i have always known that this photo is what's inside the crystal apple that the first mr. summerfield gifted me a long long time ago. but i never really had taken a good look at it. actually, it is still a self-portrait as i did all the camera settings and john only pressed the shutter after telling me to look this way and that and "smile, baby! smile for daddy!" which drove both of us into fits of laughter not really conscious of the 22 years between us. he had a copy of the photo and some other variation in his wallet. i had always chided him to use another photo that actually looked like me (because that there didn't look like me) but i could never convince him, always telling me that this really captured my "beauty". okay, i'm going to barf now.
looking at this photo now i realize that i actually used to have a long neck and my chin and neck didn't use to meld together. well, 40-some years and too many buffet meals later, what do i expect?
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poison pill -- that's this week's five plus two theme. as someone working in a business law firm, i know too well what poison pill means, and i was thinking of something smart for a self-portrait but that would've required me to wear my suit, which i particularly didn't relish as it was still annoyingly hot with a piss-off humidity of 87% and wearing suit would just aggravate my temper and my allergies. so i decided to go a different route with an actual pill involved. have a look-see https://365project.org/fiveplustwo/365/2019-07-31
Thanks for showing the photo VIkki. It really does look like you! And I love the way you have displayed it with the glittery textures in the background. Enjoyed the retelling of the memory that still sits proud in your mind.
