A new piece from you is always a treat. I hope the getting-back is successful and satisfying!

Thank you.

Yeah, I got really ill over Christmas and between that and work being unusually busy for this time of year... I haven't been able to even sketch. So, here I am trying to shake out the rust.

"...and I was never here."

Would you believe me if I said, sometimes, I think I've seen things like this?

I would, because I have too. Ghost cats rather than dogs though. Orbs of light, black mists, that kind of thing. :)

Wow, maybe a bit more than me.
Once in a long while, something like a shadow in the shape of an animal with a very pointed nose.
Not counting all the small objects that have disappeared, been "traded" for something "shinier" of equal size, and then put back in a conspicuous spot. E.G. Most recently, I can't find one particular colored pencil, empty the case completely, it's not there, give up, walk back in the room, it's sticking out of the case at an angle as if someone put it there for me to find.