June 30th was my 56th birthday and I decided to have a photo shoot done for it. I enlisted my friend Sparrow Jesse Lane, who is an artist and an amazing photographer, his contact is artsbysparrow@gmail.com.
We went to the Yew Dell Botanical Gardens in Louisville KY. I’d taken a couple of dresses with me for the photo shoot, I put on the floral one and off we went. When I had conceived of this idea, I had thought of it as something empowering for all women of my age, that age, where you are neither overly young, nor have you really gotten old yet. You can still consider yourself youthful! Not too many aches and pains, hopefully not for a long time yet, seemingly not too many wrinkles, postmenopausal, so no more reproductive issues to worry about.
Is this, could it be, that this is the time of our lives? Our children are grown and hopefully either are or will soon be off our payroll. We look pretty good, feel pretty good, we have come into your own. We’re not afraid to speak our mind, we have become our own person.
For all that, I celebrate my 56th birthday. I celebrate that I am still young enough to enjoy myself, yet old enough to be my own woman. And I did it to have fun! And it was a lot of fun, we roamed around the botanical gardens, looking for vistas at which to shoot. It is a lovely environment, and for an hour, time was suspended, the only thing on our minds was taking a picture, hopefully a good one. I think we did, out of an idea came all these pictures, and I really love them and will have them forever, to reflect upon when I do get old. Ladies, and gentlemen as well, I highly recommend it!
- A little Maleficent, thrown in just for fun!
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Wear 56 proudly! You look amazing!
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Thank you so much! 😈
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Maleficent!! Awesome lol happy late birthday
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Thank you so much! :-))))
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Gorgeous, gorgeous pictures of a truly magnificent woman! XOXOXO
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So incredibly grateful for your friendship and always kind and sensitive words! So much love for you and your family and millions of tons of my best wishes! XXXOOO
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Happy belated birthday you sexy woman😉
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Thank you my dear Jess!!! :-))) ❤
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Happy birthday to you! There is NO WAY you are 56. Its just not possible. You are not only beautiful, you are elegant and radiate a peacefulness 🙂
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Oh my gosh, you are much too kind! Thank you so much! This will give me a big head for a few days. XXXOOO 🙂
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Nothing wrong with that 😉
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❤ ❤
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You are so beautiful!! Absolutely stunning 🙂 Wishing you a belated happy b’day 🙂 May the years bring you happinesses and joy 😀
Lots of love ❤ ❤
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You are so sweet! Thank you so very much!
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You are most welcome!
XOXO
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XXXOOO
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