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<\/p>\nThe weekends are spent meandering around and exploring in nature. Now that the days are short, dark and chilly I have to squeeze in my long walks on saturday and sunday. I think in the wintertime I need to look harder for inspiration, but when I find it I am so happy! The sky is gray but the crabapples are plentiful…their ruby red fruit is a visual feast! Yesterday when I was walking I stumbled upon this tree…just look<\/i> at the fruit!<\/p>\n
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\nThe trail in the woods where I walk…<\/p>\n
\nIt was so snowy and magical the other morning!<\/p>\n
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\nA new favorite wool sweater to keep me warm. Not vintage but vintage-inspired and perfectly faded and soft. The colors capture my favorite tones as of recent. Reds, grays, brownish-greens.<\/p>\n
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\nWhen I walked by the crabapple tree on the way home there was a flock of blue jays and other little brownish birds perching in its branches. I stood quietly trying to get one to come close so I could snap a picture. This little gal was perched above me and againt branches and sky she was so pretty!<\/p>\n
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\nI’ve been collecting little nature things along the trail for inspiration. Usually when there’s snow my treasure hunt is useless, but yesterday I filled my pockets with these seed pods. They are so delicate! I put them on my book shelf<\/p>\n
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\nOn a side note, my vintage dress came in the mail! It is so pretty and feather light, a billowy shimmer of gray with burgandy accents and cute little buttons. I am going to make a deep red sash for it. Its from the Etsy store of Stephanie Bracciano<\/a> (and thats her in the photo below, modeling my new lovely dress!) She was such a doll and included two pretty little prints in the package as well.<\/p>\n \n \nAnd here we are…Monday. I have to admit that not all days are full of walks and seedpods. Some (or should I say most?) are full of to-do lists and trying<\/i> very hard to squeeze even a sketch in. And here they are, scanned, to-do lists and sketches, worn and crumbled from my pockets:<\/p>\n \n \n~*~*~*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The weekends are spent meandering around and exploring in nature. Now that the days are short, dark and chilly I have to squeeze in my long walks on saturday and sunday. I think in the wintertime I need to look harder for inspiration, but when I find it I am so happy! The sky is … <\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/071210_3.jpg\")
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