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Simone Senisin's avatar

Lovely - gold 😊🙏💛

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

Thank you Simone. 💛

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Jo what a gorgeous romp of ecstatic emotions! And what a coincidence, while your daughter was plucking wayward hairs from your brow, mine was ripping winter growth (disgusting I know, I just can't be bothered to address the problem in winter) from my legs, hot wax on, smooth down the fabric, show no mercy,'quiet mummy you have to suffer to be beautiful' and rip... damn it hurt but it was such a moment of sweet closeness...

As always, your photos are absolutely stunning, I know that feeling of flying sometimes, of feet not touching the ground as if we have wings! Love ! ♥️xx

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

Oh how funny Susie! Our parallel universes.

The "sweet closeness"... makes tears fall with gratitude just remembering the humour and love in those moments. Aren't we lucky. 💛💛💛

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Susie Mawhinney's avatar

More lucky than I can put into words Jo... ♥️xxx

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James Deere's avatar

I have found the gold amongst all that is going on 😊

I also Love the connected randomness of your writing

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

I am so pleased you have found the gold James.

Thank you for reading and for your lovely comment. 💛

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Jamie Millard's avatar

Jo! Lovely post! It looks like autumn has dropped her padded green and the gold is fully exposing her wild brows. May the nipples of laughter and joy come alive in their full colour. Blessings 🙏❤️

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

😀. Oh Jamie this is such a wonder - full poetic recap. Thank you for the smiles. 💛🙏

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Ah Jo. What golden joy you have breathed out into this post, this flowing poetry of ecstasy and laughter and happiness. It has been years since I ditched the bra pads, and my eyebrows are thinning rather than bushing as I grow older 🤣 I loved reading this so much, you happiness palpable in each run, each moment with your children. So beautiful. Thank you for sharing these precious moments with us xx

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

Emily, thank you so much for feeling and sharing the joy with me. You saw exactly how I felt as I both experienced and wrote the Joy. 💛

I hear you on the eyebrow front. That's why I was pleasantly surprised my daughter saw enough to tame the wild - ness! 😀xxx

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

Your letters are always so filled with emotion and gorgeousness and laughter, Jo. Much love xx

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Deborah Gregory's avatar

Jo, your "It was one of those runs ..." is pure gold! As for the bra pads, well, long live the unhidden nipple indeed! Your humour on this did make me laugh ... thank you for sprinkling joy everywhere!

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

Deborah thank you for sharing the joy with me. I am so glad you felt it too.

Have a great day, carefree and unencumbered! 😊💛

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Galen Garwood's avatar

Thanks, Jo. Most certainly, gold is here in these endearing words about how to live in this exquisite moment, filled with love...of family, of home, and of this sacred planet that is all of us, all at once.

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

"How to live in this exquisite moment" - yes to remember to do that again and again throughout our day. Thank you Galen. 🙏

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Joshua Bond's avatar

Your post read like a running upload (or would that be download) from heaven.

(2nd pic - is that a castle on an island in the middle of the lake?)

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Jo Sundberg's avatar

Thank you so much Josh for reading the upload and download. 🥰

That is lovely little Ruby Island on Lake Wānaka that you see in the second photo. Thank you for your curiosity, I love it. Those are trees you see. Ruby Island is now protected and the community plants and tends to the natural habitat there. There used to be a platform where cabaret evenings were held back in the 20's and 30's. The only structures now are a toilet and barbeque. All a Kiwi needs! No castles for us here in NZ! Except Larnach Castle in Dunedin and possibly a couple of pretendy ones. Have a great day Josh. 💚

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