Hello...it's me

Just checking in to say...

I did something out of the ordinary recently

and booked myself a photo session.

It was time to be me.

Say what?

Yes, time to be me.

Simply said..

I hate having my picture taken.

The art of dodging an eager photographer 

is a specialty of mine. 

The only one who always 

seems to be one step ahead of me 

is my mother-in-law.

Clever woman.

I decided to 'just do it'

and where better than Sydney.

I called GM Photographics,

 a photography firm we used over the years 

while our children were growing up in Sydney.

I explained what I was looking for..

a casual photo, just me, not too fussy,

not too precious, just me...

and a touch of Photoshop.

It's high time my family had a current photo 

and after seven years, it would be nice

 to have an updated blog photo.

Easy..

GM Photographics said Simona Janek 

was the photographer for me and that was that.

Simona made it painless. 

I like painless.

She said to bring along a few outfits 

and she would take care of hair, makeup

and all the rest.

And then we got started..

in pink and then black

 and a few other colours in between.

Simona caught onto my chatty ways from the get go.

It was clear I was not going to stop talking or laughing

so she went with it.

and then she said smile with your eyes..

which put me into a fit of laughter

because I had no idea what that meant.

I tired hard to focus on the smiling eye thing

but couldn't help myself.

Laughing is me.

;)

Simona sent me 41 photos in four different outfits.

I had to pick three and couldn't.

 Family and friends were then bombarded with photos,

more 'me' than they ever care to see again.

They narrowed them down to the four photos above.

Painless.

They are 'me' and I reckon they

will do it for at least another ten years.

I am hoping my mother-in-law

feels the same way too.

;)

Before I go...seeing that it's just me,

I have some news,

our next move is imminent..

as in our last days in Chateau Mango are over

and Henrietta has found a new home.

(weep weep)

Henrietta Hippo on the move

Farewell Henrietta...we will miss you!

Onto the next move.

Are you ready?

How good are you at word games?

This is where we are moving to next.

GOKOGNHN

Answer: ?

If word games are not your thing..

stay tuned.

Jeanne xx

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#6 What's with the Happy?

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