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Beautiful poetry … and who doesn’t adore a dew-laden spider web?! Lush

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Lush.. I love that word and that’s exactly what they are too! thanks so much for reading and sharing Barrie .

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Ten years in Wales. Lush is mandatory!

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I'm visiting my daughter in the US and it has been a (short) week of beautiful days indeed!

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And don’t rush back, at least until Sunday, we have the most awful weather coming! xx

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I won't be back until late in the month. Weather in NYC was beautiful, but now I'm "home" in the PNW so expecting to get some rain.

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We had 24 hours of rain non-stop, here not as heavily as elsewhere though, we are ok, fed up but grateful! I don’t know if your getting French updates there? The rainfall has been devastating in the Ardeche especially..

https://watchers.news/2024/10/17/extreme-rainfall-hits-ardeche-cevennes-with-up-to-700-mm-27-6-inches-in-24-hours-france/

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Oh no, I haven't been following French news a lot. Gads.

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Oh Betty enjoy!

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Oct 16Liked by Susie Mawhinney

I challenge that Susie! Your writing is beautiful but lovely to share what inspires you!!

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Ahhh biggest thanks lovely, although I haven’t written a word that isn’t dizzy for days, thank goodness holidays begin on Friday - at last! X

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Oh thank goodness for holidays!! Yes you need to make the most of it and put your feet up

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Beautiful

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🙏🏼 💫 x

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Gorgeous poetry, both the photos and the words of Mary Ruefle. That spiderweb. That orange! Thank you for sharing, Susie.

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Holly I thought I'd stepped from bed to heaven when I opened my shutters, the colours and mystery were unspeakably beautiful. The poem said all... thank you lovely lady .

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Stunning photos! That light and that fog!!

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It was a stunning morning Sarah, a gift I was lucky to catch on camera… thank you🙏🏽

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Gorgeous. Thank you!!

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Thank you Veronika, mornings like these have been rare for two years, after our very damp summer and rain soaked September the mists have returned in abundance… a sight to behold! I hope your day is beautiful 🤍

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Your photography enchants me Susie! I want to fall into each one of your moments and then, if I’m lucky, “if by chance there is no edge to the crowd, or anything else so that I am of it,

I will take the orange and toss it as high as I can.”

What glorious celebration!

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Magnificent photos! A friend of mine who lives on a hill near you sent me a similar one with the fog in the valley.

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We’ve been spoilt with misty gorgeousness this month Betty… almost every morning has been an ephemeral bliss!

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Oct 14Liked by Susie Mawhinney

Exquisite beauty - your photos and the poem. Love the cobweb! Thank you for sharing Susie. xxx

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I am not sure there is a jewel more beautiful than that of natures dampness strung up in droplets on spiders webs Jo… I am always enchanted! Thank you so much ♥️xx

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Oct 15Liked by Susie Mawhinney

"natures dampness strung up in droplets on spider webs..." Ahhhhh just had to repeat that stunning description. 💛

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💫xx

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Mornings like these are heaven on earth! 🤍✨

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Gorgeous! It is a little weird how we are living the same life on opposite sides of the world :-) Thanks for sharing all this Beauty!! XO

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The words of the poem seem the perfect accompaniment to your dreamy photos. Thanks for this slip of beauty today.

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Such a lovely poem. Thanks for sharing it, Susie. Coincidentally, I'm talking about oranges on my Substack this week as well 😂

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”in case you are thirsty”

Mmmm! And sometimes we thirst for beauty. In which case your photos are deeply quenching, Susie 🤍🕸

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Wow! What a poem. I thought the photos were the poem … and then you gave us more. May you have more days like this one.

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