Category Archives: Inspiration

My friend Yanez tends to make her yearly trek down to the Bay area from coastal British Columbia every spring time.  She bursts onto the scene full of colour and life just as spring here in Northern California is erupting in a chorus of verdant beauty rife with blossoms in every pastel hue you can […]

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One of the things I love most about the Mediterranean, from Morocco to Israel, is the lush combination of soft, earthy hues and rich, jewel tones that emanate from the earth and spill over from the sea.  The creamy pastel walls and homey cobbled streets of Bozcaada easily drew me in the first time I […]

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Both the beauty and sheer number of tourists at Ephesus truly took my breath away.  So much so that both inspired me to return the morning after my first visit.  I RAN from the top of the ruins down the slick and uneven ancient marble street to the famed facade of the Library so I […]

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