Just the other day I came across a photo of an owl that had made a visit to our house last year. It made me think of my Grandma Castor & inspired me to create the below layout for a later Crate Paper assignment {full layout coming later this month}. I hid the journaling on this one, but basically what I wrote was a list of what I would do or say to my lost loved ones "if Heaven wasn't so far away". The very last thing on my list was "I'd ask for a sign that you are watching over us"...
This past Saturday was a nice day, so Aaron, Ella & I set out in our timber looking for deer antlers {they shed them this time of year}. Aaron came across a pile of {well} poop & looked up thinking it was possibly from turkeys {they roost in trees at night}. When we looked up, there he or she was... the most amazing little owl I have ever seen & within arms length. He didn't fly as we took a few pictures with my ipod. He just sat there looking at us like "really?" Aaron picked up Ella to see it and she looked at her dad & in the sweetest 3 year old voice said, "it's beautiful daddy". Talk about melt my heart.
At first, we thought it was a baby owl. But, once we returned home & did some research we realized it is actually a SAW-WHET Owl. I couldn't stand the fact that I was only able to get a pic with my ipod & not my big camera. Plus, the boys weren't with us so I decided it was worth a shot to see if we could find him again.
So, the boys & I set off back into the woods where we had left him; this time with my good camera in hand.
There he was as if waiting for us to return. He sat so beautifully while I snapped picture after picture....
These were all shot with my 50mm lens. THAT is how close he allowed me to get.
Thank you Grandma for the sign.
