26 Replies to “Sun Bleached Susan”

  1. Wow – looks like they have been brushed with white paint!

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  4. Michelle at The Green Study – Michelle Jayne is a literary fiction writer of short stories and novels. Her fiction reflects a love of and curiosity about the natural world, as well as the alchemy that happens between humans and the environment. She served as a Russian Linguist in the US Army. She holds a BA in Soviet and East European Studies and an MFA in Creative Writing, with a focus on neurodivergent characters in fiction. During the pandemic she sought writing community, founding The Green Study Workshop and The Grove, comprised of vibrant writers from around the world. For over a decade she has been writing personal essays for her blog, The Green Study. She lives in the Twin Cities with her husband and daughter and a lot of squirrels (some she’s named). She is currently a 2025-26 Loft Literary Mentor Fellow in fiction.
    thegreenstudy says:

    I love black-eyed susans and have few of these “striped” ones in my garden. Lovely picture!

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  5. Jnana Hodson – New England, USA – In downsizing to a remote fishing village in Downeast Maine, this eclectic writer feels everything's coming together.
    Jnana Hodson says:

    Ending the season
    here come the asters.

    Yellow gives way
    to lavender cooling.

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  6. drose4 – 3542-3652 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, FL 33950, USA – I'm the proud mother of four wonderful children and delighted grandmother of a beautiful grandaughter. I have a great passion for the world around me and love photographing the wonderful things I experience on my nature walks so in turn I may share those experiences with others. I'm a novice writer currently working on my first novel, which has been in hiatus for the past year...so ready to start writing again.
    drose4 says:

    Beautiful!

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  8. @ablanccanvas – Canada – Been on this planet for awhile and right now I am on a creative exploration. There are no rules. I am a blanc canvas. I am all about living [thinking] creatively.
    Christine says:

    Dear seedbud,
    When I see your e-mail in my Inbox each morning, a smile automatically comes to my face. Then I picture all the other smiles – all over the place. And that made me smile even more.

    I wait in anticipation of your photo, and then wonder how you will interpret it through poetry.

    Such a happy, lovely and generous gift is this : ) Thank you for being – seedbud!

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  9. Kat at travelgardeneat – Life sometimes gets so busy, we forget to stop and smell the roses. Travel.Garden.Eat is a reminder to slow down and enjoy the things that make good memories and replenish the soul!
    travelgardeneat says:

    She looks hand-painted – just lovely! ~ Kat

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  10. Thanks for liking my post and photos of Sweet Autumn Clematis on Cottonmouth Creek. I love your photography and wonder how you manage to edit your shots to just one. I’ve subscribed, so you may hear from me again. Looking forward to your updates.
    Jan

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  12. sharonstjoan – Poet, writer, and advocate for wildlife, wild lands, and the earth. President, Forest Voices of India - a U.S.-based group which aids charities in India that further education, culture, the well-being of women, children, and animals, and the restoration of sacred groves. websites: https://wordpress.com/view/forestvoicesofindia.com https://wordpress.com/view/echoesinthemist.com https://wordpress.com/view/wildvoices.world book: Glimpses of Kanchi https://www.amazon.com/Glimpses-Kanchi-Sharon-St-Joan/dp/1982901179/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Glimpses+of+Kanchi&qid=1581769003&sr=8-1
    sharonstjoan says:

    Reblogged this on Voices and Visions.

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  13. inkpaintwords – A feminist writer and artist with a penchant for all things French, living in Washington DC. My love of language led me, indirectly, to my pleasure in gardening, drawing and watercolor. It began with a book, a collection of New Yorker garden columns by Katherine White, wife of its founding editor E.B.White. Her enthusiastic appraisal of the literary merit of various garden catalogs led me to collect and keep her favorites as well as to hoard with them some more recently-emerged seed, bulb and seed catalogs. The beautiful catalogs inspired me to little by little turn our entire front lawn (our home had a wooded ravine close behind) into a garden. That grew into a lovely site with two simple arches, a gliding bench on a little sitting patio and modest slate paths winding through beds of shade lovers and whatever plants supposedly in need of full sun that I could manage to coax into colorful healthy bloom. A curiosity about color and color theory emerged as I became keenly interested in impressionist painters; that interest merged in some way with my urge to garden. I acquired more than one book about Monet’s garden and gardens of other impressionist painters, both French and American. One day I picked up a magazine for painters, and found inside an article about a painter I’d known. Among examples of her splendid watercolor paintings was her watercolor of her garden at that time. Suddenly I could think of nothing more exciting than painting my garden. I enrolled in her watercolor class in The Art League in Alexandria, VA. The influence that the collection of Katherine White’s columns about the literary merits of certain garden catalogs has had on my life has come full now. Ink, Paint & Words combines what has become an obsession with drawing and watercolor with my passion for language. Yes, I still garden. A table full of blooming potted plants sits on my apartment patio, backed by an ivy covered fence with park trees behind. My patio, and my larger environment of Washington DC, together provides wonderful vistas for drawing and painting. For a number of years annual trips to France gave me and my companions extravagantly colorful panoramas and charming tableaux for brush and pen. And yes, now I’ve painted in Monet’s gardens several times. But that, as they say, is another story.
    inkpaintwords says:

    those are better highlights than those any hairdresser could make on a blonde!

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  15. Michael Glover – Michael is a professional fine art photographer born and raised on Florida's west coast now residing in Tennessee. He has a love for the outdoors and always has his camera with him to capture life's fleeting moments. With interests in architectural photography, as well as nature and landscapes, Michael has always had a passion for creating something different. He uses this to his advantage when taking photos for new pieces of artwork. He has taken various workshops which have allowed him to travel to a variety of beautiful locations in pursuit of his artistic career. His work has been published in several venues including books, magazines, covers, and calendars.
    Michael Glover says:

    Beautiful capture of this flower. Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post too!

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  16. Don MacIver, Writer, Poet, RPA – Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada since 1987, I am located on the southwestern coast and immediately north of the Washington state border. I hold a lifetime Real Property Administrator (RPA) professional designation in the property/facility management industries spanning over thirty years. My studies were administered by the At the end of 2012, I retired from the industry to pursue other opportunities. Canadian and International Building Owners & Managers Institute with formal examinations through the Simon Fraser University of Vancouver, BC, Canada. In 2001 I came to realize that life fulfillment meant so much more than just income and having enjoyed a successful 28-year career in property management services, I looked internally to explore and discover through creative writing, specifically poetry, prose, and lyrical verse. This newfound love of writing was a natural progression for me as I had spent my entire career writing professionally to engage, inform, inspire, and move client groups to responsive action. With poetry, reader engagement and response has been a tremendous part of my life, unimpeded by any sort of mental block at any stage of the creative process. The focus of my writing leans strongly to the romantic side while also very strongly influenced by my love and connection with nature and the stunning beauty of so much of the planet. Most often, I incorporate high-resolution photographic images to enhance the reader experience. I am also a freelance editor, proofreader, line editor, grammatical and structural editor of author book manuscripts and publishing services.
    Don MacIver says:

    Gorgeous! I love fall. Here on the west coast we don’t get the vivid tree colours as back east and this type of image is so welcome!!

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  25. JenBrhel – I'm the Crops and Water Extension Educator for York, Seward, and Fillmore counties in Nebraska with a focus in integrated cropping systems.
    jenreesources says:

    Absolutely beautiful photos and poetry on your site! Thanks for liking my blog post as well!

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