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This morning I took a new path, one just to the right of a path I had traveled with my husband a few times previously. I didn’t know where it would take me, I wasn’t sure how long I’d be out, but I was excited just a few feet onto the trail to see a […]

ESSAYS | Curiosity + Priorities, Part 1

May was all about the garden (and a few other things too! (radio interview after the photos) Garden first: You can see my garden stones before. They just weren’t cutting it. So out they went and in came my DREAM COME TRUE: A tons of gravel dust and Belgian Block and LOTS of plants! And […]

IN THE STUDIO | May Round-Up

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Daily Inspiration

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. 

John Muir

It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world.

Mary Oliver

lately at atwater studios

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What's inspiring me lately: Open meadows. Wise old trees. Rivers and lakes. Springtime flowers. The sound of the ocean. Undiscovered paths.

On my bookshelf

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, Art + Fear by David Bayles. (View my full studio library here!)

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