07.29.2017

happy palates and stinky breaths

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trying our luck

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when you ask for the unluckiest tickets and the man delivers

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pasta con pesto, peppersteak sandwich, calamari, garlic bread

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roast, roast, roast

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our group

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nice friends

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the ultimate play date

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circus trees

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sonic run! – chili cheese coneys, cherry limeades, and french toast sticks

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chalk art at great america from taste of orleans

2017.07.23

the wedding of donald & vanessa

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Joyous celebration.

 

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Pagodas, weeping willows, and sunshine.

 

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A song in bloom.

 

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Laughter.

 

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Costume mixups.

 

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Isn’t she lovely, made of gold.

 

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One who causes rejoicing in my heart.

 

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At the end of a night of smiles, dances, and delicious food.

Here’s to a life of joy to the bride and the groom – one day at a time.

how is it so easy for you
to be kind to people 
he asked

milk and honey dripped
from my lips as i answered

cause people have not
been kind to me

milk and honey, rupi kaur

Song of the Open Road, I

by Walt Whitman

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road.

The earth, that is sufficient,
I do not want the constellations any nearer,
I know they are very well where they are,
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,
I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever I go,
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,
I am fill’d with them, and I will fill them in return.)