The Front Walk

WHY IS MY PARENTS' YARD SO PRETTY???

Because they work really hard on it.

But seriously, it's so stunning.

West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA

Photographer Feature: Lauryn McCarter

Lauryn McCarter is half Irish and half Hungarian, and feels that this fact has disproportionately affected her life.  Jersey-born and raised in Virginia, Lauryn is an NYU Directing major but spends her summers working as a farmhand. She is spending this semester studying in Prague, traveling through Europe, and refilling her creative gas tank. 

More of her work, including photos and short stories, can be found at www.halftrue.tumblr.com. Lauryn shoots with a Canon Rebel XS named Amelia. Her favorite thing in the world is animals.

 Bric a Brac Shop, Staré m ěsto, Prague

Lonely Wicker Unicorn, a courtyard somewhere in Staré město, Prague

Florist's window, Prague

African wild dogs, Zoo Praha, Troja, Prague

Fisherman's Bastion, Buda, Budapest

Prague, Czech Republic
and
Budapest, Hungary

Peeping

I love these flowers peeping through the brick wall.   They seem so sneaky, in a silly way.  The wall is so thick, yet they have managed to finagle their way through to the sunlight and sidewalk on the other side of this yard.  As if they just needed to say "hello!" to the passersby, to remind them that life is lovely.  Lovelier than we think it is.

Hampstead, London, England, UK

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Wilting

I love flowers when they're like this- those few days when the brilliance of the flower in full bloom is still delightfully evident, but the process of wilting has begun.  When the edges of the flower begin to discolor, but the center is still radiant.  This decay of beauty is lovely to me.  It reminds me of the ephemeral quality of the flower, which for some reason, I find comforting.  I can't quite describe it, but I like it.  And, I hope that you do too.

Hampstead, London, England, UK

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Roses are White

This photograph really surprised me- with how little decided to come into focus!  I almost deleted it, then decided that I liked it.  After about a month, I stumbled upon it again, rotting in a forgotten album with some other photos from Central Park, and fell in love with it.  Now, I have decided to share it with you.  The vintage feel of this just kind of makes my heart sing.  And makes me want to go to five thousand weddings.  Well, maybe not five thousand, but you get the idea.  This rose makes me happy.  I hope it makes you happy too.

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

If this did, in fact, make you happy, then Beautiful Disaster might just make you ecstatic.