Three months of constant white (seriously). Last year the snow came in the middle of December and stayed till March. This year it was the middle of November. Will it be October next year? I’m starting to long for Spring!
Photos from our area. Yesterday.
Wishing well, Bettina.
Question: Jennifer Aniston turned 42 just the other day. In the latest Allure she’s styled to look like a teenager. What’s up with that? Age crises (like me)? Why didn’t they style her the age she actually is? Let’s face it, she’s one of the most beautiful 42 year olds I’ve ever seen. But is that really a reason to make her look like a child? Irritating and frustrating. She’s contributing to the strange ideals women struggle with today. Have a look.
Normally I don’t mind being without make up, I’ve always considered my face to look okay anyway. But today, when I looked (stared) at myself in the bathroom mirror I actually almost freaked out a bit. What happened? When did I start to look so… old? When did I stop looking like a fresh flower in a sunny summer morning? (I would show you a picture but I’m afraid to ruin your day.)
I can’t escape my years anymore. I won’t ever be mistaken for too young to buy alcohol. Nobody will ever ask me for ID.
It’s time for drastic measures. Jeez… is that day already here? My Man says I look beautiful but he must be lying, maybe he simply hasn’t looked at my face. Ever.
And while we’re talking about this crisis situation; I discovered that my hands aren’t all that young either.
I’ve done all the right things. Cleaned my face everyday (well perhaps not everyday but who’s counting). I’ve used eye cream, day cream, masks, sun cream, all creams one can think of. The industry has made a fortune on me and that’s all it is, I guess, a fortune for them, wrinkles for me. Thank you so much Biotherm, L’Oreal, Lancôme, and all you other magic makers out there. Have a look at my face and you’ll really see the magic.
Okay, so it’s that time of the month, and we all know what that does to ones skin. Bad things. Horrible things. You want to cry hysterically when you by accident see yourself in the mirror. I didn’t do that, instead I did my own magic. Used all the make up I could find (just about) and now I almost look like I’m headed for my first date. I kind of am, though, if one thinks about it. My first date with A.G.E.
The person who invented make up should really get a Nobel Prize!
Aging happens in small steps you don’t notice. Today is one of them. Enjoy!
I took these photos yesterday morning, from our porch. Such beautiful light and the pink trees… magic!
"So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked."
~ Mark Twain
Swedish Paula Buitenen-Eklund decided to keep her home white even when having children. After all, there are washing machines.
This weekend we had a friend, Madeleine, staying here. She’s taking a course in Neuro Linguistic Psychology at Inner Power Centre and she practised on me on Saturday evening. I have to say, it’s the most intriguing and cool thing I’ve ever experienced.
I’ve always been fascinated with Hypnosis and Regression but at the same time been convinced that it wouldn’t work on me (as probably everybody thinks). We did three things. The first one I felt real calm but remembered everything afterwards, the second time I went in to a light trance and felt kind of.. dizzy. But the third time… oh my… that kind of shook me. She made me concentrate on one finger at a time, really feel the fingers. And after that… I can’t remember a thing she said to me. And not a thing I said to her. I “woke” up thinking I fell asleep but she reminded me that when she told me to count to ten at the end, and feel clear after “ten” I actually did that on my own.
It is without a doubt the most fascinating thing I ever done! And next time she’s going to learn about regression (going back to earlier lives) and test it on me. I have my doubts (again) that she’s going to succeed but I’ll give it a fair chance since I really believe that we’ve lived before. I can hardly wait! Be ready for an update.
These photos I took this morning. The fog hung thick over the water but it’s a little hard to see. It was beautiful, anyway. And of course, the sunrise behind the trees.
