Count Down with Self-Portraits

I'm running late today with posting so now Wednesday post will be showing up on Thursday.  This makes one frantic.

As a certain date approaches one's anxiety gets a tad higher.

Holidays and birthdays are low keyed happenings in our life for about the last 15 years.  But this year my birthday hits a mile stone.  A new decade gets added on.

As I make this journey I decided a self portrait per day.  Being one who has never been comfortable in front of a camera - only behind it; this is a whole new experience.

All my fishlips have to say is "It is much easier taking photos of things through my lens, than my lens pointing at me".

I can count on one hand the photos of me over the years on this planet that I liked.  My favorite is the one I had done when I turned 21 years old. Another was at age 40 sitting next to my dearest friend from high school with a fountain in the background.  At age 51 my father died; my mom and I had our photo taken together at a studio; that is another photo I really like.  The night before my open heart surgery sitting on the hospital bed my guy took a picture of me that belongs in the favorites list.  So maybe after my count down with self-portraits to birthday, I might even get a favorite out of one of the days.

27 days and counting...