Gazing at a rainy summer sky.
Clare came to town. I went to bed earlier than everyone else and didn’t see her until morning. These are her toes.
Becka cuddling up with some sun.
Went on a trip to Baltimore to visit some pals. This is Elaiza.
Spent a lot of time on this hill in Baltimore reading books and taking naps with Jake and Elaiza.
Colin napping back home in Brooklyn.
Chris bought a new turtleneck just in time for too-hot-for-turtlenecks weather.
Andrew gave Chris a haircut on the living room floor.
Summertime nap time on the floor. Lots of summer naps!
Andrew and me pretending to be in love.
Spent my birthday with Greta. She made me this cake, and we fell asleep on the couch watching 10 Things I Hate About You, a sign of a real good year to come. ♦
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Beautiful pictures! Loved every single one of them! :)
My favorite photo set in a while!
This is so cute and lovely!!
That first picture though… I want to re-create that in a film so bad.
10 Thing I Hate About You is the best for everybody’s birthday.
The last one and the description… :) this is so perfect!
All so stunning and summery :) love 1, 7 and 11
This photo set makes me want to melt into a dreamsicle and swim in a lake during a thunderstorm. Thank you for that Allyssa
Also rookie, anaheed, whomever: is it too late to submit a photo set exclusively taken for next month’s theme?
Nope! Not too late.
Andrew has fucking gorgeous eyes. Please tell him I said that.
How I wish to have hazy days and a birthday like that. I love the way this photos turned out when you took them. It’s so calming and wonderful.
number ten my fav ! love the heart and the eyes and the toes :)
Numbers 7 and 9 are so perfect!
those boots in number 9 are killer!! The photos were lovely, I liked them a lot!