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Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June Final

 

 

Darby Calendar: June by Moira McLaughlin

I finished the June college of my Longhaired Dachshund calendar this morning.   I have lots to tell you about how it came together, but not today.

Wishing you all the best in 2012. 

Happy Holidays!

 

 

One of my first collages of my little elf. 

Thank you for your continued support.  It has been powerful to connect with you as I make my way through the sadness and find the joy again.  I am deeply grateful.

Wishing you a happy holiday season and wonderful new year!  -- Moira

Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June Collage Prep

 

This is from October 2011 when I started the June collage for my Longhaired Dachshund calendar.  I can't remember why I did this in the kitchen and not the studio.  I know I wanted to lay out the materials I would use and work on the color palette before I started.  As you can see, I had forgotten to place Darby's pillow in his spot by the French doors.  He is waiting there for me to do so.  

Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June

 

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.

South Yuba River State Park Petition

 

 

Covered Bridge at the South Yuba State Park by Steve Fontanini, 1966

Our beloved South Yuba River and Malakoff Diggins are on the California State Parks closure list.  The river and the park are the soul of our community.  It would be a blow to our economy and our psyche if they closed.  Please, please, please (this is me begging) take a few seconds to sign this online petition asking Governor Jerry Brown to remove it from the list. 

We need 5,000 signatures by January 12, 2012.  As of today we only have 787.

Thank you, Moira

Photo via The Los Angeles Times photo archives.