A lasting fragrance…

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Aging, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Longfellow, Photography, Poetry, Time

Party dress @ Joan Currie

Maiden, that read’st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For oh, it is not always May!

from It Is Not Always May by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sometimes it is hard not to lament the passing of time…

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Indomitable…

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Brave, Dennis Rensaissance, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Photography, Relationships, Sara Bareilles

© Dennis Renaissance – Model Lauren DiMarco

I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave…
lyrics from the song Brave by Sara Bareilles

Sometimes it is hard to be the person you need me to be…

Standing pretty…

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Fashion, John Burroughs, Poetry, Shoes, watercolor

Lauren DiMarco in Joshua Tree

What matter if I stand alone?
I wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it hath sown,
And garner up its fruit of tears.
from the poem Waiting by John Burroughs

Still hopeful that you will stand by my side one day…

Resolutions…

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Fashion, Khrystyna Kazakova, Neil Gaiman, Photography

© Khrystyna Kazakova with Inna Mathews and Kristina Varaksina.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. 
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.
Neil Gaiman

Taking some time to figure out my new year’s action list…

Model: Khystyna Kazakova

Christmas time-out…

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Bacca da Silva, Christmas, Fashion, Gladys Taber, Lauren DiMarco, Photography

© Bacca da Silva

But in this season it is well to reassert that the hope of mankind rests in Faith. As man thinketh, so he is. Nothing much happens unless you believe in it, and believing there is hope for the world is a way to move toward it. 
Gladys Taber

Taking some time to appreciate all the happy moments from today…

Model: Lauren DiMarco

Nice to talk…

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Fashion, Holidays, Lauren DiMarco, Photography, Staying connected

© Lauren DiMarco

In my thinking about happiness, I’ve come to realize that staying connected to people from my past is an important happiness booster… – Bjorn Wallander

Sometimes around the holidays I need to hear my childhood friends’ voices…

Flapper time…

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Art, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fashion, Flapper, Mixed media

© Joan Currie – Charleston bodice & skirt – Mixed media

This is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding — it’s got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.
from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers

The holiday season has arrived. Dressing up for a razzle-dazzle evening…

Giving thanks…

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Fashion, Henry David Thoreau, Lauren DiMarco, Lydia Hudgens, Photography, Thanksgiving

© Lydia Hudgens

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual…
Henry David Thoreau

Wishing you all the best for a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Model: Lauren DiMarco

Top sheeting…

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beautiful, Fashion, Kahill Gibran, Lauren DiMarco, Photography, Relationships

© Lauren DiMarco

The reality of the other person lies not in what he reveals to you, but what he cannot reveal to you.
Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says, but rather to what he does not say.
Kahill Gibran

Carefully pulling back the curtain to get a glimpse of your soul…

Model: Lauren DiMarco

Nesting…

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Amelia Earhart, Fashion, Home, Photography

Royal Yacht Britannia in Edinburgh © Joan Currie

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship. – Amelia Earhart

Grateful for a weekend in home port…