among the foliage

"Christmas" is this week's theme for week 51 of the 52 captures challenge.

some Christmas bling in and amongst the planters at the tourist centre in niagara falls; also a good excuse to take a self-portrait without the condescending intrusive glances of the public. wait! the public take selfies all the time, oh yes, the condescending intrusive glances would be mine. 🤣

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so this is how it is to be a retiree. you go to sleep whenever, wake up at the indecent time of 4 in the morning, paint for half an hour, take a hot drink, paint again then go back to sleep. i wonder how long i can keep that up! (well, probably not if i was sleeping! 🤣 )

[Casablanca]

LOL you will settle into a new routine in time! Smiled at your narrative about the condescending intrusive glances :)

[Susan Wakely]

Great selfie.

[katy]

I noticed the selfie right off. Terrific composition for your photo and a great subject as well. so are you officially retired or just practicing?

[Merrelyn]

A fun way to do a selfie. I was wondering the same as @grammyn

[John Falconer]

What a great selfie!! Great idea and well executed.

[summerfield]

@grammyn @merrelyn - off the next 3 weeks. inundated with painting ideas that are jumbled up inside my coconut (head). 🤣🤣🤣heck i am more busy than when i'm working. maybe it would not be a good idea to retire. so busy i forget the time, i forget to eat, and now, before i forget it, must go and shower. 🤣🤣🤣

[katy]

@summerfield I was thinking it wasn't until the spring or summer!

[gloria jones]

Fun selfie

[Kathy]

I could never work now. Not enough time. The nice thing about retirement - one doesn't have to shower every day if one is not seeing other people. Bird baths are good too. I highly recommend retirement. You have control of your life.

[Diane]

Neat way to shoot a selfie!

[Mary Siegle]

I'm working my way backward through your pictures. It seems I have missed a big chunk your December's postings. How did that happen? Good for you for your decision to retire. It's not an easy decision (wasn't for me at least), but now I wouldn't want go back to that work schedule--not even the 1/2 days I worked.