The sun crests, a molten slice of fire that gets bigger and rounder by the second. There is extraordinary beauty occurring; all she has to do is turn her head to see it, but she doesn’t. To admire is to slow and to slow is to succumb.
― Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate (Grand Central Publishing, December 6, 2022)
Notes:
Live & Learn 
I think we’re all grateful you slowed and succumbed to the beauty – or we wouldn’t get to relish this pics..
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Me too Mimi! Thanks!
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Amazing photo’s. That light must be a message. …there will be light…there will be beauty…just slow and it’ll surface.
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That is the punch line Valerie.
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Plain awesome … “To admire is to slow and to slow is to succumb.”
― Lily Brooks-Dalton, The Light Pirate (Grand Central Publishing, December 6, 2022).
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7:30? that’s normal people’s hours!
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I know!!!!!
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Sleeping in?
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No. Holidays. And sunrise is later on the clock!
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My husband has been off since before Christmas and doesn’t go back until Tues. No fight or grumbling!
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Nice!
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The ultimate combo. Great quote matching these incredible shots. Are you slowing down a notch too?
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I am. Not sure I like it Kiki but I feel my pace slowing. I do.
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I’m glad. There is hope. If you continue as you did “before”, you’ll kill yourself. And we all don’t want that!
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Right!
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Lucky for us that you let yourself take it slow
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Right. And for me too….
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yes
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I love that this forms an “i” … Goes with your title. Beauty!
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Right! Thanks Dale
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Surely you saw it, too 😉
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Blind-non-observant Man did happen to see this. Yes.
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Haha! C’mon. I was teasing. Of course you saw it.
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🙂
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I never have a new year’s resolution or word for the new year.
But Succumb sounds about right.
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Awesome!
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Thank you 🌅
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My pleasure! 😃
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