Even though they're somewhat evil and would peck your face off if given half the chance, I love swans. Especially black swans since I spent 13 years in Perth, Western Australia and that's the state bird. Plus swans make me giggle because I think back to when my hubs and I went to Pemberton (southern Western Australia).
Where we stayed, there were beautiful ducks and swans etc milling around the pond. He decided to run toward them and play amongst the birds, and I followed behind, running and screaming that "No, they will attack you! They're not cute and cuddly! They're evil!". Of course he ignored me, and of course they started attacking him. Thankfully he escaped unscathed but I believe his life flashed before him.
Let this be a lesson to you men... Listen to your women. Seriously. So back to black swans...
I love everything Emily Martin of
The Black Apple does, and I've many of her prints around the house to prove it. Today she unveiled this new painting (titled
Red Ribbon Rescue) on her blog and I just love it. Black swan? Love. Reading? Love. Red ribbon? Love.
And that painting made me think of this one (titled
To Ride A Black Swan) she did a while back. I got the hubs one of a boy sleeping on the back of a bird, and had thought of getting this so it became a pair of sorts. Now I shall wait for the former to be released as a print instead.
I saw this photograph on a House Tour on Apartment Therapy and now I really want to do a wall of silhouette portraits of my loved ones. And I have the perfect wall for it too -- one wall in the hallway from the library to the kitchen of our home has remained completely bare since we moved in a year ago. Everytime I walk by it, I feel sad for it because most of our other walls are adorned with art, photographs or my handiwork.
And then I saw what the inside read.
Absolutely love everything about this. Oh, and she's quite pregnant. I'd say about 7 months along. I know, I know. How dare she, putting us non-preggers to utter shame. 
