Monday, March 21, 2011

Mr. Littlejeans

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March 21 is Mr. Littlejeans' birthday. It has been almost four months since we lost him and we still miss him every day. In December I commissioned Seattle artist Shannon Perry to paint this portrait of Jeans. We had picked the box up from a Chinese restaurant on Smith Street in Brooklyn (SMILE FACE 12 + 7 x 23 = we had to have it) and he immediately adopted it as his own – like, the second we put it on the floor. The painting now hangs in our bedroom, under a photo and invitation from our wedding. Littlejeans had a great life and packed more personality and experience into it than most of the higher mammals I have known. We will love you forever, little buddy.

5 comments:

Kristina said...

Love.

Joey_Veltkamp said...

Happy birthday Mr Littlejeans! Love Shannon's painting - it's perfect.

Hugs to you guys!

Michelle C said...

Love also. And just thinking about your wedding makes me smile. Seriously one of the most fun 48 hours I have ever had.....

Laura C said...

happy belated b'day mister jeans. wedged in between erin and emily you had a sweet spot on the old birth roster. good going on that one. wish i had known you better, pal. peace.

Beezer said...

Jeans=love. I'm honored to share a birthday with him.

That is the coolest painting.

I'm going to contact the artist about a painting of Senior Manexe and Minimimi.