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Catherine Streicher

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Writing a new chapter from a tiny vintage cottage by the sea
📍 Central Coast, CA

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Here’s what it looks like when somewhere starts becoming home before you’ve quite decided it is.

Magical Miramar. Not a soul on the beach. My own personal sunset.

And suddenly, you’re someone who checks the tide report. 🌊

#RidiculouslyLargeHat 😆#CinematographerEra 🤔#OneWomanFilmFestival 🤪

#centralcoast #goldenhour taken in Montecito CA by @_gr8ful1

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2 months ago

This is what it looks like when a place that was supposed to be temporary starts feeling suspiciously like home.

Featuring one egg sandwich, highly competitive shelf space, and god rays for days.

#MidlifeReinvention
#SecondAct
#IntentionalLiving taken in Miramar by @_gr8ful1

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3 months ago

Featuring marine-layer emotional support, selective accessibility, and rapidly escalating sunset standards.

#centralcoasting taken in Central Coast, California by @_gr8ful1

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4 months ago

This is what it looks like when your nervous system finally gets a more compatible atmosphere to work with.

Featuring barefoot decision-making, a vintage cottage the size of a linen closet, and backyard birdsong instead of car alarms and helicopters.

#centralcoasting taken in Montecito CA by @_gr8ful1

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4 months ago

Los Feliz (2019 - 2026)
You don’t leave with a checklist or a transformation story. You leave calibrated. Carrying a steadier nervous system, a sharper sense of what matters, and the realization that the best lives aren’t louder or faster. They’re positioned.

And once a place like Los Feliz quietly recalibrates you, you carry that with you. It was never just about a neighborhood. It was about realizing you didn’t need to become more.

You just needed to stand in the right place.

More on the topic in the usual place.

#losfelizvillage taken in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California by @_gr8ful1

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5 months ago

Made some new friends this weekend…
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#canzellealpacas #centralcoast #centralcoastcalifornia #carpinteria #alpaca #alpacalove #alpacagram taken in Canzelle Alpacas by @_gr8ful1

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4 years ago

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air….”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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#mermaiding
#piratetower
#lagunabeach
#laguna
#victoriabeach
#memorialdayweekend #memorialdayweekend2022
#weekendgetaway taken in Laguna Beach, CA by @_gr8ful1

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4 years ago

Totally cliché, but every journey really does begin with the first step.
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Once a trash-covered hillside, San Francisco’s Tompkins Stairway Garden is now a safe and welcoming street park, featuring a drought-tolerant garden in year-round bloom and a colorful tiled stairway. Dedicated attention from surrounding neighbors has transformed the site into a community greenspace and pedestrian corridor serving the Alemany Farmers’ Market and nearby schools and shopping districts.
#urbangarden #urbangreenspace #nowrongwaysf #onlyinsf #ASideofSF #walltraveled taken in Tompkins Stairs Community Group by @_gr8ful1

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4 years ago

“Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”
- John Muir
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#earthday2022
#loveyourmother
#treehugger
#muirwoods
#bayarea
#latergram taken in Muir Woods National Monument by @_gr8ful1

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4 years ago

“The purpose of art is washing the daily dust of life off our souls.” Pablo Picasso.
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Many thanks to @the_ss_suhar for an amazing night at the @laartshow Premiere Party. by @_gr8ful1

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5 years ago

Merry everything and happy always to everyone ☮️
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#beverlyhills #touristathome taken in Rodeo Drive by @_gr8ful1

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5 years ago