Today is my birthday. Am I coping?

Hi Babyboomers
Today is my birthday - dangerously close to being unacceptable.

 

Am I coping? Yes, I have several strategies in place, of which 'denial' is the most effective. 

Seriously, however, involvement in something I love is what makes me happy that I have lived beyond the years that my parents and sister did.  Reinvention is another fantasic way to beat the years - recently I published a book  - weelll OK - "Mosman Meanders & foreshore flavours" which I'll no doubt tell you about.  It has kept me busy for over two years and is now out there, doing OK.  How about that?  So I could tick 'Author' off the list but believe that writing is in my blood.

 

Now marketing it is keeping both my husband and myself busy. 

I can actually talk about him here - his name is G, with the reason I can, being that he "doesn't understand or read blogs".  

 

G gave me his presents weeks ago - a bike and helmet.  I'll tell you about the bike in another post - it has a little electric motor to help go up the many steep hills around the foreshores.  I'm actually quite nervous since I've fallen off twice, just need to practice. 

The day started with a coffee at a favourite cafe at Balmoral  and joined in the buzz created by the Balmoral Braves, a group of icebergers who swim all year round and reward themselves after the swim  with coffee and camaraderie. 

 

We are going out to dinner tonight to 'celebrate' at one of our local French Vietnamese restaurants which I'm told has lots of lovely little tasty courses. I spent the rest of the day catching up with blogging since writing a book is a demanding task.   

 

So it's been a good day with phone calls from friends and family -

 I'm going to end my session by  starting a new book.  A wonderful new friend (another strategy) says, "You must always have a painting on the go, or a book etc, because you can't die until you finish it."

Clara

 

 

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To dye or not ?? That is the babyboomer question

Hi Babyboomers
I have been dying to talk about hair, mainly about issues to do with dyeing it or not - and my friend from www.shopatnextdoor.com 
has  provided me with the perfect opportunity.    


I have cut out articles from magazines etc, have observed brave friends who have taken the au - naturale road (No no no! Not me! Don't be silly!), so feel I am quite expert at the subject; and I am totally with  her. Why not be a perfectly natural red head? I think she looks like a movie star!    More to come on this strand but in the meantime, I am asking her how it has changed her life.  I will keep you in touch.
Clara of blonde tresses


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Red, Set Go...
self portrait taken with my iPhone and photo shopped just a tiny bit

Have you ever just wanted a change? You know something to brighten your day, set your world on fire? Well that was me yesterday at the hair salon. Why not go red? After all I was born a red head.My father's nick name was Red. I have fair skin and freckles, perfect for red hair. So I pulled the plug (on the bottle)and unleashed the real me. Reddy, set, go. What do you think?
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Margaret Olley - unfinished work at 88

Margaret Olley - 1923 - 2011

Hi Babyboomer women

Women thrive on connections and are lost without them.
Wisdom of the day (from my desk calendar), "I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success."..... Gloria Vanderbilt
I actually feel sad for some men / women who believe that 'winning' is the most important aspect of an exercise. 

Margaret Hannah Olley (1923 – 26 July 2011) who passed away this week, is a fine example and was described as "Kind, fearless and a big heart".  She will be remembered as an Australian painter of still life but she was also a great philanthropist.
John McDonald - art critic for SMH - "She would have wanted to be remembered as a painter but she was so active and generous it is difficult to sum up the scope of her achievements."  ..... "She was a friend and mentor to younger artists..... bought art works for public collections ... helped provide funds for people in need....she had an eye for quality and a nose for bullshit ...... being unfailingly direct in her pronouncements."

She will be also be remembered for being the first recipient of the inaugural Mosman Art Prize in 1947, one of the first of it's kind at the time and was a frequent judge of works over the years.  Her final exhibition which she was still working on with Phillip Bacon, will  go ahead next year.

Clara

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