March 21, MOnty!

And this is Monty, Ms Smithers' son!
I love the light and darks of this one~  sometimes a painting just feels good to paint!
And here is Gillian's story, hopeful but a tad sad...

I think Monty is today - so here's his story. 
...So Monty stayed with us! It gave us a lot of amusement when we took him and his mum to the vets, as they would call us into the room by shouting "Smithers and Monty Burns" - always made me laugh!
He grew and grew and grew so that he was pretty much 2.5 times the size of Smithers by the age of 1. 
He was a typical boy cat - clumsy, playful and adorable - and Smithers put up with his taunts day after day.
Until one day, when he just didn't come home from his usual rabbit hunt. No one in the neighbourhood had seen him. It was like he'd just vanished into thin air.
I like to imagine he's living with a kindly old lady somewhere keeping her company!