Here's to you Pepper

Today is rather sad.  My Mother lost her best friend, her dog Pepper.  Needless to say neither my Mother or myself find it easy to say goodbye to our pets.  So with that parting, on this Good Friday, both of us dove into work, if we weren't cleaning house and other chores we both went to our computers.  I in my home and Mother in hers.  Trying to put distance from the pain of loss.  I am not sure what my Mother did.  I am sure that things weighed heavily on her her mind, but I created the banner that you see above that will now grace my blog.  It includes my pets and children.  The two cats (insurgents) Tiger, and Gabby,  and our two Aussie dogs.  Patches the blue merl and Ginny the tri-colored.  The banner represents what influences us artists (especially my Mother and myself).  The deep emotions that inspires us.  Every day life.  The bitter and sweet.  So here's to you Pepper you wonderful dog.  You loved life so well that you lived 16 1/4 years.  We have learned so much from you.  You will be missed but in the wake of loss after we have cried we will pick up again and hold dear the gift of life that you gave us in your time with us.  

For a wonderful photo of Pepper and to see my Mother's dedication to him it can be found here at The Edith Collection.