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









Dreaming, on one of my beds, a lazy morning at Siddhartha House



[Gilberto Gil interprets
'VocĂȘ e Eu' (Carlos Lyra)]