Reflection in the Mirror

                                                                       

You may have wondered what has happen to me???….or maybe not:)

I have been spending all my time staring at

myself in the mirror!!!

NOT!!!

I guess I can only blame myself for having mentioned my hair in the first place.

What was I thinking????

but now it seems that everyone wanted to know what I look like.

Eeeeeekkkkk!

Let me start by saying that I hate my picture taken.

 

and it must have started at a young age!

Apparently from the pout on my face I was having a bad day?

How much of a bad day can you have at 3? or 2 ? or whatever age I was there?

Hopefully, I got over it quickly and didn’t torture my parents too much that day.

 

Now my camera experience or should I say my modeling experience as a child

….not professional of course:)

brings back the memory of my dad having me stand in the sunniest part of the yard and

me staring into the SUN! so most of my pictures are me squinting or

with eyes closed.
Me saying" but I can't look up" and my father just
 losing patience and just quickly snapping a shot.

He tried but I just dreaded it.

Aren't we lucky now that we have a delete button???

Later on in life I realized if I wore a funny wig and and clown makeup I

 rather liked my picture taken.

No you don’t believe me?

Yeah I know the beard gave it away.

That’s me on the left and my cousin Patricia on the right.

My cousin had come for Summer vacation with my sister and niece from France.

I think we were at a River Festival……..hence the clown.

ahhh so long ago in my youth….

and when I could go places and have fun in the Summer.

Now all I do is work!

....and yes even with all this Snow I still love Winter!
I know you HATE me for saying that.

Ok there is no dragging it out!

Here is the hair!

I felt really stupid taking a picture of the top of my head.

I prayed George didn’t see me:)

How embarrassing….what would I say??? It’s what inquiring minds want to know???

…this is gripping exciting stuff I'm sharing!

I wonder if I'll get asked to share this in a magazine or something??
wink wink!

I wasn’t very good at it and took about 10 unfocused shots until I got the second one.

Looking at my part? I think there are signs of me going bald!!!!

MORE  EEeeeekkkkkkkk!

and though I have no before pictures for you the color is only a little bit different

and the cut was just improved but not drastically different.

And no I don’t look like Sienna Miller or Kristin Cavallari

with my new hairdo

but hey they’re Stars and

well..... I’m just ME!

and yes that’s part of a Christmas display in the foreground.

Just took our Christmas tree out today!!!

Those Maynard trees hold up GREAT!! haha

I put the year on this picture…..

thought to myself OK I may not love this picture now but

maybe if I’m lucky enough to reach 70+ someday I might look back

at this moment with fondness!

in the old folks home….

And boy let me add I look more and more like my Mother everyday.

So now it’s like a little visit with her every time I see myself in the mirror.

And that’s always a GOOD thing.

Plantapaloosa

As promised I want to show you more

of my wonderful day at the perennial farm last Fall.

But first I want to thank you all for the wonderful

comments about my fear of going to get my hair done.

or as George says….getting my hair did.

I know I'm a big baby.

I loved reading about your own experiences with your hair and salons….

It's good to know that I'm not the only one who has not

always come away from the chair happy.

Your comments helped me have the courage to go thru with it and

I felt like you were all with me that day.

It was enjoyable to get pampered for a couple of hours.

I had forgotten how great it is to have someone wash your hair and get fussed over.

Wonder if I could ask hubby to wash my hair now and then???

I wasn’t able to get the haircut I showed you was my favorite because my

hair isn’t long enough yet. I’m told the color will lighten up some but right now it

doesn’t look all that different but the cut is much improved

and they textures is softer and healthier.

Today I reluctantly took pictures of myself.

Not promising that they will make it on to this little blog of mine.

I’ve never liked pictures of myself

even when I was younger and prettier.

So instead for today I will show you what I captured

from behind the camera.

The side I like best.

Crystal Fountain

Henri and Josephine

Vino

                                     

                                       

               

Asarum “ eurpaeum” European Ginger    Corydalis “ lutea”

Hakonechloa macra “ Fubuki”  and Aquilegia (Columbine) “Leprechaun Gold”

            

Hakonechloa macra “ Fubuki”  and Aquilegia (Columbine) “Leprechaun Gold”

Sedum “ Vera Jameson”    the other I think may just be Autumn Joy

Phlox “ Shockwave”

                                 

                                       

                                 

                                          

                                                     

                                       

                              Armeria  “Armada Rose”

                  

                              

Geum “borisii”

                 

                                    

Heliopsis “Tuscan Sun”

                

As you can see I put the names on some of the plants but not

all. If you would like to know what they are just let me know.

Now I have some pics of myself to doctor up......

no, not really but I do have to get ready to go to the

big city soon.

Little Country Bumpkin goes to Manhattan!

Scared of the Salon

What is it about going to get my hair cut

that scares me so much???

It should be painless.

Right?

I’m not only getting it cut but

colored, highlighted, tinted....
whatever they call it.
See I have no idea about this stuff.
I started having "issues" years ago and haven't been
in so many years.

I knew the time was coming when I had to have a professional figure out

what to do with this mess on my head……

called my hair, my locks…my mane

….my disaster!

But where to go??

It wasn’t until my friend Gretchen got a compliment while in my shop

from a complete stranger.

Who said…and I quote.

“You have the best hair….it’s like young girl hair”

meaning it looked fresh, clean and full of LIFE!!!

and it did and especially the color.

Like this girl!!!

this one is my favorite !!!

so of course I found out where she was going to have it done.

…at Timothy Pamment Studio

I was determined to have a new DO before our trip to NYC coming up soon.

Really need to not look like a country girl anymore.

I just hope I don’t come out looking like this

or this

You might remember the last time I cut my hair

my inspiration was this

sweet girl.

And when I say cut my hair….I mean I cut it myself.

I did like it even when everyone called me “Butch” for a good month or two.

By everyone I mean my hubby and his best friend….

but I have thick skin so I didn’t care.

What do they know about hair.

Though most people would say "you cut your hair"

Not, oh I like your haircut. Big difference!

This time I want a little more length.

 

Ok all very pretty but too long for me. Mines only chin length now.

Cute too,  but come on this is Sharon Stone….she’d look gorgeous with Pebbles hair.

Ok I thought I’d have a little fun and show you what my hair looked

like back in the Fall

Don’t I look a lot like Kate Hudson??? I know it’s uncanny!

HAHAHAHA

Or maybe I look more like

Reese Witherspoon????

Or whoever this person is???

I love Photoshop!

Which was your favorite cut????

Ok wish me luck…. going tomorrow at

2 pm.

1-11 taken from Google HERE!

12-15 me with Google