Susan McCreery
@susanmccreery.bsky.social
Writer. ALL THE UNLOVED out now. Retired proofreader (90 issues!) for Australian Geographic. Still work for trade publishers. Newbie freediver. Ocean, flowers, movies, birds, books, cats, silliness. Thirroul/Dharawal, Australia.
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Pinned
The colours and textures of a little afternoon beachcombing.💫
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At the Edge of the Cliff - Laura Knight, ca. 1917
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
At the Edge of the Cliff - Laura Knight, ca. 1917
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If you have ‘dibs’ on something, you claim or declare rights to that thing before anyone else.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you have ‘dibs’ on something, you claim or declare rights to that thing before anyone else.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Reptilian detail from a farm truck
#macrophotography #weathering #urbandecay #abstractart #accidentalart #abstractphotography
#macrophotography #weathering #urbandecay #abstractart #accidentalart #abstractphotography
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Reptilian detail from a farm truck
#macrophotography #weathering #urbandecay #abstractart #accidentalart #abstractphotography
#macrophotography #weathering #urbandecay #abstractart #accidentalart #abstractphotography
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin was following me through the bushes yesterday.
#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin was following me through the bushes yesterday.
#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
The gardenias are scenting the air (and my home) with their creamy-white blooms on this sunshiny blue day, and it's just so uplifting.🥰
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The gardenias are scenting the air (and my home) with their creamy-white blooms on this sunshiny blue day, and it's just so uplifting.🥰
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From the Garden of Earthly Delights Egrets, and what we always think of as Black Crowned Night Heron and Boat Billed Heron (which he could never have seen) 2/2
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
From the Garden of Earthly Delights Egrets, and what we always think of as Black Crowned Night Heron and Boat Billed Heron (which he could never have seen) 2/2
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Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Teenager on train: I'm not a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
Mum: Do you want to own things and decide who you sleep with?
Teen: Yeah.
Mum: You're a feminist.
One of my lads loves packrafting, and here he is recently on the beautiful Tumut River, NSW, with a swimming companion. 'That is so cool!' (I have never seen a red-bellied black snake swimming. It really is cool.)
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
One of my lads loves packrafting, and here he is recently on the beautiful Tumut River, NSW, with a swimming companion. 'That is so cool!' (I have never seen a red-bellied black snake swimming. It really is cool.)
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▫️ curb stones after the rain ▫️
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
▫️ curb stones after the rain ▫️
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For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
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Please read this living-breathing essay in SRB by Tegan Bennett Daylight - on re-reading Ruth Park and not writing her biography, motherhood, writerly aspirations versus reality, among other things. It is very very good. sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/life-...
Life at Its Most Free | Sydney Review of Books
What happens when a project that could make one’s career doesn’t eventuate? In the wake of the biography of Ruth Park she never wrote, Tegan Bennett Daylight considers what it means to write for a liv...
sydneyreviewofbooks.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Please read this living-breathing essay in SRB by Tegan Bennett Daylight - on re-reading Ruth Park and not writing her biography, motherhood, writerly aspirations versus reality, among other things. It is very very good. sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/life-...
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Remembering Ennio Morricone on his birthday 🎂
📷 Guido Harari, 1998
"Morricone’s music is anything but a backdrop. It’s sometimes a conspirator, sometimes a lampoon, with tunes that are as vividly in the foreground as any of the actors’ faces."
- Jon Pareles
@jonpareles.bsky.social
📷 Guido Harari, 1998
"Morricone’s music is anything but a backdrop. It’s sometimes a conspirator, sometimes a lampoon, with tunes that are as vividly in the foreground as any of the actors’ faces."
- Jon Pareles
@jonpareles.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Remembering Ennio Morricone on his birthday 🎂
📷 Guido Harari, 1998
"Morricone’s music is anything but a backdrop. It’s sometimes a conspirator, sometimes a lampoon, with tunes that are as vividly in the foreground as any of the actors’ faces."
- Jon Pareles
@jonpareles.bsky.social
📷 Guido Harari, 1998
"Morricone’s music is anything but a backdrop. It’s sometimes a conspirator, sometimes a lampoon, with tunes that are as vividly in the foreground as any of the actors’ faces."
- Jon Pareles
@jonpareles.bsky.social
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Almost universally, a lone whale—as a solitary Leviathan is called—proves an ancient one.
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Almost universally, a lone whale—as a solitary Leviathan is called—proves an ancient one.
Afternoon bushwalk (with glimpses of sea).🌿
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Afternoon bushwalk (with glimpses of sea).🌿
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I once found this very touching inscription in a book:
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
8
10
12
60”
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
8
10
12
60”
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I once found this very touching inscription in a book:
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
8
10
12
60”
“This book belongs to Gillian Love, aged 7
8
10
12
60”
Reposted by Susan McCreery
The Magpie, Claude Monet 1869
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The Magpie, Claude Monet 1869
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Cats don’t need “training” to do this.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Cats don’t need “training” to do this.
This Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) is looking FABulous at the moment (and prettying the pavement!).
Taken early this morning in Thirroul, NSW.
#FlowerReport 🌿 #ozplants
Taken early this morning in Thirroul, NSW.
#FlowerReport 🌿 #ozplants
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius) is looking FABulous at the moment (and prettying the pavement!).
Taken early this morning in Thirroul, NSW.
#FlowerReport 🌿 #ozplants
Taken early this morning in Thirroul, NSW.
#FlowerReport 🌿 #ozplants
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An old Coca Cola sign has been revealed on a commercial building on Central Avenue NE in Minneapolis, just south of 18-1/2 Avenue NE.
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An old Coca Cola sign has been revealed on a commercial building on Central Avenue NE in Minneapolis, just south of 18-1/2 Avenue NE.
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A south-westerly blew in overnight, flattening sea and sand and dropping temps.
Made for a beautiful swim across the bay.😊
Made for a beautiful swim across the bay.😊
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A south-westerly blew in overnight, flattening sea and sand and dropping temps.
Made for a beautiful swim across the bay.😊
Made for a beautiful swim across the bay.😊
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My friend Kristina and I were driving down the coast from Astoria and pulled off the road and ran to the beach when we saw these colors! Cape Kiwanda at Pacific City, Oregon. #BlueSkyArtShow #Evening
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My friend Kristina and I were driving down the coast from Astoria and pulled off the road and ran to the beach when we saw these colors! Cape Kiwanda at Pacific City, Oregon. #BlueSkyArtShow #Evening
Greek doors, an occasional series.
Koufonisia 🇬🇷
Koufonisia 🇬🇷
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Greek doors, an occasional series.
Koufonisia 🇬🇷
Koufonisia 🇬🇷