Farewell my beautiful boy..... :(

Well I know I just put a blog about a necklace I completed last week....but I haven't blogged in ages for several reasons, one sheer slackness, two - other things in life constantly throwing curve balls at me and the last and most important...I have had one very sick kitty-cat...and sadly on Wednesday I had to say goodbye to my beautiful beloved - faithful friend of the past 14yrs...my Gizmo .... :( :( :(

To say I'm shattered and my heart is breaking is an understatement..  
Anyone who met my beloved Gizmo - or *Schmo* as he was affectionately called, were amazed at his mannerisms - and nature.

He would almost have conversations with you - seriously!...you could talk to him and he'd meow back, and you'd say something else and again he'd do several meows back at you...very talkative....but there was more.   He would come into my studio and jump up on the chair and *prop* himself there...

This is an old photo - but this is how he "sat" in the chair...it was so adorable to see... :)

And at night...he'd come trotting into the studio and sit and wait till I was ready for bed...if I wasn't ready - he'd simply sit there patiently waiting.   Then he'd follow me in to the bedroom - wait till I was actually in the bed...then jump up - nuzzle his way under the covers for a good night cuddle...then curl up on top of the covers right beside me for the night... 
 
During the day if he couldn't get into the chair for whatever the reason - he'd simply find somewhere right near me to curl up...like directly under my feet near my desk....

He really was a character...but such a lovable one...he never bit or scratched - and would just lay there to have belly rubs...ohh and you always knew when a storm was coming...he hated thunder and heavy rain,  and would go hide under the doona on the bed.......yes - the *lump* towards the end of the bed in the photo below is Gizmo...lol

  He really was my shadow... :(

Even though I still have my beautiful girls - Tigga (on the left) and Piggy (who is Tigga's mum)....sadly they don't have the same demeanor as Gizmo had, but still have their own little character traits...and they are still part of my fur family and very much cherished... ♥♥

They too are missing their "buddy"...even though there were "altercations" on odd occasions...they are pining too...  Since Wednesday - I can find both of them curled up here in my studio on the cushions I used to have on my chair and alternate that Gizzy would sleep on.....the girls have slept on them when ever they are in here...  :(














He loved the new couch - and this is one of the rare photos I have of the 3 of them together so close to each other...  Giz would just plonk himself where ever he saw fit too....

...or he'd just lounge in it... :) ♥♥

..oooh my heart truly is feeling very empty!....till we met again my beautiful boy on the Rainbow Bridge... ♥♥♥ xoxoxo

*AVALON*

I finished this piece last week and was stuck on what to call it.   So I put it on the SRAJD group on facebook saying that I was stuck for a name, and a few people kept saying how regal it was...

After some thought and a sudden flash of King Arthur's time....I thought of *Lady Guinevere*....so proceeded to give the piece the name..BUT!!

....there's always a *but* huh..    Hmmm - another name I thought of was also from the legends of King Arthur - and that was the place everything happened....*Avalon*

...which also reminds me of Brian Ferry's 80's (or was that 70's??) classic of the same name...."Avalon"...

Needless to say - I was still stuck!....so I created a survey on my facebook fan page (and botched that up to!...*sigh*)  ...and waited to see how the numbers went....BUT!....see!!..there's a *but!* again!!

It was a draw!!!  *smacks head on desk!*....soooooo! - back to trying to decide.

Ok...next thing....both names went into a box.....along with several other pieces of paper...just to make it interesting!.lol...  :)

....And the Winner is!!!!...........drum roll!!....

   *AVALON*.....!!! 


Anyway - hope you like it....and remember.....

Creating is Limitless.....until next time..