Three weeks ago we had to say goodbye to our darling Blake. His quality of life had declined, with worsening arthritis. And after an operation on his right eye (he had the same operation on the left eye in October last year), he was almost blind and he had just lost his spark.
So it was kindest to let him go so he wouldn’t suffer anymore. We miss him terribly. But we know he had a good life with us and the ending was as calm and stress free for him as we could possibly make it. He was very spoiled the last few days! :-)
Over the years I have sketched him but it was never something I did regularly. The last couple of weeks I did it a lot more, almost every day. I am really happy that I did that because it meant that I spent time with him. Well, watching him, because he spent most of the time asleep. So the drawings are of him asleep.
Looking back, I really only have one regret and that is that I didn’t draw him more. I guess I thought “well, he’s always there, I can draw him whenever I want” only forgetting that one day he wouldn’t be here anymore.
So this sketchbook is a treasured memory of our last weeks together. We miss you, Blakey. ♥
