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Gretchen Staebler
I am a Pacific Northwest native transplanted to the southeast for 36 years. In 2012, I returned to my childhood home and fell in love with this corner of the country again. I am a grandmother, a storywriter, a teacher, an attention payer, a hiker, and a back roads wanderer. Check out my website (and my memoir) at www.gretchenstaebler.com.
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Writing Down the Story 
A balm for eyes and soul as we progress through the madness in the human world. Look down. Look up. Look small. Study beauty as it appears around you. Accept the gift. Try not to step on anybody. Open heart. Proceed into the day.
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There is so much beauty right now, all of it oblivious to the human madness. I like knowing the lilacs care not about anything at all except that I should smell them.
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Ah, yes, the beauty of spring flowers! It is simply breathtaking to walk around NW neighborhoods right now. Happy belated May day! Ann
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It’s a pretty stellar May flower show! We deserved it after rainy April! (Of course, it’s raining today.) Happy May to you!
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Such lovely colours.
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Spring is amazing!
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You found the purple trillium! So many colorful secrets on that property. A surprise down every path 💕🌈🌷
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Many purple trillium!
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Spring!
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It is a glorious one!
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Ah, the Japanese quince–love’em
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Best spring ever methinks! Thanks for this gorgeousness.
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It’s an outstanding one for sure, Nancy!
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So do I, Jo!
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