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It's that time of year! See y'all in April, happy Lent!

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what I really like about all these vintage couple’s portraits is that there is a very certain romatic decorum kept up – certain themes and poses – which, while of course being the mainstream preferred view of couples repeated throughout many studios, are just… so nice to look at. 

this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

the kiss on the bare shoulder (eyes perfectly averted), the cheek caress, the piano and the violin, the interrupted embrace, the woman tilted back as in a half-stopped dance…

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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera performing Defying Gravity at the Oscars

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every once in a while i like to pull up the map of america and guess as many states as i can

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Dandelions

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got all excited for Jonny Boy Harker's Horrible No Good Very Bad Business Trip before remembering that that's May, not March

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this is the most important picture ever taken. to me.

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June Sunrise in a Young Forest by Andrey

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Hierodula salomonis, aka, the “Jade Mantis”

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by gettymuseum

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Some are dancing, some are giant, some sing, and others rain down: vintage frogs and toads.

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November 8, 2021 at 04:45PM

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bobcat outside my parents’ place!

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Birdwatching 🤎