Cavalier Argos,
a Man's best companion
I, Argos, thinking
My GALLERY
Argos, my beloved Friend, has been
this past 15 years
the epicentre of my life:
my Sun and my Moon
and every beautiful thing that deserves tears...
his poignant absence is and will be everywhere,
every remaining day of my life...
My first year
23rd April 2008-09
I was very young, playing with friends.
Wearing a red jersey
Playing with pebbles while landscaping one of my gardens
Enjoying the sun in one of my gardens
My second year
2009-10
At my home on a sunny day, resting on the terrace
between the olive tree and my pond.
Watching from a window at home, a rainy day.
My third year
2010-11
Walking on the beach a cloudy winter day
Exploring the beach among the dunes
Me on the sea
Enjoying a promenade on St Nicholas' garden
My fourth year
2011-12
My fifth year
2012-13
My sixth year
2013-14
At Kenwood a Summer day
Walking in Hampstead
Investigating in the wood
Best friends
'In the arms of my best companion', by Nicolas-Alexandre [2009]
'With my best companion at The Champion in Notting-Hill, London
[31 Oct 2012]
My seven year 2014/15
With a best friend at the beach
April 2014
My eight year
2015-16
Walking joyful to the Olympic Park Cafe
[April 2016]
My ninth year
2016-17
23rd April 2017, my ninth birthday
Enjoying a Japanese Garden from my carrier
[Summer Nap at one of my gardens, Homer House]
My tenth year
2017-18
Breakfast at a local pubs
From my sojourn in Japan,
March & April 2018
Sleeping a nap on a couch at Lala House, my home in Yokohama, Tokyo (March 2018)
Bravely standing up after 6 hours of heart surgery at Jasmine Veterinary Cardiovascular Medical Center, 9th April 2018
With best friend during one of my 3 visits per day at Jasmine Clinic, after open heart surgery to repair the mitral valve
My eleventh year
2018-19
From my sojourn in Japan,
March, April & May 2018
Sojiji Budhist Temple, one of the many beautiful temples I visited in Japan, May 2018
Buddhist temple & cemetery near Lala House
My twelfh year
2019-20
Enjoying a nap at home
My thirteenth year
2020-2021
[At my Olive Tree in St Nicholas, July 2020]
Summer in the Silver Coast
My fourteenth year
2021-22
With my good friend Darwin, the Shiba Inu from Osaka, Japan
[photo by Mami Miyamura]
Summer in Portugal
My fifteenth year
2022- 16th December 2022
Argos drinking water at a Cafe, Summer 2022
Evening walk on Atlantic beach
September 2022 (walking again after stroke 4 days earlier)
Argos waiting for a friend at a Cafe, Summer 2022