A bright blue sky with a sun that is quite sure of itself.

July. Summer. No doubt about it.

So, we decided to go ahead and have a summer photo shoot.

Since our winter photo shoot went so well and all.

We picked flowers for our hair; my niece Lyric lent me her sunglasses.
I mean, they went so well with my dress, it was inevitable.

We stood in some prickly grass.

All colors and attitude under a burning sun.

And right. The prickly grass.

Apparently Charis stepped on some real real prickly grass.

And these girls are serious about their photo shoots.

And I am serious about braiding hair.

Striking.
And some friends make fun of me for never having mowed the lawn. I know, considering there is a lot of lawn around these parts, this is rather surprising. But at least now here is some documentation of me sitting on a tractor. Which does mow the lawn. One step closer, at least.

So very pretty.

Whimsy and beauty.

We stood and faced the world; the fact that we had smiles, flowers, and each other made all the difference we needed, I think.

Oh, life!

It’s sometimes just right.

And today was one of those days.