My mate's been under a LOT of stress lately...and rrf...God I just wish I could be there. All I can do though is offer what help I can from afar...and that includes just reminding him that I'm still here, and always will be. \r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

Just...a random idea. Shows a lot of what I can't get my mind off of. Heh...music can drown everything....but it's not a thirst quencher for loneliness...\r\n\r\nI love you Ian.\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

Yeah...there was that one time.\r\n\r\nHe's just left again...I finished this picture today though and for once could show him something brand new while he was here. It was wonderful...and as always...was gone far too fast. Then again...it never goes away completely. And you have to remember, a time is coming when this brief togetherness is ending. Things will get better.\r\n\r\nArtwork (c) Destre'edre

I could wish there was even words to describe this...to describe anything anymore. But there isn't...\r\n\r\nAll that can be said is that we didn't want to let go that night...or ever...but as all those times before, we did. We had to. And that's how it's been...open and close, open and close, open and close...eventually the edges of things get worn and you get tired. We're still holding on though...to time...to hope...to each other.\r\n\r\nI'm not giving up. Not now. Not ever. \r\n\r\nArtwork (c) Destre'edre

Today is my birthday...but I don't believe in just recieving gifts. =^-6=\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

An image made entirely in Photoshop for my mate. I was surprised by how well it came out...and am still very much impressed with the picture.\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

A moment captured from time. A snap shot...but drawn. This is just one of those random sweet moments that you notice. My mate came to visit last Saturday and...well I'm sure there has to be someone out there who understands me when I say that it hurts...really hurts to send him back on his way home. He was fishing something out of his car though, and I idly noticed a firefly...and caught it. When I turned about to face him, and let it go it fly up right before Ian's eyes and he made to catch it as well...but it flew up too high. Just a random moment...but beautiful none the less.\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

It's true.\r\n

Heh, I got bored in Poser, then Exported this as an Image...and messed with it a bit in Photoshop. The positioning to the whole picture was actually rather complex...but I liked this view the best. Nothing really detailed or complex....just a simple wish.\r\n\r\nArtwork(c)Destre'edre

Waaaaiiit...this doesn't seem quite right. =^-6=\r\n\r\nHeh, just a silly little Oekaki image based off of a hypothetical conversation between me and my mate. One of the "what if?" kind of things that had...some rather interesting results. \r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

...*sigh* Pause and consider all the wonderful moments in life, learning them for the first time, the beauty of it all. \r\n\r\nThen wake up and remember that reality doesn't care and all such moments must end at one point. The only comfort being, they will return again and after a time, none of it will matter at all.\r\n\r\nOne more year.\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

I'd like to say that I think these are frightening times in my life right now...but as always seems to be the case in my experience...there's always someone else having a harder time than you. I just want him to know that I'm here...and that no matter what happens, or how long it will be before we can see each other again...nothing will change that..ever. \r\n\r\nI love you Ian...always.\r\n\r\nArtwork(c)Destre'edre

How do you put a name on forever? Just ask a Lox.

SnowRose lays herself out before her mate. Not always proud of the way she looks...she has no doubt of her beauty when looking to those clear blue eyes.\r\n\r\nArtwork(c)Destre'edre

It's important to rememmber that we are never more or less...than ourselves. We try to hide behind perfections and "truths" that we can never attain...and with each attempt we lose a bit more of ourselves. Forgetting that what is real...is oft the most beautiful thing of all. Don't be afraid to admit who you are. And know that you are beautiful.\r\n\r\nArtwork(c)Destre'edre\r\nEnder(c)himself

Inside joke. =^-6=\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

Tried out an almost Oriental style here...I think it turned out quite well, simple as the picture is. Don't ask why I chose oranges. It's a mystery even to me.\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

This is the image on the inside of the Valentine's card I gave my mate last year. I'd never too much into the holiday before...but he made it into something special.\r\n\r\nArtwork © Destre'edre

How do you show someone what they really mean to you...? How can you truly make them see that they mean more than life itself...\r\n\r\nI'm still trying...\r\n\r\nHopefully he can bring himself to believe me...\r\n\r\nArtwork(c)SnowRoseRivenstar