the delicate smell of these later bloomers despite the construction...

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gaines scholars hit the streets for their first unit of the junior seminar about lexington history... #gainescenter #seeblue

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i am so delighted to be leading the junior seminar for the gaines center...that crew over my shoulder. we had a sweaty afternoon in gratz park looking at architecture and thinking about humanities scholarship. #gainescenter #fieldwork #seeblue

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a cure for a grey saturday...flowers from @bellaireblooms at @lexfarmmkt

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now the whole school....

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though i didn’t get my traditional selfie with the whole school, here’s the class of 2019 in the school of interiors...#seeblue #seeinteriors #ukcod #interiors

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glowing in the sun this coolish morning...

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@elizabethlucas9 @k_s_litterer and kevkev...tootled east to london for a bit last night...

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no people like show people...and many others on the audience this evening....

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a particularly nice color sense here...

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mr. jefferson’s hyacinth bean blooms amidst the august heat...

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“nieces” night at MARY POPPINS (and “sisters” and “brother” night, too)... @___abby_ @mdowns.26 @alyssalealucas @ashley_lucas98

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high street planter...

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it’s the day of the show, y’all... MARY POPPINS @leedscenter.org. we play for the next two weekends. photo courtesy of sally horowitz

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bright purple (the color of royalty) on this cloudy bright day...

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more flowers, these from cousin margie... @margie.cleveland

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my sister’s floral contribution from her sunroom... @roseannlucasdowns

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an exotic one, courtesy of kristi varner carpenter, from her recent trek to jamaica...

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the care for my mom is expressed in countless ways...thanks for continuing to bring beauty into her world...

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i’ve started an instagram account for my project, “athens on the frontier,” where i’ll post book illustrations and cross-post here occasionally. if you’re interested, i’d appreciate you following me there... #athensonthefrontier #greekrevival #architecture #community #identity #antebellum #ohiovalley

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i far prefer the white hosta bloom to the blue...

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