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A love letter to style, heirloom recipes, creative pursuits, motherhood, and life’s little joys through my camera lens.

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Life lately in the world of Coronavirus. It’s quite repetitive, and I notice that good moods directly correlate with good weather; the littlest simplicities like having the windows open, or seeing my plants spring towards the sunlight, are inspiring.

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Minimalist Avocado Toast
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Minimalist Avocado Toast

Three blog posts within a week! Well, if anything, Coronavirus certainly is improving my blog-writing tendencies. It is also making me extremely conscious of not eating too much. I am too scared to venture out to the grocery store! Takeout for us stopped a long time ago, too. So, that simply means I am thinking about snacks/meals that help me stay fuller longer, and this avocado toast is one of my go-to’s lately.

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Gold Coast
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Gold Coast

Oh, Coronavirus! The time you have given me to paint! I can’t tell you the last time I whipped up a fashion illustration I actually liked in this amount of time. Three days! Three days of “quarantine,” where I didn’t really leave the house (except to go for walks). Three days that were perfectly busy — filled with work, planning, webinars, computer time, chores….

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Sunday Baking: Buttermilk Biscuits
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Sunday Baking: Buttermilk Biscuits

Other than the terribly frightening spread of Coronavirus, which is dominating the news and my mind, this actually was a pretty idyllic day. Over coffee and even a pot of tea, my mom and I worked together on some lesson plans for school (virtual, of course) and enjoyed some fresh-outta-the-oven buttermilk biscuits. The recipe is from The Magnolia Table.

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Rupdate: Starting Fresh
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Rupdate: Starting Fresh

The last time I posted a running update or what I call a “rupdate,” was here. It’s not the most glamorous topic for a blog like this, which I typically reserve for creative pursuits and travel. But I was at the gym last week - on the treadmill, to be exact…and I found myself searching for those old 2014 “rupdate” blog posts about running.

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Likes & Loves
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Likes & Loves

Every once in a while it’s fun to compile a little “wish list” isn’t it? I guess it is the feeling of the new year, a sense of renewal…or just my bad habits of buying that makes me want new stuff! In my defense some of it I already own (ha!) and some of it is for my dog. So that doesn’t count, right?

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