Sadness - our loyal and faithful canine friend, Theo, had to be helped on from this life on earth yesterday. Missing him hugely - this is an expression of my feeling, not a tribute. That may come later.
Theo was on medication for heart disease for a year - the medicine was losing ground and we had to decide to help him on his way to the next world before he had to suffer pain. The motif that starts the music occurs 10 times, one for each of his years, and then a wrong sounding one ends the piece - that's the final year he wasn't allowed to have.