Travel
While in Nashville I had the pleasure of doing a styled portrait session with this beautiful lady.
I've been wanting to share these photos for ages now, and I'm so excited to finally be doing so!
I think they might be some of my favorite images from my summer sessions.
Elizabeth is one of those insanely naturally gorgeous girls who just makes my job super easy. I mean hello, model status. Also, can we talk about her sense of style? I know. Impeccable.
A sixties chick after my own heart.
Somewhere On A Road In Idaho
Okay but you guys, this song. This song.
I overheard it on a podcast the otherday as a background song and it just stopped me right in my tracks.
Sometimes there are just little pieces of things that get thrown out into your world that feel like they were meant just for you. This was one of those things for me. I listened to it about six times in a row. Ugh. It's just perfect.
Go have a listen to it for yourself.
Or read the lyrics below.
Or both.
Maybe it'll speak to you as well.
By Angel Olson
Well, every road I see leads away from me
There's not a single one that leads me home
All the roads keep saying, "Friend, come see what's 'round the bend"
So is it any wonder that I roam
All the places I have been keep a-callin' me back again
Down in the pines I hear the cold wind blow
My heart keeps tellin' me, footloose and fancy free
But the road goes by and calls me as it goes
Well, maybe somewhere there's a someone waitin' there with a smile
And maybe there'll be someplace I can stop and rest a while
'Cause maybe you weren't meant to be just a rollin' stone
And there's a road to travel on that leads you back to home
Oh, but I'll keep travelin' on, keep a-lookin' at the dawn
Till I can lay this lonesome body down
And when that day has come, I never more will roam
And every road I see will lead me home
And when that day has come, I never more will roam
And every road I see will lead me home
Meet Una.
She's the product of my father, the sailor's, hands.
He built her in a garage in the suburbs of Richmond over a ten month period.
And, if it means anything to you, she's a Iain Oughtred Sooty Tern. A double-ended yawl, sporting a balanced lug main and bermuda mizzen.
Her name means pure, holy, feminine and single (one).
She's Scottish/Gaelic/Norse in her origin.
In my father's words she was "a labor of love, a commitment to a dream and a promise of adventure".
(You can see where I get a bit of that wanderlust soul from...)
Seeing how proud he's been of this boat and how happy it's made him in the building and completion of it has been one of the highlights of my year.
We took her out for an overnight adventure last month and it was, simply put, one of the top ten best experiences of my life.
(I can actually list these experiences for you too... if you don't believe me)
I will treasure this time and the memories made during this brief but wonderful trip for forever and always.
My father is one of the people I adore and most look up to in this world and while this experience is one I hold very dear to my heart, I hesitated sharing it here because of it's sacredness.
However, I wanted the opportunity to showcase his wonderful talent and to give his beautiful creation the spotlight it deserves.
As I've stated before, being on a boat makes you look outward and there's a special kind of soul searching that happens when you're surrounded by all that blue.
There's also a kind of serenity that comes with it that's not easy to find these days.
It's something that neither words or pictures can really fully express.
You just have to experience it for yourself.
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If you're so inclined, and understand such ruminations (or simply have an appreciation for them), you can read my father's blog on the building of Una
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