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</description><title>ad astra per aspera</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @annfran)</generator><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>I just really want to know if travel size is a person or what.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a648ddecea7e4930f5b85a61529d4a70/tumblr_mmys5w1aUh1qzq8vao1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just really want to know if travel size is a person or what.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50681754193</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50681754193</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:37:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>i just feel really good about myself today. yay!</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cfd49dd579c85cc60f482fb299f36835/tumblr_mmyirn5W2e1qzq8vao1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;i just feel really good about myself today. yay!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50667842787</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50667842787</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:14:00 -0400</pubDate><category>woooooo!</category><category>this is a thoroughly boring post i apologize</category></item><item><title>andreva:

Details from paintings - Marie-Antoinette...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4893085e6f45dfa20d912987a21de8c9/tumblr_mm3esnEZsY1qcqq8ro5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/07677a836d8a6296ea53f85555d1e6f3/tumblr_mm3esnEZsY1qcqq8ro1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d7f325f27d405d87b6c96eebbfd95c03/tumblr_mm3esnEZsY1qcqq8ro3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a1fa344e2d6ca56433613a02be33866/tumblr_mm3esnEZsY1qcqq8ro6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1449b0eb6006312f2e6cee8207b2f124/tumblr_mm3esnEZsY1qcqq8ro2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7051d60efc68fe7f4281bdae789fdeab/tumblr_mm3esnEZsY1qcqq8ro4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://andreva.tumblr.com/post/49315622843"&gt;andreva&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Details from paintings - &lt;strong&gt;Marie-Antoinette dresses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;small&gt;Marie-Antoinette (1755 – 1793), born an Archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792. Initially charmed by her personality and beauty, the French people generally came to dislike her, accusing her of being profligate, promiscuous, and of harboring sympathies for France’s enemies. Marie Antoinette earned the nickname of “Madame Déficit” in the summer of 1787 as a result of the public perception that she had singlehandedly ruined the finances of the nation. Eight months after her husband’s execution, Marie Antoinette was herself tried, convicted by the Convention for treason to the principles of the revolution, and executed by guillotine.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50553357895</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50553357895</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:41:03 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"I heard it too. The sound of something important to you disappearing."</title><description>“I heard it too. The sound of something important to you disappearing.” - 告白   (via...</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50321001261</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50321001261</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:29:38 -0400</pubDate><category>accurate is accurate</category></item><item><title>patrickhumphreys:

Constantin Brancusi working on Endless Column...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b36f9652f6543260b29e947424b28a86/tumblr_mmou04ydPb1r1p7nfo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://patrickhumphreys.tumblr.com/post/50256233004/constantin-brancusi-working-on-endless-column-in"&gt;patrickhumphreys&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Constantin Brancusi working on &lt;em&gt;Endless Column&lt;/em&gt; in his studio at 8 impasse Ronsin, Paris, c. 1924.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Photo by Constantin Brancusi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50262928807</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50262928807</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 11:31:30 -0400</pubDate><category>brancusi atelier</category><category>jess look</category></item><item><title>allthingseurope:

Louvre, Paris (by Peter S….)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e24ec2b270abe76d220388ae494a320/tumblr_mmhs9k9zXg1qb0bzxo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://allthingseurope.tumblr.com/post/50023845714" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;allthingseurope&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Louvre, Paris (by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/99318500@N00/7519849754/in/photostream"&gt;Peter S….&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50122597871</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50122597871</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:37:05 -0400</pubDate><category>ugh</category><category>fine</category><category>it's whatever jess</category></item><item><title>arpeggia:

Diego Mendez - Brain &amp; Heart

heart/brain is...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8932851552e037ca5589aad380c3470d/tumblr_mmk9zvN7VA1qdrgo9o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/post/50061682191" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;arpeggia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diego-mendez/"&gt;Diego Mendez&lt;/a&gt; - Brain &amp; Heart&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;heart/brain is really important to me right now.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50072121080</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/50072121080</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:32:24 -0400</pubDate><category>heart/brain</category></item><item><title> i just cut my knuckle on a light switch. </title><description> i just cut my knuckle on a light switch. </description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49990662791</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49990662791</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:09:00 -0400</pubDate><category>how do you human?</category><category>blogging at its finest</category></item><item><title>cavetocanvas:

Richard Prince, When I Was 15, 1989</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4a1667ffc0685e93c5445bbe94be0c9b/tumblr_mmgeliQ3jg1qghk7bo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cavetocanvas.com/post/49942892883/richard-prince-when-i-was-15-1989" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;cavetocanvas&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.richardprince.com/paintings/monochromatic-jokes/#/detail/1/"&gt;Richard Prince&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;When I Was 15&lt;/em&gt;, 1989&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49954772247</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49954772247</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:31:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>nymphkid:

Oh my gosh I love this so much


Jes.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5c0044dd48fc1cbfb804cb41dfe996c/tumblr_meofo24n6Y1qlhdjvo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nymphkid.tumblr.com/post/49677820720/oh-my-gosh-i-love-this-so-much"&gt;nymphkid&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh my gosh I love this so much&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Jes.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49797857647</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49797857647</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:55:20 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>deliberatepace:

joeydeangelis:

