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Sharon

@sharonwelby.bsky.social

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Photography, weather watching from Northern Ireland. Photos taken using my iPhone. Retired. Wife mother and grandmother. Always chasing the sunrise and sunset. Photographs posted are mine, except for the reposts. Enjoy art and music ❤️ animals. No Politics!

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 1d

Omg Susan! Thats a horrific experience, I’m soo sorry this happened to you. I wouldn’t have been able to leave my house again alone.

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 2d

#TheCampfire

LESSONS

A couple of years after moving to NYC from Mpls, my marriage strangled on its own rope. (My fault entirely - another story.)

I needed a new place to live, a new life. I continued, of course, my career in dance.

Go to ALT

(Photo is of a hand with a blurred wedding ring.)

I went back to school for a master’s degree at the New School for Social Research, found an apartment just up the street on 5th Avenue. I was thrilled to be on my own, making my own choices.

So it was my choice to go out one night to a deli to get - cookies. I had to walk just one long block to 6th Avenue to deal with my Famous Amos craving.

The single block I was walking was (fairly) well lit, and full of doormen. I headed out my doorway, jaywalked across the street.

Soon after, I heard footsteps come around the corner behind me. They seemed odd. The footsteps paced mine exactly. I slowed to let the people pass me, but the footsteps were gone.

I continued on. The footsteps began again, perfectly set to my gait. I knew I was in trouble, but saw the doormen and other people around.

Suddenly, I was pinned to a tree. Two teenaged boys. One held me close, told me there was a knife at my throat. They took my watch, my wedding rings. One touched my chest, tenderly as a boyfriend, felt my necklace. Yanked at it with enough force that it broke.

“What do you have in your pockets?” By now, there were sirens nearing. I gave them my cash, feared they would want my keys, but it was too late for them. The boy standing in front of me said, “Kiss me, baby”. I complied. It was over.

They took off swiftly for the 6th Ave subway as standers-by surrounded me and I collapsed to my knees, overwhelmed. “Did you know those boys?” they asked harshly, incredulous. Police arrived quickly. With a short description, they ran for the subway. The boys were long gone.

I called my ex-husband from a nearby phone. He was unsympathetic. Police got me home. No cookies for me.

Is there any good buried in this story? Yes! A couple weeks earlier, I had returned a family heirloom ring to my husband, as I was uncomfortable wearing it.

One disaster averted.

Lessons learned?

Wear no jewelry (I had none left).
Don’t walk alone at night.
Get a big dog.
Shortly thereafter, I had a new friend.

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Susan Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a chopped up full view of my coffee cup for today’s #BlueBrew and #WackyWednesday:

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john mαtthєw @jdubqca.bsky.social · 2d

another shot from my morning ride

#iphonography

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 1d

"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority."
- E. B. White

the wetlands in northern california. Bushes and a small bare tree in the foreground with small masses of land and bushes throughout the photo.

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jen @jenzsky.bsky.social · 1d

Blinding us with your sparkling beauty, concealing your fragility, whilst silently weeping crystal teardrops…

#monochrome #classicmono
#b&w #photography

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BelleAB @belleab.bsky.social · 1d

An abundance of red 🌺🍂❤️
#ColorADay #Redwed #leaves #flowers #begonias #peppers #nature #gardening #food #seasons #mobilephotography

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Ian Crook @icyvr.bsky.social · 3d

#Toronto #ClassicMono #UnionStation #BalckandWhite #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Nikon

Night photograph of railway tracks running in to Toronto Union Station railway platforms. The station is surrounded by office towers almost on top of the tracks.

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Mick Lister @listermj.bsky.social · 2d

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#RockInTuesday
Grasmere, Cumbria (July 2025)
Tree in full leaf behind a small section of a traditional dry stone wall with a glimpse of a lake (Grasmere) and fells behind it.
#grasmere #lakedistrict #cumbria #heritage #craft #nature #trees #walls #photography #eastcoastkin

A Lakeland view above Grasmere on a cloudy summers day.
In the foreground is a small section of the top layer of a traditional dry stone wall. Behind this is a large green tree in full leaf.
In the distance is a glimpse of Grasmere lake. And behind this are fells covered in green vegetation with some patches of exposed rock.
A dry stone wall is built without using mortar or cement, relying on the careful placement and interlocking of stones for stability.

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Mick Lister @listermj.bsky.social · 1d

#WaterfallWednesday
Aros Park Upper Falls, near Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland (September 2025)
Spectacular in full spate.
#arospark #isleofmull #hebrides #scotland #nature #trees #rivers #rocks #geology #photography #eastcoastkin

A waterfall view at Aros Park Upper Falls near Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland on a bright September day.
The Aros Burn in full spate cascades over the crest of the waterfall and down the rock face until it tumbles over many large boulders at the bottom as it makes its way downstream.
In the background, behind and above the falls are pine trees.
The sky is blue with thin white clouds.

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Liz Vella @lizvella.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn Glory
#ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin #photography #autumninmaine

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful in white Dawn 🤍

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Dawn Photography @dawnphotography.bsky.social · 1d

Happy midweek folks 😻

Hydrangeas teach us that change is not a weakness—it’s a reflection of growth, emotion, and the beauty of becoming.”
#flowers #hydrangeas #bloomscrolling #macro #photography #bluesky #bloom #art #wednesday

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lauren e💙 @learls.bsky.social · 1d

#WordlessWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #EastCoastKin
#Fall #photography #LakeMichigan #TunnelofTreesScenicHeritageRoute #M119 #Michigan

A birdseye view of lots of trees with variable colors of fall foliage from green yellow, orange, and red. Beyond the trees is blue and seafoam colored Lake Michigan, and a strip of blue sky above it. In the top left corner is a branch with a sparse amount of leaves. This view can be seen along (or just past, not sure) Michigan Highway 119 (M-119) along the Tunnel of Trees Scenic Heritage Route.

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Edith Ⓥ 🌱 Pigoneer 𓃟 @edithh72.bsky.social · 2d

Schönen Mittwoch, happy Wednesday 🌹🌞
#RoseWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #roses #bloomscrolling #flowers #FlowersOfBluesky #gardening #scape #flowerfeed #nature #photography

Zwei rote Rosenblüten auf einem Rosenbusch voller grüner Blätter, der Hintergrund ist unscharf und grün;

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Mamady @mamady.bsky.social · 1d

"Through love, thorns become roses…" - Rumi

#photography #rosewednesday #coloraday #redwed #eastcoastkin #nature #art #travel #uzbekistan #rose #flowers #bloomscrolling #photohour #humpday #quotes #stormhour #photographersofbluesky #flowersofbluesky #scape #wednesday #bluesky #landscape

A cluster of crimson roses catches the sunlight, standing vivid before the softly blurred dome of the Khoja Ahmad Yassavi Mosque beneath a clear blue sky.

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 1d

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 1d

This is just lovely, Nicole 😊

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · 1d

small Green Frog facing forward with acorns

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning Alan. Lovely words and photograph. Enjoy your Wednesday 🔆🍂

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning from Ireland. Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.

Mist rolls soft through the amber glen,
Where old trees dream of time again.

#ColorADay #RedWed #Autumn #Fall #photography #Ireland #EastCoastKin