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LeAnne Martin
August 2, 2018
Moments

This Old Table

LeAnne Martin
August 2, 2018
Moments
This Old Table

“Mommy, let’s color,” she would say and go get her plastic pencil box filled with crayons. I’d pull out construction paper and other supplies and sit down at the table with her. She would stand in the chair, lean on the table, and hold a worn-down crayon between chubby toddler fingers...

Tagged: creativity, kids and creativity, beauty in art, beauty, art, table, favorite piece, furniture

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LeAnne Martin
July 31, 2018
More

Beauty and Order, Not Clutter

LeAnne Martin
July 31, 2018
More
Beauty and Order, Not Clutter

As someone who loves beauty, I love an organized room, with everything in its place and nothing extraneous, like the photo above. But my office does not reflect that love. My office is usually a big mess…

Tagged: order, office, desk, art, Clutter Free Academy, Kathi Lipp, decluttering, clutter

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LeAnne Martin
July 26, 2018
Nature

Capturing Beauty with Kareen King

LeAnne Martin
July 26, 2018
Nature
Capturing Beauty with Kareen King

“We were confronted with a sight that paralyzed us…”

Tagged: nature, photography, Kareen King

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LeAnne Martin
July 24, 2018
Nature

Beauty in the Details in July

LeAnne Martin
July 24, 2018
Nature
Beauty in the Details in July

While I love big sweeping vistas that take my breath away (the ocean, the mountains, a valley below), I also like to pause over the small things. Here are some of my favorite photos of beauty in the details this month…

Tagged: olives, Le Vigne, Italy, leaf, ceiling, brick, stone, doors, details, July, sunflower, tracks

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LeAnne Martin
July 20, 2018
The Arts, More

Seeing Siena

LeAnne Martin
July 20, 2018
The Arts, More
Seeing Siena

We stepped out of the van into the sunlight shining brightly on Siena, Italy, a place where…

Tagged: Siena, Italy, cathedral, illuminated, library

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LeAnne Martin
July 18, 2018
Nature

A Day of Beauty in Cortona

LeAnne Martin
July 18, 2018
Nature
A Day of Beauty in Cortona

It was a hot July morning under the Umbrian sun…

Tagged: Cortona, DelBrenna, Italy, jewelry, historic, leather, Le Vigne

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LeAnne Martin
July 12, 2018

Going to the Theater in Gubbio

LeAnne Martin
July 12, 2018
Going to the Theater in Gubbio

She said exactly what I was thinking: "It's going to rain." We had arrived in Gubbio, Italy, a medieval village not far from our friends' place, Le Vigne…

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LeAnne Martin
July 10, 2018
Nature

Following the Sunflowers in Umbria, Italy

LeAnne Martin
July 10, 2018
Nature
Following the Sunflowers in Umbria, Italy

"Come back before it’s too late." It was the last line of an email from our friends, Roger and Joan, who own a centuries-old renovated villa in Umbria, Italy…

Tagged: nature, travel, Umbria, Italy, sunflower, flower

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