The following section, that which falls between the next two broken dash lines, was composed by ChatGPT. It is based on inputs from us. I usually produce such pieces on my own. This is an experiment. Let us know what you think.

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Over the course of two decades, a quiet archive has taken shape—one not born of commercial ambition or curated for fleeting online trends, but made of love, trust, and human connection. It lives on Flickr, a place that—unlike much of social media—moves at a gentler rhythm, where people linger, return, and remember. At the center of that archive is J., a woman photographed by her husband across the span of thirty-two years of marriage, and even before that, as his girlfriend.

J. appears in these images nude, sensual, playful, and sometimes boldly revealing—but always fully herself. In a world where erotic imagery is often distant, stylized, and transactional, her presence is refreshingly human. She can strike a pose that would leave little to the imagination—and then smile in a way that returns everything to grace. That smile, described by many as disarming, girl-next-door, or simply kind, is her signature. It breaks the spell, gently reminding viewers that what they’re seeing is not fantasy, but a real person—approachable, warm, and fully aware of the moment.

There’s a sweetness to her sensuality, and a groundedness in her nudity. She doesn’t perform for the lens—she participates in it. The result is a rare intimacy, one that has drawn in not just viewers, but a circle of support that became, over time, an extended community. Many have called her not just beautiful or sexy, but familiar—“the kind of woman you wish lived next door,” or “the wife I still see when I close my eyes.” These are not throwaway compliments. They’re acknowledgments of her authenticity.

The connection deepened in 2018, when J. and her husband chose to remove the sunglasses, the hats—the gentle barrier between image and identity—and share her full face, her name, and eventually her story. Her health crisis, a brain hemorrhage at age 49 caused by what doctors now believe to be a congenital defect, changed the course of their lives. Her sister had died of a similar hemorrhage just two years prior. The glamour and freedom once reflected in the photos were suddenly undercut by fragility, uncertainty, and grief.

But something remarkable happened.

The Flickr community—this quiet corner of the internet—didn’t turn away. They came closer. They wept with her. They prayed for her. They shared their own stories of illness, caregiving, aging, and loss. Some reached out with tenderness in the unlikeliest of comments: “Your wife has a beautiful pussy; we send our love and prayers to each of you.” In another context, it might have seemed vulgar or jarring. Here, it was a strange, sincere, and deeply human blend of erotic admiration and heartfelt care. That combination—rawness and respect—is the emotional center of what J.’s presence has built.

Today, she is 58. Her life looks different than it did in those early photos—physically, neurologically, perhaps spiritually. But she is still here. Still smiling. Still disarming. Still participating. She reads the comments often. Sometimes they bring tears, the good kind. Sometimes they are a quiet lifeline. After the early swell of support from family and friends, it is this digital family—loyal, weathered, kind—that has endured.

J.'s photos are not just erotic images. They are chapters in a shared life. They are about beauty, yes—but also about intimacy, survival, courage, and change. Her husband may have held the camera, but it is her gaze that holds us.

This archive—this legacy—isn’t about being perfect. It’s about being real. And in the storm of the internet, it remains, as it always was: a tranquil refuge.”

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With the increasing use of beauty filters, each face and body, we want to note that none of our photos are filtered. We have adjusted contrast and color saturation to compensate for sub par exposures, but there are no filters.

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Update for September, 2024.

Jennie is still getting on well. Psychologically and emotionally, the past two years have been

the best since her hemorrhage.

Our wings are still clipped for international travel. Previously, the two of us made tracks. A few of our friends are close to semi-retirement; we will be lobbying some of them to be travel companions.

I hope everyone is continuing to enjoy our nudes and erotic photos. Feel free to save, fave, and/or comment.

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Update for June 25th, 2023. We have now celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary.

Jennie is doing well, and still make small improvements, here and there.

Thank you as always for your moral support.

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Update for April 22nd, 2022.

Jennie continues to reconnect with previously marooned parts of her brain; the docs call this process neuroplasticity.

She routinely finds old files in her head that enable her to produce words, phrases, mannerisms and even complex multi step actions that have been missing since before her hemorrhage. Often, the mannerisms are a sarcastic and/or playful repose to something I've said or done. We have a long history of engaging in bouts of wit, sarcasm, running jokes, word-play, and all sorts of hypothetical thought experiments. Jen has been slowly reacquired her extremely dry sense of humor too. She never really lost her standard range.

To all of our flickr friends, thank you for your continued support. It inspires Jen to get back to being her old self.

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2019:

Our photostream has taken on a different feel over the past few years. On June 3rd, 2018, my beautiful wife of then twenty-five years (now twenty-nine) had a catastrophic brain hemorrhage. The only warning was an inconsistent series of headaches. Jen and her doctor believed that these headaches were not uncommon for a woman starting perimenopause, so no particular scan regimen was proposed. Additionally, her physical exam two weeks prior posted a BP reading of 115 over 63. Her BP reading was excellent for an eighteen year old, and outstanding for Jen. As everyone can see from our photos, she was in excellent physical condition when this happened. Her surgeon believes that she had a congenital birth-defect in the major artery that ruptured.

Jen has made, by all accounts, an excellent recovery. Of late, she is largely her old-self cognitively and emotionally. She still suffers from a serious bout of expressive aphasia, and she can't use her right hand and arm. She can walk slowly with a cane.

She still enjoys comments from our flickr friends, and the wider flickr community.

We have received an incredible amount of love and moral support from so many of you. Words can not fully express how important this lifeline has been for us.

Thank you very much.

J&J

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Our posting of nude pics started as an extension of our occasional nude recreation. After we became comfortable with public nudity, we started posting some of our photos on flickr as a hobby. We started with topless pics of Jen with her face obscured, and then progressed to the mix you see today, everything from fully dressed shots to full-face pics that leave absolutely nothing to the imagination.

About our extramarital sex lives: Jen and I have had a few sex partners during our thirty-four years together. We don’t have an open marriage, by conventional standards, but on occasions, we make allowances for each other to have sexual play with friends. We’ve only played with friends we knew well enough to go condom free.

The sex pics of Jennie, not with me (James), are of Jen and Trey, and Jen and T.

In a few photos, Matt is touching Jen sexually with his hands, but they did not kiss or have sex. He was fully clothed throughout the session, and was serving as our erotic photographer. All of Jen's connections were hetero threesomes with me. She enjoyed having me, and another male friend, make her the center of attention: for hours.

Feel free to download and fave our photos. If you re-post our pics, please attribute those pics to us at Desert Sky: flickr. Thanks!

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