I drew this sketch last January when I decided to make the Darby calendar. I started working on it two months ago, combining it with this sketch…
I've been looking a lot at this print…
New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857
And this one…
Fireworks Over Ryogoku Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856
I'm incorporating the stars from the above print. And today dog artist and author Kim Niles of KiniArt sent me this quote:
"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in the heavens, where the love of our lost ones shines down to let us know they are with us." – author unknown.
I still start my day with tears. I still appreciate hearing that it will get better, but I miss him so much. It's hard to believe.