reflection

happy anniversary to me ... happy anniversary to me.......

On Friday, it will be one full year since I became a blogger. One year since fromtheothersideofseventy hit cyber-space.  I believed then that I'd be focusing on the aging process; how being an 'elder' was affecting me, and how, in North America, we become devalued as we age.

On such a blog, I might have listed the Seniors' Discount Days at the various pharmacies in our city, gathered like-minded matriarchs to protest at the Legislature against the retraction of seniors' free mid-week ferry rides and perhaps posted the names of local centenarians getting congratulatory cards from the Queen.

Last week, I read every one of my posts and looked at all the photos. 'Wow!' I thought, 'it hasn't turned out to be like that at all.'

It has become a place where I examine what is going on in my life and delve more deeply into who I am- with a bit of 'why?' thrown in. It's been a place to both take myself less seriously and to acknowledge my seriousness with more respect.

Most important of all: it has been fun.

To celebrate, I am posting a series of recent photographs taken with my new camera (Panasonic Lumix FZ200) at the Oak Bay Marina.

I have become obsessed with reflections: the painterly images of boats  
and particularly the abstraction that their reflections create

          A palette of colour and an abundance of amazing design

I look forward to continuing on this steep learning curve;

it will be fun to see where I wander

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