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All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going — one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.
– L.M. Montgomery, Anne’s House of Dreams -
Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don’t they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.
– Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine -
Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh
Preliminary drawing for ‘Summer’
1893
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I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.
– John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne -
Collier’s
Summer
1910
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(via Film Noir Photos: Outlandish Hats: Ursula Thiess)
Summer, 1949 - Actress Ursula Thiess models a striped terry jacket by Bessie Becker
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Photo by Lionel Kazan, Glamour, 1960
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Summer Beach Fashions Pleated skirt and Patent – leather Sandals Photo Nina Leen, 1950
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Charm magazine, 1954
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Sunny Harnett, 1954
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Blossoms among blossoms by Rimantas Dichavičius
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Suzy Vernon with dog by Jacques-Henri Lartigue, 1926
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“Four Seasons”, Deborah Dixon, photo by Bert Stern, Vogue 1962
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John Rawlings, Vogue, 1954
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Catch of the day
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