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#fabric #black

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“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.”

— T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

#cheers #words

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Roses decorating Casa Navàs (built 1901-1908) in Reus, Camp de Tarragona, Catalonia.

Photos by amiplim on Instagram.

#architecture #that big day #they did this in peterhouse hall for their may ball in third year #it was amazingly beautiful

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#fashion #black

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Kristen Noel Crawley for Dior Beauty.

#beauty

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something I very much needed to read today

#words

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Livret de peinture de

Matsumara Keibun 松村景文 (1779 - 1843).

Surnoms : Shisō, Kamane, nom de pinceau Kakei.

#art

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#flora #calla lillies

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Wishing you the best funemployment and tons of nice quiet time to relax and also tons of beautiful new experiences!

Thank you! I think it's for the best, but man what annoying timing.

#correspondence #thanks babe 💕

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Xiao Wen Ju by Zhong Lin for Marie Claire China March 2024

Styled by Austin Feng. Makeup by Clive Xiong. Hair by Minghu Zhang.

#fashion

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Well ladies (gn), it might have been unexpected but funemployment isn't starting off too bad.

#I was fired! Truly unexpected and truly proof that April is not my month! #(the break-up was last April) #anyway i was not passionate about investing which is true but also stupid because they were happy with my work #they kept telling me they knew I'd be spectacular at any job I wanted but they could tell i didnt really want this one #which is vaguely true but like i enjoyed it enough. i probably would have left in about a year but #for once! i would like a few months! where do i not have to make a life changing decision!!! #I'd like to just live for a bit!! #so I'm home now going to travel going to italy going to read and write and we'll see #s narrates her life #truly April 23-24 has been like... Blow up your life 2k19 HARD MODE #and more like have your life blown up really #c'est la vie #they're paying me for six months so I cant actually complain complain #it's the sabbatical i wanted but better because im being paif #paid* #but worse because im unemployed haha

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Antique Blue Banded Agate Working Compass Pendant Necklace

Source - Boylerpf.com

#objects

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The Endlessness by Ada Limón

#words

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#nature

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ALIX by Madame GRÈS (1939)

#fashion #madame gres #yellow

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The female goat herders of Hadhramaut, Yemen

Goat herding is traditionally done by females in Eastern Yemen. The women cover all their skin from the heat and sun, protecting themselves from dehydration and skin damage, the socks and gloves keep their hands and feet soft despite the unforgiving desert sun. The hat (made from dried palm leaves) besides being a drip by itself serves an important role, it insulates air on top of their head thus keeping it cool, besides providing the obvious shade. The layered clothing also helps with the desert changing mood, where it can shift from hot days to cold nights.

#around the world #people

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“What is desire? Desire is a restaurant. Desire is watching you eat. Desire is pouring wine for you. Desire is looking at the menu and wondering what it would be like to kiss you. Desire is the surprise of your skin. Look - in between us now are the props of ordinary life - glasses, knives, cloths, Time has been here before. History has had you - and me too. My hand has brushed against yours for centuries. The props change, but not this. Not this single naked wanting you.”

— Jeanette Winterson, from The White Room 

#words