Self-Portrait Tuesday 05.02

Self-Portrait Tuesday has changed to Self-Portrait Challenge. This is my introduction. I don't know why participate in SPT because I really don't "like" the way I look now, so documenting myself can be a very humbling experience. To add to the insult, I usually don't even brush my hair for the event. But I found that seeing myself each week in a photo put my life in perspective, acceptance of who I am now.

I am a 50-year-old mother of a 14-year-old, wife, daughter, friend, artist, graphic designer, photographer of flowers, blogger (a wanna-be crafter, quilter, painter). Always trying to figure out what to do next with my life. I feel the challenge every day to reinvent myself. A little too serious, worry too much, work too much. I love all endeavors I take on, be it cleaning house, shooting a flower, washing my dog, taking my son skate-boarding. I feel I am lucky. Most of the time I feel very young, and sometimes, very old. I see art and design in everything that comes into my vision. I love design. I design logos, t-shirts, posters in my head all the time. Sometimes I have visions, design visions ... and others. I think I have a little ESP in me. I live to decorate my dining room ceiling and have big dinner parties (that I don't cook myself). I enjoy all kinds of music (classical, rap, country), BBC and PBS, anything mystery. I am a workaholic and am not proud of that but it is and has always been my nature. And I am lucky to have a husband who supports me in my efforts to '"find myself", art directs me when I need it, cleans out my purse when my life is feeling out of control.