Tag: beauty
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The NYC Highline
Not many words today. There is a hammock outside and it is calling my name, and this glorious August afternoon is too pretty to waste indoors. So I am leaving you with a few pictures instead. The Highline is the perfect place to spend a glorious August afternoon, or any afternoon, really. It straddles the […]
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A Ubiquitous Beauty
After the long, cold night that is Winter ends, Spring, reminiscent of dawn in its freshness, comes. Jubilant in it’s arrival and sprouting gloriously from the cracks in the earth, Spring comes. And suddenly, there are so many little signs of beauty everywhere; the green stalks of grass struggling to hold up, the red blush […]
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Sweet Memories
Now that winter has really set in (last I checked, the weather was 6 degrees) and the January work onslaught has begun, I’m starting to feel a longing for summer. It’s not just the sun that I crave. I want the careless freedom that comes with summer, too. I keep thinking back to those long, […]
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Rosemary Mint Lip Exfoliator
Chapped lips are one of winter’s annoying companions, and one that usually has me applying this minty lip balm multiple times a day. However, I decided to start using a lip exfoliator (in addition to lip balm). Unlike lip balm alone, which will only smooth your lips temporarily, a lip exfoliator will improve circulation on your lips, […]
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A Winter Anthology
Winter, for all its icy coldness and dark nights, is beautiful. It’s a subtle beauty, to be sure. The snowfalls seem endless, the whipping winds, cruel, and everyone holes up in their homes for some sort of respite. But in midst of all that, there is also the wonder of seeing a perfectly six pointed […]
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Setting the Scene
Throughout September and October, I’ve been snapping away, trying to capture the little details, whether it’s a quiet moment in the backyard, or a pretty scene at the side of the road. This way, as November begins and fall fades away, I’ll be able to remember the colorful, leaf filled landscape when winter’s bleak and gray […]
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