self-portrait #9

Haven't done a new self-portrait since March - thought it was about time ...

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keeping it :)

Today I turned 45 :) It's been a lovely day, with lots of time with and messages from family and friends, gifts, and - possibly best of all - I didn't have to do any cooking! Bliss!

I've decided to keep this blog going, with just a small name tweak. I'll keep The Wild Backyard as my general chat about the garden, family and other 'stuff' space, and there'll be another be another added to the stable soon - a travel blog - where Miss Tizz will also contribute (12 days to go!), but this one can stay as my 'meme' blog.

Along with the name change here, a new self-portrait is due. No photoshopping or any sort of alterations; this is me at 45:

(... well you didn't think I was going to go without the war paint, did you?)

And this is my silk scarf, ready for Paris :)

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My original idea for this blog was to put together an entire year of 'me' - terribly self-indulgent, but why not? So far, most of it has been about travel, but as that's my current obsession, then I figure it qualifies, even if it's not quite what I had in mind before I started.

But today it's a self-portrait - a 'slice of me'.