Today I turned 36. Yesterday I felt filled with dread at the thought, but it was not necessary as it turns out. One of my dearest friends took me to breakfast and then filled my front seat with flowers from her garden. On my way home their scent completely overwhelmed me and like a rose and peony scented hug they made my heart swell.
It's been a good few weeks recently, we moved in our new bedroom, I now have a place to work and it has made a tremendous difference in my state of mind. Speaking with my friend about growing older this morning I told her how (having been perilously ill before) I do not fear dying but wasting my time most. I don't want to worry about my size, complexion, being too short etc anymore. I want to live the other half of my life for what is important, now and what will become important later. I hope it can be done...
With the flowers I made this very large bouquet, adding a few green from the backyard. It had been so long since I attempted any floral work and my supplies are low. Having no foam or wire on hand, I used a glass frog with very few holes to try and keep it all together. It can be done, as long as you are not going anywhere with this great big peacock!
I knew a woman once who had portraits taken of herself at her birthdays, I am not exactly sure why as we are very different people and I really hate having my pictures taken (in 99% of the shots I look worst than in real life), but Finn took a sneak attack shot of me while I was speaking to my aunt whose birthday is also today. He wanted me to hang up no doubt and was going the road of blatantly using the "big camera" to achieve his goal. I am glad he did, later on I can point at it and think: That is what 36 looked like... but in all honesty I would rather think of Finn or my aunt on that day.
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What a gorgeous shot! Good on Finn!
Posted by: Lauren | May 20, 2014 at 10:45 PM