Interesting Photography

Here are a few of the pictures I've come across on We Heart It, FFFFound, and abbysharp and liked enough to share.

The Renaissance

Dressing up, jousting, mead, the royal family, minstrels. That's right folks, we're talking about the Renaissance Festival. I just went yesterday, matter of fact. It's one of my favorite times of year. I've only gone for two years now (well technically I went when I was a baby but since I don't remember, I don't count it) but I still just love it. The whole atmosphere just makes me happy. And since my mom's sisters come out and go with us, it just makes it that much better (not to mention one of them buys me stuff ;)) So, like I said, yesterday we went. It was opening weekend so it was pretty great. We walked around and watched the comedians and belly dancers, ate delicious food, and shopped. We also brought my new dog along and got amused when he met new dogs. So like I said, my aunt gave me money to buy myself something from her for my birthday coming up. So I expanded my rock collection and my castle collection (for some reason I'm a sucker for castles) and I also bought a leather bound journal.

I can't wait until I get one of those fancy calligraphy/ink well pens so I can write in it. I couldn't very well write in it with a normal pen or pencil, that would ruin the beauty of it. I'm planning on filling it with information about the fantasy story I'm writing (more on that some other time). Plot line, characters, cultural history and all that jazz.

If you like the mideval stuff and haven't been to a Renaissance Festival, I highly recommend it. Despite the whole not being historically acurate (according to my history nut friend).

Much love and be free,

Avery

Washing the Dog

Okay so tonight my dad and I washed the dog. Which is always somewhat hard but entertaining at the same time. She doesn't exactly love water. She hates going out side after/during rain so you can imagine how she hates baths.

So first of all, anytime we say the word 'bath' she hides like its the end of the world (which it may seem to her in her little doggy world) and then we have to catch the little bugger which takes about five minutes. Then we have to carry her to the tub. And she shakes. Terribly. Its like she has a motor inside her that turns on at the sight of water. Its sad and funny at the same time.

My dog also sheds like crazy. There are already clumps of hair that appear on the floor moments after vacuuming but it gets worse with the introduction of water. If you happen to pet her during a bath, your hand comes away black with hair.

And she just looks so darn sad during the whole thing it breaks your heart (if you're the type who's heart breaks when they see a sad, wet, shivering puppy dog). So when its all over and done with we practically have to drag her out of the tub and then make her stand still while we towel her off which also catches all the loose hair on her. and when she shakes she gets the cupboards full of hair.

It's quite interesting, giving my dog a bath. I'm hoping the new dog we may be getting will be easier to wash :)

Much love and be free,

Avery

Dreams

I love dreaming. Mine are always so interesting. Well, at least they usually are. I especially like the dreams I have where its the opposite of reality. For instance, last night I had a dream where someone who I am currently not talking to/mad at was nice to me. The rest of the dream was weird but that aspect made it good. Sometimes I like to think my dreams mean something. Like my dream last night. I'm thinking that means that the small feud will soon be over with. I hope so.

Much love and be free,

Avery

Love

Love is a mysterious thing, isn't it? It will hide from you and show its face when you least expect it. It can either make you or break you.

Frankly, love confuses me. You see, I didn't fall in love until the guy was done with me. But then again, who knows if that was actually love? I'm only 16 afterall, who am I to know what love is? I once heard that there are three components of true love; emotional, mental, and physical. Maybe I never loved him. Maybe it was all a scam that Cupid played on my poor heart, making me think I felt more than I did. I may never know.

But I do know one thing. Love is never lost. Just because your first love wasn't true, doesn't mean that you won't find the right one later in life. I'm too young to worry about finding my true love just yet. I'm happy with scoping out cute guys and being my naturally flirtatious self. Others may not like it but frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. I'm gonna be who I want to be and do what I feel like and go wherever my heart takes me.

One thing I want in life would be to find that one guy who loves me for me. One who can make me smile and fall in love all over again with a simple gesture. One that I can grow old with and never lose the flame (like those cute old couples that hold hands). Doesn't everyone want that?

Is it just me or is 'love' becoming so over-used that it's starting to lose its meaning? For instance. A friend of mine said that 'they used to love eachother.' These two people dated for a month and a half and recently had broken up. Now in my book, it takes longer than that to learn to love someone. And you shouldn't use 'love' so freely. It is much to powerful a word to be used so.

Much love and be free,

Avery