Sleep

My elegant wife and her flower crown

Zola & Roscoe

I named Zola after Emile Zola. At the time of naming him I had recently read Zola's L'assommoir which captured my imagination -- the pathos and brutality of its characters' lives resonated with me somehow, but the main reason I loved the novel was simply the brilliant storytelling. 

Roscoe was named after a song by the band, Midlake, which I listened to on loop for the better part of a year. The song similarly harks back to the past and evokes a kind of sadness...  Yet, in spite of their somewhat sombre names, Roscoe and Zola are for me symbols of possibly the happiest period of my life so far.

Moments from my day