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This lack of snow feels like a personal attack.... 🌧 (at Charlottesville, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNN2nmnNqV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s1r1y8phqpar

The many sides of my little dog-child. 🐾 (at Charlottesville) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqLSMk4nk0D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ata3mq7asvbo

Seeking beauty (& bagels) amidst the grey. 🍁🍂 (at Bodo's Bagels) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqInm0DHxqE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=21n9q8bzn6w1

Here’s a glimpse of a brighter day a couple weeks back, snapped like most of my foliage picks this year— through a car window. This season of my life is a whirlwind, and I’m doing my best to ride this wave of dream-chasing. (at Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqGlC8gHZpR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17jc2qjnikhae

Signs of the season. 🧡 (at Charlottesville, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpMx5YehYK6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=wtyhgrhgplye

First brisk morning means pulling out all of my hand-knits. #seefrankieknit (at Charlottesville, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpE2aVeBw-i/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fewotq0wgqp8

This sweet girl is nine! So grateful to share snuggly mornings, distracted walks, and countless meals with her by my side. (at Charlottesville, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpAHWtlh6G7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u8h2yxc1zw40

Fall— is that you? 🍂 (at Charlottesville, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1nwshB8O9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5qto4pzoi585

🌬⛰ (at Charlottesville, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn8xV69BOTA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f0cu0fn1mvon

Forever chasing that last light. ✨ (at Charlottesville, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BntivGrhZUb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o3chccx47mvn

Perusing maps & books with these native Virginians. 📚 🗺 #ilovecville (at Blue Whale Books)

Perusing maps & books with these native Virginians. 📚 🗺 #ilovecville (at Blue Whale Books)

Perusing maps & books with these native Virginians. 📚 🗺 #ilovecville (at Blue Whale Books)

Never not ogling the flowers. 🌺💐🌻 (at Charlottesville City Market)

Back from the beach & reminded how much #ilovecville. (at Charlottesville DowntownMall)

“I go down to the edge of the sea. How everything shines in the morning light! The cusp of the whelk, the broken cupboard of the clam, the opened, blue mussels, moon snails, pale pink and barnacle scarred— and nothing at all whole or shut, but tattered, split, dropped by the gulls onto the gray rocks and all the moisture gone. It's like a schoolhouse of little words, thousands of words. First you figure out what each one means by itself, the jingle, the periwinkle, the scallop        full of moonlight. Then you begin, slowly, to read the whole story.” Mary Oliver, “Breakage” (at Sandbridge Beach, Virginia)

Thinking of my Grandma Helen, who would have loved these iris bathed in early morning light. 💜 (at Charlottesville, Virginia)