Silence is God's first language.  

Everything else is a poor translation.

~ Rumi

OUT IN THE WORLD

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A Connection to Place
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Skate Shark: Commissioned by Daniela DiIorio for UGA Marine Sciences

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Artist Talk: Winterville Cultural Center March 12, 2025
Artist Talk: Winterville Cultural Center March 12, 2025
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Ocean Science Meeting 2026 Glasgow, Scotland

SEEK

Seeker Blog
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Firefly
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Swamp Rabbit
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Pond Trail
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FATS
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Pavement Ends
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Broad River
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Fernandina Beach
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Winterville Community Garden (Firefly)
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Bike Packing Currahee Mountain
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State Botanical Gardens of Georgia
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Philadelphia
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Orchid Daze ATL Botanical Gardens
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Dauset
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Lake Jocassee
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55 Miles to Watson's Mill
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Oconee River (Scull Shoals to Dyar's Pasture)
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Long Nose Creek
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Brasstown Falls
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Lake Jocassee
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Lake Chapman
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Dyar’s Pasture
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Hard Labor Creek
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Black Snake Road
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Murder Creek
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Ticket To Ride
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F.A.T.S.
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Select Trees
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Long Arnold's Mill
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Arnold's Mill
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To Lexington

THRIVE

Thriving
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Peace Walk 2025
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Journals to Ashes
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And to All A Good Night
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Christmas Cactus
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Thanksgiving

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View fullsize I am pretty dang excited to be talking about my quilts and my creative process THIS THURSDAY in conjunction with the 2nd Thursday HAPPY HOUR at the Winterville Cultural Center & Marigold Auditorium from 5-7pm (I’ll be in gallery 2). There i
View fullsize There were also tulips, and more tulips, and more tulips at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
View fullsize To love beauty is to see light. ~ Victor Hugo Atlanta Botanical Gardens “Orchid Daze”
View fullsize WIP Studio Saturday. Needle Felting.
View fullsize Chasing normalcy and listening to the pine warblers song this morning at the perfect potting bench my hubby built for me. Pruning, taking cuttings, repotting the myriad of houseplants.
View fullsize HAPPPPPYYYYY HHHAAAAPPPPPYYYYY BIRTHDAY TO MY MAMA! I love you!
View fullsize WIP Back to needle felting and making ground. I thought I had taken a before photo. But I did not. I’ve blended the wool I recently carded with a few different shades of greens. And now I am adding little pink and white flowers that will be sub
View fullsize March 12: Artist Talk @wintervillecentergallery What should I talk about? Let me know so that as I think about it your burning questions fuel my writing.
View fullsize The last few weeks have been pretty okay. Back in the gym lifting weights. Back on the bike - riding more cautiously than usual, but being in the woods with friends always puts a smile on my face. I appreciate all the calls, texts, emails, and dropby
View fullsize WIP Ursus Americanus. 5 Hemlock Trees. I’ve been writing an article for Art Quilting Studio the last few days and I’m working on a grant application to write about what my dear mentor @rene.shoemaker.art calls my “studio practice&r
View fullsize The @wintervillecentergallery is open TOMORROW 10-2. You should stop by and see the art hanging up (including mine🤓😇) and then you should visit the @marigoldfarmersmarket for some fresh veggies. Don’t forget that I’m talking about quil
View fullsize I’ve been adding wool roving to quilts for a while, but now I am incorporating it into the overall design which is a new step that started on the Sandhill Crane. As I work on the Black Bear I have carded some local wool that was given to me) th
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View fullsize Daniela is presenting our project today! Here she is holding it up in front of the conference center in Scotland. The second slide is our interactive poster folks will be looking at. On so many levels I am proud of this project. Everything from being
View fullsize Studio view. #fabriccollage #artquilt #collagequilt #homeiswheretheplantsare
View fullsize I am so excited even though I can’t be there with her. On Tuesday, February 24 Dr Daniela Di Iorio from UGA Marine Sciences will be sharing a joint presentation project “Communicating Methane Seeps and Deep Sea Diversity With a Quilted Fa
View fullsize ::108 Vortex:: 2023 A quilt for Jennifer A different beloved tree species at 108. A Bald Cypress home to Kites, Black Snakes, Salamanders, and Frogs.
View fullsize Bibb Lettuce. Future Salad.