A6 The pictures

Every window is an arch

15 pictures so far — an engagement in autumn, an afternoon among the roses, and a night at the bar. There will be a great many more after April.

autumn · the ridge

Newly engaged

Nicole and Ian at a mountain overlook, arm in arm beneath a leafy branch, with a pale sunset over the ridges behind them.
A close portrait of the two of them cheek to cheek, one hand resting on the other’s chest with an engagement ring on it.
At the same overlook, one of them holding the other from behind, both laughing, autumn hills below.
Sitting together on the edge of a path buried in fallen leaves, mid-conversation, bare autumn trees behind them.
Sitting on the forest floor in a drift of brown leaves, in denim and corduroy, laughing at each other.

the raleigh rose garden

Among the roses

Walking hand in hand along a grass path through the rose beds, one carrying a bunch of orange roses, the other wearing a short pink veil.
Standing together on the lawn between beds of yellow and pink roses, a long stone pergola behind them.
Framed by yellow roses in the foreground, both laughing at something off to the side.
Arm in arm on the grass, with banks of coral and pink roses either side of them.
Sitting on the grass in front of a wall of coral roses, with white roses blurred in the foreground.

one night · the bar

And then, the revelry

Leaning against a bar counter, laughing at each other, an espresso martini and a vase of roses beside them.
Curled up together in a mustard armchair in a room of vintage furniture and lamplight.
On a velvet couch beneath a painting, one wearing white heart-shaped sunglasses, the other holding a drink.
Side by side in a booth against a deep green curtain, two espresso martinis and a vase of roses on the table.
Settled into a red couch under a large painting, feet up, grinning at the camera.