them to raise awareness on social media in the hope that it will assist in finding them a family faster. I also finished another commission, Honey the cat, sibling to Rumpole.
Charlie
Lunch with my amazing team
Honey the cat illustration
December
A quick trip to Newcastle to visit my brother and his family as well as meeting my new niece. So nice that the two families live in the same city, makes it easy to fit in quality time with all of them. Christmas was perfect, good company and good food. Now I am in need of a break, some quiet time at home after a busy and emotional year.
Flight to Newcastle
My gorgeous new niece
Christmas in the park with friends
Bundy the elf
Christmas decorations
Christmas Eve with a very good friend. We have been friends since we were 7 .
Christmas Eve in Surfers
Bundy at the beach Christmas morning
Wordless Wednesday: beach time
Merry Christmas!
Thank you for all the love and support this year, may your Christmas be filled with fun and laughter.
Two Black Dogs 