This weeks prompt for Illustration Friday was Expired. I was stumped all week. I just couldn't think of anything I wanted to do for the prompt. I finally decided on this one and made it just in time. We have had quite a few pet funerals and now pretty much have our own pet cemetery. Unfortunately most pets have pretty short lifespans and at one point our home was like a farm. My kids love animals, all kinds, we've had everything from pocket bunnies to snakes over the last 25 years. I hate posting so late. Tomorrow is Friday again! Anyway, thanks for visiting and for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate it and enjoy reading what you have to say.
awwwww no...how sad... :( i hope she has more fishes...reminds me of my first gold fish mr.murphy...only i was a morbid kid and instead of burying him i dissected him to see what was inside.
ReplyDeleteSo tenderly captured- Each little creature deserves a proper burial!
ReplyDeleteLovely,reminds me of whne my kids were a little younger and we had fishie, hamster, guinea pig funerals in the garden!
ReplyDeleteVery touching!
ReplyDeleteSuper work, Karen! I love her position..so intent on placing those rocks ever so carefully. Another very nice illustration! I also enjoyed the recent image of the castaway..very clever and well-done. Hope you've been well..just wanted to pop by and say Hi! : )
ReplyDeleteAwesome work, as always. Makes me feel like a bad parent for "at sea" burials...very touching moment.
ReplyDeleteI love the beautiful warm colors. Such a reflective piece. Well done!
ReplyDeleteAwwww... my kids have shed many tears over their own Goldies... and Flippy, Pebble, Rocky, and Pokey! I won't mention the wailing over the dog last summer :***( .This is very sweet-- and her hair is gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethis is very touching. we've had 2 losses this year, sunshine and rose...very sad. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully rendered Karen, like Krista said, her hair is just gorgeous. What a sweet image, one we can all relate to, we too have said goodbye to many dear animal family members. It's a shame our pets have such short lives, it's so important to enjoy every moment. It's so nice to especially bury a fish as so many get flushed down the loo!
ReplyDeleteGreat one Karen! I'm glad I doubled back to see what you had come up with. This is truly inspired. Love it! You have such a cool style.
ReplyDeletethank you everyone, now for the newest prompt! Rescue should be much easier for me. Jack, I really appreciate that! And Shirley I miss your visits and I'm so glad you stopped by!
ReplyDeleteawww ... sweet painting, Karen! yes, we've all lost pets and never forget them, that's for sure. There's lots of feeling in this illo and it really shows through! (sniff) ...
ReplyDeletethis is so tender ;) such lovely work! you did real good :D
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness gracious how sweet and moving all at the same time. This is wonderful. It's a moment captured for sure. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteGreat painting! Her pose is true, and I love the colors. When I opened this up, my daughter thought this was a real photo at first. Sad for the pets, though. Oh, that reminds me. I read a story about someone who had a pet cobra only to discover one day that it had escaped. Ack! They practically tore the apartment building apart and evacuated everyone for several MONTHS and sealed up the building in hopes of starving it to death. Yikes!
ReplyDeletewow, Bella what a crazy story! Who keeps a pet cobra? good grief, my kids had a pet boa, but I made them get rid of it when my grandson was born, just too scary to worry about, silly maybe, but scary kind of too.
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