Over at Tara’s Sticky Fingers gallery, this week’s theme is ‘Me’. This is my first entry and I spent a long time thinking which image to use. I could have chosen one of my wedding pics, or the ones taken after the births of my 3 children, or a family get together but, in the end, I thought that this one most clearly defined ‘me’ at this stage of my life.
It was taken by a fab photographer Kate Everall, for a charity calendar I was involved in last year. I think it represents the person I am; what you see is what you get, I’m honest and open, love reading and have a very well evolved sense of irony (that’s a euphemism for ‘sarcastic cow’). In the picture you can just about make out the string of ‘pearls’ that I’m wearing….my own tongue in cheek homage to the WI who have just celebrated the 10 year anniversary of ‘The Calendar. I’m publishing this on the day that we’re going to watch ‘Calendar Girls’ at MK theatre so I think it’s very apt.
This is a beautiful picture its lovely. xx
This is fab, so glamorous even if you do say it is tongue in cheek. I have to ask, are you wearing ANYTHING apart from the pearls?!
Wow! I didn’t know I blogged with a such a peach! What are you reading?
Its a fantastic photograph:) Jen.
Thanks Kerry, she’s a great photographer! x
LOL! And the answer is Yes, I’m wearing my modesty….oh, and my bridget jones pants! x
Wow, that is certainly a fab photo. I am impressed.
Beautiful.
MD xx
You are ever so brave! But the photo is amazing, you look gorgeous!
Thanks J! I’m reading Trainspotting… x
Thanks Jen, I’ve spent years avoiding cameras, but it was lovely to have a ‘professional’ picture taken. Did a lot for my confidence x
Thanks MD, it was a great experience! xx
Thank you! It was very nerve-wracking but a really positive experience 🙂
It’s great and you are brave to do it! What a good choice.
fantastic photo, and very brave of you to do one of those calendars! Gok Wan would be so proud of you!
Wow – get you!!! This is brilliant!
Beautiful pic-doubt I would ever have the guts to do it though.
Thanks…felt a bit “look at me!” but I couldn’t think of anything else to use…
Px
Haha! Thanks Livi, we actually had some contact with his ‘people’ when we were doing it but we were too late to be featured on the programme…not sure how we’d have felt about it if we’d been given the opportunity!
Px
Thanks! And right bacatcha…just been over googling at yours….excellent!
Px
thanks! That’s what I thought when I was first asked, but I’m so pleased now that I did it….very liberating! Px
Well done on having the guts to do that?! Its wonderful! I love that shot its so arty and yet so personal 😀
What a great photo and a fab explanation
What a wonderful photo! I think I am in your club of also having a ‘well evolved sense of irony’
Oh this is lovely – and I’m insanely jealous because I’ve always wanted to do something like this 😀 You are living my life for me – I hope you’re bloody enjoying it !!
And my “Me” post is NOTHING like this at all… I’m quite nervous about it now haha
What a wonderful photo for a great initiative and I love the movie Calendar Girls:-))
An amazing photograph…
What a lovely photo – how nice to have such a special photo of yourself
Wow!
Love that you were reading trainspotting too.
All I can say is wow.
Beautiful, brave lady.
You must be so proud of this photo, it is beautiful…..and you had to think about which one to post? No contest surely? ;0)
oh my, this is stunning. What a wonderful, wonderful image.
You look absolutely gorgeous! What a fabulous picture to choose!
Fantastic, natural picture! Interesting book choice too. Maybe Naked Lunch would’ve been more apt… 🙂
You lucky thing having such a gorgeous photo taken of you! Lovely choice
Fabulous photo – how lovely to be able to have something like that on your wall. It makes me *almost* contemplate doing something similar. I said almost.
Peeeeeeabs! Thats amazing!
You look fab (and if I were you, I’d have a copy of it framed somewhere in the house)
Thank you everyone for all your lovely comments…I am completely overwhelmed and now feel very happy that I chose this picture! Genuinely touched, thanks so much xxx
Oh wow, fantastic! I love it! Also love how we had the same idea in mind for our pics!! Yours is waaayyy more glamorous though! Gorgeous 🙂
What a picture! You look amazing!
You look so glamorous and beautiful – I love it!
I missed this the first time around, but it came up on my autogenerator and I’m so glad I checked it out. Just a stunning pic. Intriguing yet so carefree and detatched from the fact that anyone at all might be looking in .. Literally ‘au naturel!’ and your pose fits perfectly in the gorgeous setting. Oh, and, Misses, you are beautiful! Be proud :-))
MJM xx