July smelt strong coffee, rising damp and cold rain hitting newly laid tarmac. He tasted crunchy frost on heavy wool coats, the air of relief when people plunged into warm rooms, and discontent; yes, the discontent was palpable. December and January never had this sort of thing to deal with in this upside down part of the world. When the sun was out, people tended to feel a lot better. But for July? Well. It was hard to keep going when everyone kept wishing it away. He was an unwanted guest, humoured and obliged, but only tolerated. At parties, to defend against this feeling, he always kept his coat on and told as many people as possible that he couldn't stay too long; he had somewhere else to go. Everyone knew it was a lie, but then no one ever asked him to stay.
♥ Dress and belt from Mango ♥ Heart brooch is vintage ♥ Necklace is gifted ♥ Cardigan from Country Road ♥
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Wow. If you published a book, I'd buy it. Seriously. So beautiful.
xo
You write so beautifully, and these photos are absolutely lovely too. Adore the heart brooch <3 x
@muchlove: Ditto. Would you ever consider self-publishing, Ana?
This rather reminds me of stills from Never Let Me Go and Edge of Love, Keira Knightley movies I have never watched but are aesthetically beautiful.
Arianne from A + B in the Sea
wwhya re you so adorable Ana? I love all of these as always <3
Particularly after this past week, July has been an unwanted guest here as well. We've just come out of a 90+ degree heatwave, but much of the country is still in its unwelcome throes. I think at this moment I'd like your July. A respite from the heat would be blissful.
Your blog is breathtakingly beautiful. I love your writing, and your imagery compliments your beautiful words. Lovely outfit as well! xx
Perfectly tailored dress with a perfectly tailored weather and perfect photographer!
Love the way you write Ana! Beautiful. You almost made me feel bad for hating this cold day:)
A beautiful head of braids, oh beautiful ana b!
p.s. am reading The Tiger's Wife right now, thanks for the recommendation.
Gorgeous photos. I love your dress and hair!
July looks like late March or early April in here, not quite spring yet not quite winter.
The print of your dress is very interesting!
What a beautiful outfit - love that dress.
Awesome pics. U are looking fantastic. Your dress up is very good and i would like to say you are naturally so beautiful...
God girl, you're an incredible writer. As someone else said, if you published a book, I would read it.
And as usual, your photos are lovely, adore the cute milkmaid braids.
And eeek how freezing has wellington been lately? :(
Beautiful location and photos! And I love the pretty braided hair. :)
Gorgeously written and photographed Ana... hmmm, I think you should write a book so I can curl up with your words on an armchair.
You write so well Ana! Love your outfit as well! x x
Your writing style is so poetic and beautiful- you're so talented! I enjoyed these photos as well- looking at them after reading what you'd written, I almost felt like I could step right in. x
Such a nice blog.. I want to be linked here =)) I love the place and the way you dressed up! am a new follower here, follow me if you like hihihi =))
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AGREED.
If you published a book, I'd buy it. Seriously. So beautiful.
wow, this is SOOO beautiful!! you are so awesome and adorable!
the dress is super cute! fits you perfectly!!
love this place
Cristina
Italy
So beautiful, especially the last two! Plus i fell in love with your background (:
Beautiful pictures and I adore your dress. Your hairstyle is so lovely and sweet. That's the one thing I miss about having long hair.
i love your hair!!!!
Hmmm must shop at Mango again- love they way you make the pieces look vintage.
July in Atlanta is much them same - yet people don't want him around because he is much to hot-tempered ;)
That like a best post...really informative blogs.
Wowwwwwwwwwwwwww...
Keep works good..Nice
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