It felt SO GOOD to stretch my photo muscles and shoot a newspaper assignment again. I miss newspaper photography; it just doesn't get to happen much in this chapter of my life. My photos and story about Sequim's lavender farms are in The Seattle Times here.
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World's worst photo assistants. I'd fire them, but I can't afford anyone else. They work for ice cream.
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Your photos and story are beautiful! I loved reading them this evening (just submitted a ParentMap lavender article yesterday, so it was good timing) and am adding Jardin du Soleil to my list after seeing the cute goats.