WHAT INSPIRES YOU?

Nature inspires me. Well, not just me. Since the dawn of time, artists, writers, philosophers have been inspired by its wonders. The Psalmist David, overcome, declared, in the 19th Psalm, that nature could only have one divine source: "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." The sheer diversity of nature staggers me. Like David, I am awed by its Creator. I am moved to tears by the green rolling hills of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. To tears! By farmland! So, too, winding streams, fawns, the flight of an eagle. Tender ferns, rocky mountains, a herd of bull elk. Worms in dirt. Red birds. The sky at daybreak. I could go on and on. What I do with this inspiration is feather my nest. My home is a nod to our stunning planet. I favor botanicals and bird prints, grasscloth and jute, antlers and ferns, and, flowers. Always, flowers.

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