MS MR | “Hurricane” (CHVRCHES...</title><description>&lt;iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F90971604&amp;liking=false&amp;sharing=false&amp;origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://deliberatepace.tumblr.com/post/49791872579" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;deliberatepace&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://joeydeangelis.tumblr.com/post/49774302078"&gt;joeydeangelis&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MS MR &lt;/strong&gt;| “Hurricane” (CHVRCHES Remix)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Making a great song that much more awesome&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All day every day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;brb listening to CHVRCHES for the rest of time&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49796295839</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49796295839</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:35:04 -0400</pubDate><category>chvrches</category></item><item><title>same, alice, same.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpqwktWVcO1qa4w2fo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;same, alice, same.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49642854450</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49642854450</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 21:59:13 -0400</pubDate><category>cue icona pop</category></item><item><title>love</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ee13cb54ad5038538214bdbbab0bfcd/tumblr_mm9htv2Upt1qzq8vao1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49576157479</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49576157479</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 02:53:54 -0400</pubDate><category>rothko</category></item><item><title>having a bit of a sad, but this exists, so it’s a little...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2893f8993b9bd85cae8729ce89a0abd3/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be59ca32b1eeb127c5a629ef7981f20f/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/02c3209845cb3308ae8ef29afaa7a8a6/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c08adf2843bdc848870126af448445bf/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ab706962f93766b182b3adf25df81e5/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fac7ca96d91dd7024d734f0c5bab4a3d/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa83a9ce5fa65050d0e2fa0777977184/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe3887f4b685427637c1376226c51721/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/36b301da07d498a1eb51a345eab0fdca/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/140588f1bebee8bbec7f09dd9765b9c7/tumblr_mkoumkCZrB1sn5px5o10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;having a bit of a sad, but this exists, so it’s a little better.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49552860448</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49552860448</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:53:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>bookmania:

Bibliothèque Saint Geneviève, Paris. A public and...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7218f7789af74ff5c174187b1d4dd625/tumblr_mm8a9r7qaI1qdo62to1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookmania.me/post/49515577643/bibliotheque-saint-genevieve-paris-a-public-and" class="tumblr_blog"&gt;bookmania&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bibliothèque Saint Geneviève, Paris.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; A public and university library in Paris, Sainte-Geneviève Library is designed by Henri Labrouste. It is in Neo-Renaissance style and was built between 1843 and 1851. (Photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/14707668@N05/"&gt;Edward Klister&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49537970309</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49537970309</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:27:46 -0400</pubDate><category>library</category><category>books</category><category>paris</category><category>too much</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71afd83d09261cc467657ec4a987ebfa/tumblr_mm8f70Rp0U1qznvi3o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49537493539</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49537493539</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 17:21:25 -0400</pubDate><category>relevant</category><category>to</category><category>my</category><category>interests</category></item><item><title>
high tide and low tide in great britain. photographs by michael...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3017124a03183a9901bc1882e1e12fbf/tumblr_mm4pxj9Mvp1s3ggdno11_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2f77a571b3acceb2c227b1fb0f3de2b9/tumblr_mm4pxj9Mvp1s3ggdno8_r2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1d237893f6c701dc0ca72a11f2803c46/tumblr_mm4pxj9Mvp1s3ggdno1_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/882c2d98131dcc413c5efc8d94c09a9a/tumblr_mm4pxj9Mvp1s3ggdno9_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6123750dae09b666bdac00be87c9db15/tumblr_mm4pxj9Mvp1s3ggdno13_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/218c1a761345181ef385ee6fc8880639/tumblr_mm4pxj9Mvp1s3ggdno12_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/47f730ebe2dec7108992ac982ae459ae/tumblr_mm4pxj9Mvp1s3ggdno10_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;high tide and low tide in great britain. photographs by michael marten&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49481841099</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49481841099</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 22:00:13 -0400</pubDate><category>JESS.CA</category></item><item><title>update:</title><description>the caramels are effing good.</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49472408115</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49472408115</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 19:58:11 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"On a scale from good to bad, I’m currently at make salted caramels, so."</title><description>“On a scale from good to bad, I’m currently at make salted caramels, so.” - me,...</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49448084695</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49448084695</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:03 -0400</pubDate><category>what kind of mood even is this?!</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e14ee6d6fe501d5a54250d319e0e6be/tumblr_mm3j5lz2rI1qbxd6qo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bff211e8c00b80ba028b4d7c8d33d539/tumblr_mm3j5lz2rI1qbxd6qo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/742b354f435f777fd41b76e7a64820d2/tumblr_mm3j5lz2rI1qbxd6qo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b731d5cec87667ad9ba4da3e544e0b7/tumblr_mm3j5lz2rI1qbxd6qo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49387588156</link><guid>http://annfran.tumblr.com/post/49387588156</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:53:20 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
