oh restless bird

 OH, RESTLESS BIRD. YOU MADE MY HEART ALL AFLUTTER WHEN YOU CAUGHT MY EYE, GRANTING ME PEACE ALL THE WHILE. 

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these photos were taken in downtown asheville, nc, a month or so ago. my love and i found this little guy/gal perched in a tree and were able to watch him/her move around and stare at us curiously for quite some time. he/she was quite the curious feathered friend, i must say. what's even more unique about this little guy/gal is that he/she showed up just when i was dealing with trying to stave off a really stinky attitude towards my love. my little encounter with this little guy/gal is funny to me because my personal blog is called oh, restless bird and my word for twenty-twelve is peace...and this little guy showed up to remind me to search desperately for my place of peace when i wanted to let my selfishness and fears get the best of me. thank you, lord, and little bird for speaking to me in that moment, so many days ago now.

Art Direction.

It is sometimes hard to work with an artist, as an artist myself, on an artful shot/shoot that is directed by both the artists. In this case though I think that both "Fisher" and I did quite well on our art direction together. This particular shot is going to be used for a future book cover one day...maybe...we'll see. Any thoughts?

On A Walk With My Love {2}

The Crimson Vagrant {Jared} and The Neo-Victorian {Me} spy.....

...wind moving through the oatmeal colored grass.

...boards and rusted nails sitting askewed by some broken down trailers.

....a barbed wire fence.

....a 'broken down barn palace' in the background and a roll of barbed wire in the foreground.

...the road and my love observing nature.

...bird on a wire....azure skies for a thousand miles.

 ....he spies me and a bouquet of flowers.

 ....he spies branches in an 'X' formation.

 ...he spies a flower blown from the church graveyard across the street.

 ...he spies wood in the woods.

 ...sunlight streaming in behind this weedy overgrowth.

....him who makes my heart beat faster.

On A Walk With My Love

I spy.....

 bovine seen through interesting angles.

 a curious cow.

 a brave intrigued cow.

 a beautiful broken down weathered barn.

 a bent rusted nail sitting atop an old wooden post.

 a self portrait (later manipulated to be purple-y.)

 a different angle in which to capture my thought-filled guy.

 a very handsome blue-grey iris glistening in the sunny blue skied weather.

happiness that we can talk and walk together with each other.