NANCY ELLE

constantly caught in between the comforts of home and the wonders of the world outside

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obsessing over skies & finding peace in grain 🌙 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/396J6s2

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an old one from the 2018 archives. i’ve always loved the strange mutedness of brilliant colors here — a sea of blue sky against the roses and golds of the palace walls. 🥀 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/328yAhd

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my second favorite little corner in san francisco. it's just behind @photoworkssf, right next to the local library where i liked to browse on lazy sunny afternoons. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2P7jrqZ

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a valentine for the man who began harassing me in 2013 and thought it would be helpful to message me on twitter in 2020. i also left a note inside: nancyelle.com 🥀 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/3byVW3E

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the last picture of 2019. i sorted through film from the year and picked snapshots that best describe each month. although 2019 had a strangely satisfying character arc, it feels incredible to leave all the awfulness behind. take a look at my year in photos in my journal — link in bio. :) — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/39PUARx

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this week is the darkest of the year. i typically struggle a lot in the days leading up to the winter solstice, but i've found that warm beverages, twinkling lights, cozy movies, and loads of sleepy cuddling make it pass by more sweetly. soon there will be longer, sunnier days. just wanted to pop in and wish you a comfy week. ☕️ — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2M0ODH8

[missnancyelle]

you're suspended in this second, but do you know i've already gone? i hold myself still and pace around in my head. i look at everything but you: the cracks in the cement pavement, the man crossing at the red light, the blades of grass damp from the morning's rain. every word is a failure of speech. i hear you speak and i hear myself respond, but it's all just in the name of stalling for time that we no longer have. you say, "you seem different today." and i think, "who knew you'd be the most disappointing of them all." — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2E7XxhE

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my favorite shot from the summer. i miss you @slertka. 🌿 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2qqh21K

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the great ennui of twenty nineteen ・ i've been feeling certain kind of way, like the sleepiness of a sunday afternoon at home that stretches on for weeks. there aren't a lot of deciduous trees here in the city and the closest thing that feels like autumn is the glow of golden tones that come from the sun carving an edge of light along the contours of flowers and leaves. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/322Ui4z

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10182019: the last snapshot on my latest roll, hastily taken at the end of a long day and just before dropping off the film for development. i very rarely ever see myself in film, and it feels almost confrontational to look at this portrait of a girl with smudged make up and messy hair and recognize that it's me. i've been getting better at accepting the way i look. i think my favorite thing about myself is the plethora of tiny moles speckled across my face because they remind me of constellations scattered across the night sky and sometimes i think, ah, if i could just trace these invisible lines, maybe then we'll uncover the map of who i am and, maybe, at last, i'll be seen. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/35ZktMs

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i spilled coffee all over my painting last night at 2am and now i’m wondering if i should start over or if this aromatic muddiness was meant to be a part of it all. ☕️ — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/31m6xsA

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so long, summer 🍂 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2l7lccc

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“moral of the story: boys are assholes.” brandon found this scrawled on the last page of “the giving tree” and i laughed so hard i nearly cried. we spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the neighborhood and pointing at trees that we would climb one day. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2Ob4kgw

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three exposures from august in one frame. i spent all of last month getting serenaded into a somber midsummer night's dream by @lanadelrey then wrapped up in warm flannel and whispers by a wintry @boniver. 🥀🍂 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2ZYypHu

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attempt no. 253 of trying to catch the sunset in the bay. on the bright side, i’m sitting at the airport daydreaming about lunchables, string cheese, & tree top apple juice boxes and waiting for a flight that will take me somewhere where the sun never stops shining. ☀️✨ — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2LuDv4c

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messy contour lines of our messy hair and messy lives — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2HM4UgC

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late summer, baker beach on 35mm. another day, another gray san francisco sunset, turned purple and pink with my los angeles dreams. ✨ — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2HA6GBF